Maintenance Standards Manager

Salary: From £52,000 (dependent on skills and experience)  
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week   

Base Location is flexible with travel required across the Anglian Water region.   

Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. Our Water Services team clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out. We borrow water from the environment, store it and treat it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip.   

Reporting to the RCM Enablement Manager, this role will develop appropriate maintenance strategies, options, standards and tasks using SAP systems. Supported by Risk and Service, and Data Analysts, you will enable to development of new maintenance standards.   

Key Responsibilities:  

• Develop and codify maintenance strategies, technical guidance notes, standards and tasks in the Asset Maintenance database and related SAP data tables.  

• Lead the investigation and assessment of maintenance related proposals and recommendations and if validated, submit to the Water Supply approval group.   

• Manage the communication of new, revised or reviewed maintenance documentation to ensure that stakeholders are appropriately informed.   

• Manage the maintenance review process to ensure continuous improvement is based on real business experiences in the field as well as recorded asset data.  

• Manage the communication of new or changed maintenance activities to ensure that stakeholders are appropriately informed.   

• Inform other stakeholders of suitable monitoring of performance post change to ensure that recommendations deliver their expected benefits.  

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align maintenance with operational needs.  

• Strive towards informing capital planning and procurement decisions through strategic recommendations.  

Requirements:  

• University Degree in Engineering with experience of plant maintenance, operations, and rotating equipment. (Desirable)  

• HND / HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. (Desirable)  

• Extensive experience of equipment from a design, maintenance, or operational perspective.  

• Knowledge of Safety Management – including Permit to Work, Hazard & Risk Assessment, Environmental Protection and basic HSE regulations  

• Proficient in SAP and other maintenance systems.  

• Skilled in application of root cause analysis.  

• Experience in utilities, oil & gas, or similar sectors (Desirable)  

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.  

• Willingness to travel across the Anglian Water region.  

Why Anglian Water?  
Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!   

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:   

• Personal private health care    

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21% 

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household  

• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more   

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)   

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary) 

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay  

• Bonus scheme     

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.     

Inclusion at Anglian Water  

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.  

If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.  

Closing date: 16/10/2026  

#loveeverydrop  

#LI-SA2