Mobile Plant Technician in Bedford

Salary dependent on skills and experience + business use of a company van.

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours a week. Monday to Friday 8am-4pm (Flexible working opportunities available).

Bedford, Cambridge or surrounding area.

Double-Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined).

Bonus Scheme.

Private Healthcare.

Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. The key services that we are responsible for are delivered by our in-house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres. Would you like to be part of a team who is responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recycling assets?

What will you be doing?

Reporting into the Plant and Equipment Supervisor, you will be responsible for the service, maintenance, and repair of Anglian Water’s diverse inventory of mobile plant. This ranges from small pumps to telehandlers and tractors.

Duties will include:

• Ensuring all items of mobile plant are serviced and inspected in line with the company, manufacturer and Health and Safety criteria and schedules for that item.
• Maintaining sufficient stock of service parts on your van and/or at your aligned workshop.
• Repairing defects reported by the business users of plant items.
• Understanding and demonstrating knowledge of business priorities to offer a fast and efficient repair service to ensure that the business is not adversely affected.
• Establish and form relationships with local parts and service providers to ensure you have support as and when required.
• Keeping the fleet management system updated with the hours you have worked, and parts/stock used logged to ensure our service records are up to date.

What does it take to be a Mobile Plant Technician?

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience in Light Vehicle Maintenance.
• Confident user of IT.
• Strong communication and organisation skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and use your own initiative.
• Full Manual UK driving license is essential.

Why join Anglian Water?

At Anglian Water, we’re driven by purpose — keeping essential services running today while protecting the environment for future generations. In this role, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the delivery of operational services across our network, work closely with frontline teams and see the real-time impact of your work, develop your planning and coordination capability in a complex operational environment, and be part of a collaborative, supportive team that values improvement and innovation.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service).
• Flexible working options.
• Private health care.
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7%.
• Life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Annual bonus.
• Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage.
• Personal medical assessments.
• Virtual GP service.
• Cancer screening.
• Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits.
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel and utilities.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Volunteer days.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

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

Closing Date: 2nd July 2026

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK.

Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.