Bioresources Technician in Ipswich

£36,920 + 15% shift allowance

Permanent, Full time

Shift based, 12 hour working day, working every other weekend, 7 days worked over 14 on a 2-week rota basis.

Location: Cliff Quay

Test the water and explore a new career!

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water are an award-winning organisation, with almost 5,000 employees and over 6 million customers. We’re proud to have been voted as the best place to work in the UK and to be winners of the prestigious Utility of the Year award. We are passionate and committed to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

What will you be doing?

As a Bioresources Technician you will be responsible for ensuring Water Recycling treatment processes and systems are serviced and maintained so that they run effectively and efficiently meeting regulatory standards such as H&S, HACCP and Compliance.

Key duties:

• Carrying out regulatory safety checks on boilers in line with current relevant Health & Safety Executive Guidelines, as well as implementing agreed actions on Compliance Action Plans.
• Investigating problems and promoting corrective actions within your skill level and capability, maintaining equipment processes using basic mechanical skill and monitoring of performance of contractors carrying out remedial work on wastewater assets while also carrying out condition-based monitoring and reporting back on asset condition.
• Maintaining communications across the site team on all site operations and activities, inspecting safety equipment to include legionella testing, gas, electricity, emergency lighting and reporting any issues.

What does it take to be a Bioresources Technician?

• Ability to work in a team as well as working on your own.
• Experience working within an operational role.
• Strong communicator - someone who can liaise with various teams of people confidently.
• Be able to demonstrate a proactive and flexible approach to site priorities.
• Willingness to learn, take initiative and be flexible.
• Ability to use basic Microsoft packages including Outlook, Teams etc and database systems (training provided on internal systems where required).
• Exhibit a hands-on positive attitude.
• Must be able to work within a confined space, and at height without restrictions. Due to harness weight limits, your maximum weight cannot be in excess of 113 kilograms, you will be expected to complete relevant occupational health checks.
• Full UK driving licence required.

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.

Closing Date: 13th August 2026

Interviews: Week commencing 24th August

About Us

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please reach out to our team at resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk.

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. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice.

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.