Lead SAP Engineer

Circa £65,000 (dependent on skills & experience)

Permanent / 37 hours per week / Full-time (with flexibility for part-time working)

Huntingdon, Peterborough or Lincoln (minimum 2 days/week in office)

Double-matched pension

Private health care

Life assurance at 8x salary

Lead Anglian Water’s SAP development and optimisation

At Anglian Water, we’re driving digital transformation to deliver smarter, more sustainable enterprise capabilities. As our Lead SAP Engineer, you’ll take ownership of developing and supporting our SAP platform that underpin our business functions. You’ll lead a team of SAP specialists, manage technical delivery, and ensure our SAP landscape remains resilient, secure, correctly integrated, and aligned to architectural roadmaps. This role is key to maintaining the reliability and performance of SAP applications across finance, HR, and operations.

What you will be doing:

• Design, deliver and support SAP solutions aligned to standards.
• Lead SAP upgrades, patching, and performance tuning activities.
• Ensure integration between SAP and other enterprise systems.
• Manage SAP change requests and maintain technical documentation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to SAP engineers.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define solution roadmaps.

What does it take to be a Lead SAP Engineer?

• Strong experience in SAP development and system administration.
• Knowledge of SAP modules, including FI, HR, and PM.
• Experience with SAP integration technologies and middleware.
• Ability to lead technical teams and manage delivery.
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and change management.

What’s in it for you?

• Private healthcare and physiotherapy
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave (rising with service)
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 7% (up to 21% combined)
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture
• Life Assurance (8× salary) and Personal Accident cover
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Great discounts and perks

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.

Closing date: 14th June 2026

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.

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