Trainee Modeller in Peterborough

You’ll focus on developing your technical capability as a modeller, working alongside experienced colleagues on real-world projects to build your knowledge and skills. You’ll learn and apply modelling techniques across your chosen discipline, developing solutions to engineering challenges while ensuring high-quality, assured outputs.

You’ll support the effective management of modelling data and systems, helping maintain consistent, reliable models and contributing to user acceptance testing where required. You’ll also build strong relationships across the business, integrating into delivery teams and developing your internal network.

Alongside your technical development, you’ll actively share knowledge, follow established standards and processes, and contribute to continuous improvement across the modelling community. You’ll work safely, support operational incidents when required, and engage in business communities and centres of excellence to support wider organisational goals.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess
• 25 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• A flexible working culture
• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%
• Life Assurance at eight times your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Bonus Scheme

We’re looking for a proactive and engaged team player who communicates openly, raises issues or concerns constructively, and actively contributes to team discussions. You’ll build strong working relationships within your immediate team and across the wider business, while embracing diversity and inclusion in everything you do.

You’ll demonstrate credibility, initiative, and resilience, with the tenacity and growth mindset needed to thrive in a fast-changing and uncertain environment. You’re comfortable supporting change and are confident to challenge it appropriately where needed.

You’ll bring enthusiasm and a genuine desire to learn, taking ownership of your development by recording learning, reflecting on experiences, and actively building self-awareness to continually improve your impact and effectiveness.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Join professional institutions to broaden your perspective of the industry and challenge yourself further.
• Member of a recognised professional body
• Requires A levels minimum in a relevant field (including maths)
• A logical curious and engineering mindset, with an enjoyment of maths and problem solving.
• Maintains good records of assumptions and work
• Analytical and process orientated
• Attention to detail
• Embraces the virtual team member and agile approach to delivery
• Confident communicating in varying formats to immediate stakeholders
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, visual basic and teams
• Collaborative and an active participant at in person events and in digital environments
• Driving licence is desirable or evidence that you are working towards obtaining

This is a great opportunity to build a long-term career in modelling while making a real difference to essential water services. You’ll learn from experienced specialists, work on real projects across the asset management lifecycle, and develop highly sought-after technical skills in a supportive, collaborative environment.

You’ll benefit from a structured development pathway with clear competencies and progression, giving you the opportunity to grow from trainee to competent modeller. Alongside technical development, you’ll build strong networks across the business, gain exposure to a wide range of stakeholders, and contribute to innovative solutions that support resilient, sustainable water networks.

At Anglian Water, you’ll be part of an inclusive organisation that values learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement — giving you the support, challenge, and purpose to grow your career while helping to protect the environment and serve customers.