Junior Applications Engineer, Peterborough

Circa £30,000 (Depending on Skills & Experience)  

12 month Secondment / FTC  

Fulltime, 37 hours per week. Flexible working available.  

Peterborough

Make every drop of your potential count! 

We're looking for a Junior Applications Engineer to develop, maintain and enhance internal digital applications that support Anglian Water's operational, safety and asset management processes. You'll work with Power Apps, SAP-integrated tools, SQL/Oracle environments and internal systems to build intuitive, reliable solutions that streamline workflows and improve data quality across the business. 
 
You will play a key role in updating and maintaining our internal site asset data repository, ensuring accurate integration with SAP and our Health & Safety systems. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys solving problems with technology, engaging with users, and bringing ideas to life in a fastmoving operational environment. 

What you'll be doing 

• Develop, test and deploy Power Apps and internal applications that improve efficiency and support operational teams 

• Design robust back-end architecture for data storage and handling, ensure reliable integrations are in place between existing business system 

• Design and maintain backend data architecture using SQL/Oracle to ensure reliable integrations with SAP and other enterprise systems 

• Update and manage the internal site asset data repository, ensuring full synchronisation with SAP and Health & Safety systems 

• Troubleshoot, maintain and update existing business applications, delivering fixes and enhancements 

• Create dashboards to visualise operational data and support decisionmaking 

• Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, understand user needs and support rollout of applications 

• Ensure all applications comply with AW data governance, cyber security and GDPR requirements 

What we're looking for 

• Experience with Power Apps, lowcode/nocode platforms or application development and experience in reading other people's code and editing as well as building apps from scratch. 

• Experience with SAP, SQL, Oracle or similar enterprise systems.

• Microsoft knowledge in Power Automate.  

• Sharepoint and Dataverse knowledge to help support existing apps. Experience using SharePoint Lists and SharePoint permissions. 

•  High level of computer literacy and confidence working with new technical systems.

• Ability to manipulate, analyse and present data clearly, Power Bi an advantage. 

• Strong communication skills with ability to adapt to user needs.

• Ability to challenge, think differently and identify improvement opportunities 

• Understanding of Health & Safety considerations in digital and operational environments.

• Experience implementing change through technology.

• Knowledge or experience of creating relational databases. 

• Strong Excel skills. 

• Understanding of JSON. 

Benefits 

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to: 
* 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 your contributions up to 6% 
* 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'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: 29/3/26  

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