Junior Applications Engineer

Job description

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

12 month Secondment / FTC

Full time, 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 fast moving 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 decision making

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, low code / no code 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

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 WaterWe'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#loveeverydrop! #LI-LJ1

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Peterborough

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English