Support Services Technician

Anglian Water Services Ltd

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Huntingdon Until 10/5/2026 First posted August 6, 2026 Last posted August 6, 2026
Job description

Technician – Support Services (Procurement) 
Circa £28,080 dependent on skills and experience 
Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week 
Huntingdon 

 
Tap into your potential and test a new career with Anglian Water! 

This exciting role provides a procurement service to the laboratories and field-based functions. As part of this role you’ll liaise with suppliers of services to the laboratory and sampling functions and provide a facilities service for the laboratories. 
 

Key responsibilities: 

  • Procurement activities including SAP ordering, monitoring of temporary staff contracts/orders, and day to day operation of contracts for the supply of lab chemicals and equipment 

  • Ensure efficiencies in ordering and looking at internal processes where needed for improvement 

  • Be the first point of contact to deal with any enquiries relating to ordering or delivery of goods and / or services 

  • Maintain SAP in line with training and guidance 

  • Vendor management and contact where required 

  • Reports for key vendors and spend management 

  • Look at KPIs and help troubleshoot bottleneck areas 

  • Provide support to the Operational Support Manager by: 

  • Deal with general lab service queries 

  • Ensure all visitors to site are signed in and supervised during their visit 

  • Prepare meeting rooms and ensure all consumables are available 

  • Make staff aware of deliveries 

 

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 wellbeingand lifestyle. 

 

What does it take to be successful? 

  • Able to communicate with people at all levels 

  • Reliable and committed 

  • Able to deal with answering account queries, processing payments and being an excellent first point of contact 

  • Ideally you will be SAP trained 

  • Ability to help customers over the phone and in person 

  • Able to prioritise effectively 

  • Accurate data input into various databases and spreadsheets 

  • Confident telephone manner 

  • Ideally an understanding of a Laboratory environment 

 

Inclusion at Anglian Water: 

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong. 

Closing date: 20th August 2026  

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About this role

Summary

Provide procurement, support, and vendor management for laboratory services.

Job title

Support Services Technician

Experience level

none

Industry

utilities

Location requirements

Huntingdon, remote work not allowed

Salary

£28k+

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

communicationreliabilitySAP

Preferred skills

laboratory understanding

Specializations

procurementSAPvendor managementlab environment
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Huntingdon, UK

On-site City