DSEAR Engineer - Electrical Inspector
DSEAR Engineer – Electrical Inspector
Location: Peterborough/Bourne/Grantham and surrounding area
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £51,600, depending on skills and experience
About the Role
Help Shape a Safer Future with Anglian Water. We're looking for a DSEAR Engineer – Electrical Inspector to join our Process Safety team. As a Subject Matter Expert, you'll play a key role in ensuring compliance with the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) across Anglian Water's Water Recycling and Water Supply sites.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team responsible for inspecting, assessing, and improving electrical assets operating within potentially explosive atmospheres, while providing expert technical advice and support across the business.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the DSEAR Technical Manager, you'll undertake detailed inspections, risk assessments, and compliance activities across a diverse portfolio of assets and operational sites.
- Carry out detailed and close-grade inspections of electrical equipment within hazardous area zones in accordance with BS EN 60079-17
- Complete site inspections and risk assessments to identify potential ignition sources, loss of containment risks, and other DSEAR-related concerns
- Review hazardous area classification reports, zone drawings, certification documentation, and intrinsically safe circuit calculations
- Use technologies such as thermography and vibration analysis to support preventative maintenance activities
- Produce high-quality inspection reports, risk assessments, and defect documentation to demonstrate legal compliance
- Identify remedial requirements and support the delivery of associated projects and capital investment programmes
- Review contractor proposals and completed works to ensure compliance with DSEAR, ATEX, and relevant engineering standards
- Support design, construction, and project delivery activities in line with CDM regulations
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to colleagues, apprentices, technicians, and operational teams
- Act as a subject matter expert for hazardous area electrical equipment and DSEAR compliance across the wider business
- Support audits, competency assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives within the DSEAR programme
About You
You'll be a technically capable engineer with strong experience working in hazardous areas and a thorough understanding of electrical compliance within high-risk industrial environments.
To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:
- Strong practical experience working with hazardous area electrical equipment and DSEAR compliance
- Knowledge of BS EN 60079 standards, ATEX principles, and explosion protection techniques
- Experience carrying out inspections of electrical equipment within classified hazardous areas
- The ability to interpret hazardous area classification drawings, equipment certification, and technical specifications
- Knowledge of intrinsically safe systems and electrical protection concepts
- Experience preparing technical reports, risk assessments, and compliance documentation
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work collaboratively across operational, engineering, and contractor teams
- A methodical approach to identifying risks and implementing practical, compliant solutions
- Experience supporting contractors and reviewing technical proposals and remedial works
- A commitment to maintaining high standards of health, safety, and environmental performance
Benefits
At Anglian Water, safety is more than a priority, it's a core value. You'll be joining a company committed to delivering essential services safely, sustainably, and responsibly while investing in its people and future capability.
You'll benefit from:
- Personal private health care
- Life cover – 8x annual salary
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (with flexibility for religious holidays)
- Flexible working opportunities
- Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7%
- Bonus scheme and a wide range of lifestyle benefits
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- The opportunity to work as a recognised Subject Matter Expert in a specialist technical field
How to Apply
Closing Date: 18th November 2026
About Anglian Water Services
Anglian Water Services Limited is a water company that operates in the East of England. It provides water supply, sewerage, sewage treatment, and water recycling services to around 7 million people across its region, which stretches from the Humber estuary to the Thames estuary and from Buckinghamshire to Lowestoft.
Interested in this role?
Apply now to join Anglian Water Services.