AI Engineer

• Design, develop, and deploy AI solutions across the business
• Integrate AI with line-of-business applications and data pipelines hosted on Azure and Microsoft Fabric
• Build AI automation and agent workflows
• Implement observability across our AI stack - evaluation, prompt monitoring, model performance, and cost
• Embed governance, security, and responsible AI practices from day one

• Collaborate with the Data and AI Product Owner and wider data and engineering teams to drive AI adoption across Network Plus.

• C#, .NET and/or Python
• Azure, Azure AI Services, Microsoft Fabric
• SQL Server
• Modern AI toolkit including LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and agent frameworks

• Tools to design and build agents such as Copilot Studio

• You’ll own it end-to-end. From concept to deployment, you’ll shape AI solutions that deliver impact for the business
• Real production AI. You’ll work on live systems that real people across Network Plus depend on.
• Genuine influence. You’ll help shape how AI is embedded into core business operations and have a real say in technical direction.
• Modern stack, modern problems. You’ll work hands-on with the latest AI tooling - agents, RAG, observability, the lot - solving challenges that don’t have textbook answers yet.

Do you have experience in Wastewater treatment?, * Hands-on experience shipping AI/LLM-powered features into production, ideally across line-of-business applications and data platforms like Microsoft Fabric

• Deep understanding of LLM integration, prompt engineering, AI agents and workflows, RAG systems, and vector databases
• Strong backend engineering skills (integration, data processing, system design)
• Confident hands-on coder in C# and/or Python
• Solid knowledge of Azure and Azure AI Services
• Proactive mindset with a product lens - you ask the right questions, not just write code

We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package., Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater. We value the variety of experience, perspective, and other points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer. We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment - we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.

Network Plus is one of the UK’s leading providers of essential utility and infrastructure services, delivering critical work across power, gas, water, and telecoms for the nation’s largest network owners.

We’re building the next generation of AI solutions to support business growth, and we’re looking for an AI Engineer who’s genuinely fired up about solving complex challenges with a modern AI tech stack.

We need a builder - someone who can bridge product thinking, solid engineering, and real-world AI applications, turning ambitious ideas into production-ready systems that drive measurable business impact.