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Company

Pennon Group

Openings up 70% over the last 17 days
UtilitiesWater UtilitiesHQ: UK~$2B mkt cap

Member of FTSE 250. Source: teamtailor career site.

Hiring signal · In line with peers
17 open jobs per $B market cap — vs a Water Utilities median of 14 (1.21×).
Hiring insights
34
Open jobs
1
Countries
5
Role types
Browse all 34 open positions at Pennon Group

Hiring intensity vs peers

Pennon Group ranks 1st of 3 Water Utilities companies across Europe we track by hiring intensity — open jobs per $B of market value (group median 14.0). A structural read on who hires heavily for their size, not absolute volume.

#CompanyOpen jobsJobs / $Bvs median
1Pennon Group34171.21×
2Severn Trent112141.00×
3United Utilities444.90.35×

Open positions over time

0917263407-0807-1107-1407-1707-2007-2307-25Open positions · 07-08: 20Open positions · 07-09: 19Open positions · 07-10: 19Open positions · 07-11: 17Open positions · 07-12: 17Open positions · 07-13: 17Open positions · 07-14: 23Open positions · 07-15: 23Open positions · 07-16: 23Open positions · 07-17: 24Open positions · 07-18: 24Open positions · 07-19: 24Open positions · 07-20: 25Open positions · 07-21: 25Open positions · 07-22: 25Open positions · 07-23: 25Open positions · 07-24: 34Open positions · 07-25: 3434
Open roles counted each day, reconstructed from our event log (we began tracking 25 Jun 2026). Early movements can reflect us adding coverage; it becomes a like-for-like trend over time. Deepens daily.

Roles hired over time

03691207-0607-1307-20Engineering & R&D · 07-06: 8Engineering & R&D · 07-13: 10Engineering & R&D · 07-20: 12Production & Operations · 07-06: 7Production & Operations · 07-13: 8Production & Operations · 07-20: 11Other Management/Specialist · 07-06: 0Other Management/Specialist · 07-13: 0Other Management/Specialist · 07-20: 3Finance & Accounting · 07-06: 0Finance & Accounting · 07-13: 2Finance & Accounting · 07-20: 3Admin & Office · 07-06: 0Admin & Office · 07-13: 2Admin & Office · 07-20: 2Other · 07-06: 0Other · 07-13: 0Other · 07-20: 2
Engineering & R&DProduction & OperationsOther Management/SpecialistFinance & AccountingAdmin & OfficeOther
Open positions in Pennon Group's top role types, per day — reconstructed from our event log, so it shows how the hiring mix actually shifts. Deepens daily.

Skills in demand over time

0511162107-0607-1307-20Driving licence (B) · 07-06: 12Driving licence (B) · 07-13: 16Driving licence (B) · 07-20: 21English · 07-06: 7English · 07-13: 14English · 07-20: 16PLC · 07-06: 4PLC · 07-13: 6PLC · 07-20: 9Microsoft Office · 07-06: 3Microsoft Office · 07-13: 7Microsoft Office · 07-20: 9SCADA · 07-06: 4SCADA · 07-13: 4SCADA · 07-20: 4Cybersecurity · 07-06: 3Cybersecurity · 07-13: 4Cybersecurity · 07-20: 3ISO 9001 · 07-06: 1ISO 9001 · 07-13: 1ISO 9001 · 07-20: 2ATEX / Ex · 07-06: 1ATEX / Ex · 07-13: 1ATEX / Ex · 07-20: 1
Driving licence (B)EnglishPLCMicrosoft OfficeSCADACybersecurityISO 9001ATEX / Ex
Open positions mentioning each of Pennon Group's most-demanded skills, per day — reconstructed from the ad bodies we bank. The moat: a real record of which skills a company is buying, over time.

Seniority mix

Openings by level (from the job titles) — whether Pennon Group is building out the base or hiring leadership.

Mid-level29
Senior1
Lead / Manager3
Executive1

Where Pennon Group hires — top cities

Exeter, GB14
Barnstaple, GB3
Plymouth, GB3
Bournemouth, GB2
Redhill, GB1
Redruth, GB1
Bideford, GB1

What's distinctive about hiring here

Professional skills over-represented in Pennon Group's postings versus the all-company average — what this Company is really betting on, not the table-stakes everyone asks for.

SCADA34.2× · 4 postings
PLC25.6× · 9 postings
Cybersecurity4.2× · 3 postings

When current openings were posted

0510141905-0905-2306-0606-2007-0407-1807-25Postings · 05-09: 0Postings · 05-16: 0Postings · 05-23: 0Postings · 05-30: 0Postings · 06-06: 0Postings · 06-13: 0Postings · 06-20: 0Postings · 06-27: 0Postings · 07-04: 0Postings · 07-11: 7Postings · 07-18: 8Postings · 07-25: 1919
Open roles by posting week (last 12 weeks). A recency view, not a trend.
Leaderboard ad slot

Roles by country

Role \ CountryGB
Engineering & R&D12
Production & Operations11
Finance & Accounting3
Admin & Office2
HR & People1
Leaderboard ad slot

Open positions

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TitleLocation
Electrical EngineerBarnstaple, Devon, GBView →
Mechanical CraftspersonBarnstaple, Devon, GBView →
Mechanical EngineerPlymouth, Devon, GBView →
Alternative Water Supply TechnicianPlymouth, Devon, GBView →
Operational Technology (OT) EngineerUK, Cornwall, GBView →
Document ControllerExeter, Devon, GBView →
Senior HydrogeologistRedhill, Surrey, GBView →
Network and Customer Services Technician - ExeterExeter, Devon, GBView →

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