About Network Plus Network Plus is one of the UK’s leading utility and infrastructure services groups. We deliver the essential, repeatable and non-discretionary works that keep the country’s critical networks running — across the water and power sectors and the wider infrastructure market. We have grown rapidly, both organically and through acquisition, by acquiring capability and capacity in complementary, high-growth segments and cross-selling into our market-leading client relationships.

In July 2026, Network Plus reached an agreement to receive investment from Warburg Pincus, one of the world’s most experienced growth investors, backing an ambitious next phase of growth in which M&A will play a central role. Why we’re hiring M&A has been — and will remain — a core enabler of our strategy and a central part of the Network Plus equity story. Over recent years we have completed and integrated six acquisitions, each adding new capability, deepening client access or extending our geographic footprint, while we continued to grow the core business.

With Warburg Pincus’s support we expect a step-change in the pace and scale of M&A. We are strengthening the team with a hands-on M&A Manager who can carry a real share of the load across the deal lifecycle — helping us run a more programmatic pipeline of bolt-on acquisitions, alongside larger and more transformational opportunities. Our M&A track record A proven, repeatable approach to buy-and-build — six completed acquisitions that have expanded what we do, who we do it for, and where: Capability — new service lines including overhead lines, traffic management, de-vegetation, and fencing & security.

Clients & coverage — entry into new regulated utility and national infrastructure supply chains, and deeper penetration of existing clients. Most recently — Claret Civil Engineering (October 2025), extending our wastewater and network-enhancement offering and opening the Anglian Water supply chain. A proven integration playbook — consistently realising value after completion through shared support services, procurement and supply-chain synergies, and cross-sell into the Network Plus client base.

We have a strong, near-term actionable bolt-on pipeline — and, with our new ownership, the ambition and financial firepower to accelerate. The role As M&A Manager you will be a key member of a small, high-impact team, working directly with the Head of M&A and Markets and with regular exposure to our CEO, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer and our private-equity investors. You will take genuine ownership across the full deal lifecycle — from originating and assessing targets, through due diligence and execution, to supporting integration and value capture.

This is a deliberately broad role for someone who wants to do deals end-to-end in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment — not sit within a single workstream. Origination & pipeline Identify, research and prioritise acquisition targets in our core water and power markets and in complementary cross-sector services, using market mapping and analysis of client contract and framework awards. Maintain and develop the target pipeline, tracking opportunities through the M&A funnel against Network Plus’s ideal target profile.

Build and nurture relationships with target owners, management teams and intermediaries — often through direct, off-market approaches developed over time. Evaluation & assessment Assess targets against our three-level framework: strategic fit (complementary capability, new or deeper client access, profit-pool capture of outsourced activity, or an ancillary service we can cross-sell), sector priority, and target-level parameters. Test each opportunity against our ideal profile — high levels of repeatable and visible (ideally framework) revenue, alignment with our operating model, a credible path to a 10%+ EBITDA margin, and meaningful deal economics.