Hybrid OT Technician: SCADA & Automation

South Staffs Water; Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly benefits

Pension scheme

Health & wellbeing

Cycle to work

Training & development

Inclusion networks

Salary reviews

Job summary

South Staffordshire Water is seeking a Principle Engineer - Operational Technology in Walsall to join our OT Operations team. You will provide day-to-day technical support, maintenance and fault resolution across our OT estate, including SCADA, PLCs and telemetry, ensuring safe and reliable water services.

The role offers hybrid working, a permanent contract, and a 37.5-hour week with opportunities to contribute to system improvements, cyber security compliance and resilience activities across

Qualifications

• Experience supporting, maintaining or fault-finding industrial control, automation, telemetry or OT systems.
• Understanding of industrial control systems and associated equipment.
• Strong diagnostic and fault-finding skills across electrical, control, communications or computing technologies.
• Experience working within planned and reactive maintenance environments.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with technical and operational teams.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail when maintaining records and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain OT systems, including SCADA, PLCs and telemetry platforms.
• Perform planned and reactive maintenance to maximise system reliability and availability.
• Carry out routine system health checks and assist with software, firmware and hardware updates.
• Respond to operational incidents, diagnose faults and support system recovery activities.
• Escalate complex issues and contribute to root cause investigations.

Skills

Industrial control systems

Fault finding

SCADA/PLC/RTU

OT networking

Documentation

Education

Engineering qualifications

Tools

SCADA systems

PLC programming

Telemetry platforms

Job description

South Staffordshire Water is seeking a Principle Engineer - Operational Technology in Walsall to join our OT Operations team. You will provide day-to-day technical support, maintenance and fault resolution across our OT estate, including SCADA, PLCs and telemetry, ensuring safe and reliable water services.

The role offers hybrid working, a permanent contract, and a 37.5-hour week with opportunities to contribute to system improvements, cyber security compliance and resilience activities across