ICA Technician

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water; Brecon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A water utility company in the UK is seeking an individual responsible for planned maintenance of ICA plants, ensuring compliance with maintenance schedules, and supporting various wastewater teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in electronics and instrumentation, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to teamwork. This role involves regular assessments and repairs of ICA equipment, ensuring operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship in a relevant role in electronics, instrumentation or electrical desirable.
• Fully qualified in at least one work stream with demonstrable experience required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance of ICA plant.
• Ensure compliance with planned maintenance schedule.
• Respond to breakdowns on various ICA plant.

Skills

Electronics knowledge

Instrumentation expertise

Effective communication

Good IT skills

Clean Driving Licence

Education

HNC in Industrial measurement and control

Job description

What you’ll be responsible for

Carrying out planned maintenance of ICA plant, and make decisions on both tasks and frequencies in order to strike a balance between regular checks and number of breakdowns.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Working closely with the area’s wastewater teams to provide ICA support and expertise for the area’s wastewater treatment works and associated assets
2. Ensuring compliance with the area’s planned maintenance schedule
3. Carrying out planned maintenance of ICA plant, and making decisions on both tasks and frequencies in order to strike a balance between regular checks and number of breakdowns
4. Responding to breakdowns on a very wide variety of ICA plant, assessing problems, deciding on action, acquiring spares and carrying out repairs as necessary
5. Recommending design changes if necessary, to ensure that plant continues to function efficiently and effectively in order to maintain levels of service
6. Programming PLCs, telemetry and SCADA systems to efficiently control and monitor unmanned plant and amending existing programmes in response to both faults and operational changes in order to optimise levels of service
7. Reviewing ICA solutions of small capital schemes to ensure correct operation
8. Implementing and maintaining the IMS procedures at all times to ISO standard. Ensuring that all ICA equipment is calibrated by the procedure at defined frequencies and is auditable and keeping BMS records to ensure that they are satisfactory for internal and BSI audits
9. Ensuring the operation of all communication links to wastewater outstations are maintained and operable at all times
10. Implementing and maintaining the Planned Maintenance System
11. Being actively involved in design, installation and commissioning of Capital Schemes to enhance ICA, Process optimisation and environmental discharge monitoring and control
12. Liaising closely within the Alliance Partnership to ensure that all large capital schemes are implemented effectively and efficiently
13. Designing, installing, commissioning and maintaining all instrumentation and communication links to wastewater assets

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Strong working relationship within the wastewater team
• Internal audit team
• Regular liaison with scientific team, asset strategy/capital delivery teams and operational control centre

External

• Environment Agency in relation to abstraction and discharge
• Health and Safety
• Emergency Planning
• Capital Partners

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Time Served apprenticeship in a relevant role – electronics, instrumentation or electrical would be desirable; or fully qualified in at least one of the work streams with a demonstrable track record and experience.
• HNC or equivalent in Industrial measurement and control
• Good IT skills
• A team player who understands the importance of ownership and accountability
• The ability to develop positive working relationships across the business
• Effective communication skills
• Clean Driving Licence
• Flexibility to provide extra cover in line with business needs
  

Good to know

• Site based role.
• Requirement to participate in standby rota (1 in 5)and 260 hours of planned overtime with additional earnings.
• This role will cover areas ranging from Powys to North Gwent