ICA Technician

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water; Wales; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading water provider as a Maintenance Technician to ensure the reliability of the Welsh Water assets. Responsibilities include scheduled maintenance, repairs, and close collaboration with internal teams to safeguard the environment while maintaining high operational standards. The role supports sustainable practices and offers a competitive salary alongside valuable employee benefits.

Benefits

33 days annual leave (pro rata)

Enhanced employer pension contributions up to 11%

Gym and fitness discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Health CashBack scheme

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship in Instrumentation/electrical or dual skilled engineering to at least NVQ level 3.
• Full UK Driving licence required.
• Ability to work alone and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned maintenance activities at production treatment works, pumping stations, and reservoirs.
• Investigate instrumentation failures and perform repairs.
• Maintain compliance with environmental permits.

Skills

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Compliance

Electrical Maintenance

Instrumentation

Education

NVQ level 3 in Instrumentation/Electrical

Job description

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Address:

Caerleon, Wales, GB, NP18 1HT

Job Requisition Number 7220

Work Type Temporary(2 year FTC)

Job Function Operational

Salary Range

£32,236 - £38,070

+Standby

+Overtime

+Annual Cost of Living Increase

+Annual Salary Uplifts

+Annual Pay Rewards

+Company Vehicle

Base Court Farm

Closing Date 23:59 on 16/06/2025

What you’ll be responsible for

As a Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for undertaking planned maintenance activities at our DCWW assets including Production Treatment works, pumping stations and Reservoirs. You will contribute to safeguarding the environment now and for future generations, meeting and maintaining compliance in line with our environmental permits.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out scheduled planned maintenance work on all equipment relating to the Welsh Water asset base in compliance with company procedures to minimise plant breakdowns.
• Investigating the nature of instrumentation failures and subsequently carrying out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible in order to avoid interruptions to service and in order to ensure compliance.
• Proactively identifying and preventing instrumentation and electrical failures in a timely manner.
• Carrying out like for like installations, refurbishment and assist with commissioning equipment to specification and on time.
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings of electrical equipment and instrumentation to ensure instrumentation is maintained for efficient plant operation.
• Maintaining a general knowledge of the treatment processes and the variations at individual assets to enable an accurate and speedy assessment of problems and their consequential results.
• Inspecting, repairing, installing, and testing instrumentation and electrical equipment in order to ensure that mandatory legislative requirements are met.
• Carrying out an assessment of spares and materials required to complete work effectively, where necessary ordering additional items via the Supervisor or direct from supplier.
• Implementing and maintaining the Information Management System (IMS) procedures always to ISO standard. Keep IMS records to ensure that they are satisfactory for internal and BSI audits.
• Using a mobile device to record all work details and all accounted for time.
• Liaising closely within the Alliance Partnership to ensure that all large capital schemes are implemented effectively and efficiently.

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Production and Network Teams
• Internal audit team
• Scientific team, asset strategy/capital delivery teams and operational control centre

External

• Regulators
• Specialist contractors

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• A recognised apprenticeship in Instrumentation/electrical or dual skilled engineering to at least NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• A full UK Driving licence.
• Ability to work alone and as a member of a team.
• IT literate in Microsoft Office applications including various App’s, training will be provided on the systems we use.
• Transferrable Experience to ensure full compliance and adherence to all H&S procedures.

Good to know

• Requirement to take part in standby rota (1 in 5) - up to £3,307 in additional earnings
• 260 hours of planned overtime with additional earning potential of up to £4,490 per year

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website.

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.


Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

INDMP

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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