Instrument Control Automation Technician (Control and Instrumentation Technician)

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Camberley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Company van provided

Fuel card

25 days annual leave

Overtime and standby earnings

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd. invites applications for an Instrument Control Automation Technician (ICA/C&I) based in Camberley, covering the Camberley & Esher pumping area.

It is a mobile, full-time role with a 38-hour week, providing a company van, tools and a fuel card, and opportunities for overtime and standby earnings. You will install, commission, maintain and repair water production assets, work with SCADA, PLCs and instrumentation, and diagnose faults to sustain asset availability and comply

Qualifications

• Qualified in instrumentation, control and automation disciplines with safety focus.
• Experience with water industry assets and compliance requirements.
• Ability to read and fault-find from circuit diagrams and schematics.
• Familiar with SCADA systems, PLCs and process control networks.
• Excellent communication and teamwork under minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Install, commission, maintain and repair water production assets including level instrumentation and flow meters.
• Operate and optimise site processes and equipment with SCADA/PLC systems.
• Diagnose faults and implement corrective actions to sustain reliability across the Camberley & Esher area.
• Liaise with contractors and suppliers and provide technical training where needed.

Skills

Fault diagnosis and problem solving

Strong communication

Safety-focused

Reading circuit diagrams

Team collaboration

Self-motivated with minimal supervisor

Education

HNC in Instrumentation, Control & Automation

NVQ Level 3 in Instrumentation/Control & Automation

18th Edition (BS7671) qualification

Tools

Wonderware

ClearSCADA

Rockwell/Allen-Bradley PLCs

Inverter drives

Job description

The Instrument Control Automation Technician (Control and Instrumentation Technician) position, based in Camberley, is a full-time, mobile role covering sewage pumping stations and borehole sites across the Camberley and Esher region.

Offering a competitive salary up to £47,000 per annum, this post demands independent, safe, and efficient working with minimal oversight. The successful candidate will maintain statutory compliance, uphold asset availability, and ensure performance measures align with manufacturer specifications.

Key responsibilities include operating and optimising site processes and equipment.

This role suits a skilled professional capable of delivering timely, effective maintenance whilst upholding rigorous safety standards. You will also diagnose faults and implement corrective actions to sustain operational reliability across the designated area.

About the role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) or Control and Instrumentation (C&I) technician to join our Team based in Camberley STW or Esher STW, covering the home county’s pumping area. This is a mobile role, where you would be required to work on various Sewage Pumping Station and borehole sites around the Camberley & Esher area. We are looking for someone who can work in a safe, efficient, timely and effective manner with minimum supervision while maintaining the required standards to ensure that our statutory obligations are met and that asset availability and the associated performance measures are maintained to manufacturers' standards. An ICA Technician may also operate and optimise processes and on-site equipment to ensure delivery of water quality compliance, safety, and operational efficiencies both in and out of normal hours.

What you’ll be doing as an Instrument Control Automation Technician (Control and Instrumentation Technician)

The role would include installations, commissioning, maintenance, and repairs of water production assets, including level instrumentation, flow meters, and Tand VM’s turbidity monitors. Working with technology, including SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, associated PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), and Process control networks. Liaise with and supervise contractors and suppliers where necessary. You will be responsible for providing specialist technical advice where appropriate, with up-to-date technical knowledge, and providing training support for technical apprentices.

Base Location – Due to the nature of this role, you would be contractually based at the Camberley STW.

Working Pattern: 38 hours per week Monday-Friday.7:30 am -3:36 pm Plus standby & overtime opportunity, increasing earnings by a potential £8,000 - £10,000 upon completion of essential company training.

Equipment: All PPE, tools, a company van and a fuel card are provided.

What you should bring to the role

• Ideally, you will be qualified to HNC level or otherwise NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in an instrumentation, control and automation discipline.
• Preferably, for you to have an 18th Edition (BS7671) qualification.
• A good, practical understanding of operational plant and control systems is essential.
• An understanding of Wonderware and ClearSCADA is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience working with relay logic and PLCs (Rockwell & Alan Bradley), which will include management and programming.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to read and fault-find from circuit diagrams, as well as have previous experience with inverter drives.
• We are looking for someone with experience in calibration and maintenance of front-line instrumentation.
• A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, orescalate if required.
• An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
• Resilient, adapting to the pressuresof work and working in a constantly changing environment.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, under own initiativeto design and meet standards.
• Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.
• Team player who can work in many different teams, showing respect for others, providing helpful feedback and supporting the development of others.
• Full UK driving licence.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £47,000 per annum
• Competitive salary up to £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Contributory pension - Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances - from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
• 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 days with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension - Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments - Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme, including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
• Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people