Senior ICA Engineer

Thames Water; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility company seeks a Senior ICA Engineer to shape engineering excellence and oversee instrumentation design. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and conducting detailed engineering tasks. Candidates should possess strong leadership, communication skills, and water industry experience. A degree in Engineering is preferred, with a competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £70,000 per annum and additional benefits including generous holidays and a pension scheme.

Benefits

26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30

Generous Pension Scheme

Access to health, wellbeing, and financial benefits

Qualifications

• Recognised senior design engineer, preferably with water industry experience.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance in engineering.
• Ability to produce detailed engineering drawings and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate capture of control and instrumentation requirements.
• Deliver engineering solutions meeting regulatory standards.
• Act as technical authority during project delivery phases.
• Review contractor deliverables for compliance with standards.

Skills

Leadership skills

Expertise in instrumentation

Communication skills

Continuous professional development

Ability to influence others

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

PLC and SCADA systems

Data/telemetry networks

Safety Instrument Systems

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing as a Senior ICA Engineer

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering engineering excellence across Thames Water’s assets. Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that control and instrumentation requirements are accurately captured in project technical briefs to support effective design and delivery.
• Undertake detailed ICA engineering tasks, applying your expertise to develop robust and efficient solutions.
• Deliver engineering solutions that meet all relevant regulatory standards and compliance requirements for ICA‐related assets.
• Contribute to project definition briefs and provide expert review, approval, and assurance of ICA designs to ensure quality and consistency.
• Assist in identifying and defining upgrade paths for obsolete systems and components, ensuring continuity and reliability of operations.
• Provide input into the development and enhancement of technical asset standards, driving innovation and best practice.
• Assist in the development of reference control and instrument system designs that can be used on multiple sites.
• Lead and promote best practices in ICA engineering across the organisation, setting high standards for technical delivery.
• Act as the technical authority during project delivery phases, ensuring solutions meet design intent and are ready for operational handover.
• Review engineering contractor deliverables for compliance with TW standards.

Base location: Hybrid – Clearwater Court – RG1 8DB

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• A recognised senior design engineer in their Engineering Discipline, probably including expertise in design and specifying instrumentation, PLC and SCADA systems, data/telemetry networks and Safety Instrument Systems and with meaningful experience in the water industry.
• Degree level or equivalent with professional chartership preferred in their Engineering Discipline or on their roadmap of professional development.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, both internally and externally.
• Collaborate actively with the ability to influence senior colleagues.
• A passion for continuous professional development and an active approach to driving diversity within Engineering at Thames.
• Ability to produce detailed system architecture drawings, control philosophies, I/O lists, Instrument data sheets, etc, as part of the engineering design process.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £55,000 to £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to a wide range of benefits to support health, wellbeing and finances: annual health MOTs, access to physiotherapy and counselling, Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.