Wastewater ICA Engineer — PLC/SCADA & Instrumentation

Southern Water; Aylesford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Health plan

Pension

Job summary

Southern Water is recruiting an Instrumentation, Control and Automation Technician for the Waste Water division. The role is based in Kent with travel to multiple sites and a permanent contract. Base salary ranges from £38,564.10 to £55,703.70 per annum, with 38-hour weeks, overtime, and on-call payments.

Travel by company van is included, along with health care and pension benefits. You will maintain and improve ICA systems, ensure reliability and regulatory compliance, and participate in

Qualifications

• NVQ3 in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• ONC or HNC in Instrumentation, Electronics, Control or equivalent.
• Excellent problem solving and fault-finding skills.
• Experience within Instrumentation or Control or Automation.
• Strong documentation skills for regulatory compliance reporting.
• Collaborative, with good communication skills.
• Full, current UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Planned, Reactive & Proactive maintenance including fault finding, calibration, testing and programming on telemetry, instrumentation, MCC/LVA, control networks, PLCs and HMIs/SCADA.
• Diagnose faults on PLC types (Rockwell, Mitsubishi, etc.) and support complex process improvements.
• Maintain PLC software backups and change control for software requests.
• Backups and modifications for HMI/SCADA systems.
• Set up and maintain site control networks and managed switch configurations.
• Perform planned maintenance and calibration to Southern Water standards.
• Respond to faults/alarms as directed by the Regional Control Centre.
• Gather evidence for Root Cause Analysis and assist with remedial actions.

Skills

NVQ3 Electrical/Electronic

ONC/HNC Instrumentation

Problem solving

Instrumentation/Control/Automation

Regulatory/documentation

Communication skills

Driving licence

Education

Time-served apprenticeship

ONC/HNC in Instrumentation

Job description

Southern Water is recruiting an Instrumentation, Control and Automation Technician for the Waste Water division. The role is based in Kent with travel to multiple sites and a permanent contract. Base salary ranges from £38,564.10 to £55,703.70 per annum, with 38-hour weeks, overtime, and on-call payments.

Travel by company van is included, along with health care and pension benefits. You will maintain and improve ICA systems, ensure reliability and regulatory compliance, and participate in