ICA Technician

Closing Date

Location: Hailsham Field

Travel: Multiple sites in Southern England with a company supplied van

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 38 hours

Are you ready to make a difference in the water & waste industry

With our sites located across the beautiful South Coast you can enjoy the security of fulltime employment while tackling the interesting assignments that keep you engaged and growing.

Southern Water is recruiting an Instrumentation Control and Automation Technician to support the processing of water for public use.

As an ICA Technician you will maintain repair modify configure commission calibrate and install all plant instrumentation control and monitoring equipment shutdown systems alarms and telemetry across the Southern Water region in the wastewater function to ensure that it is operating efficiently and effectively.

This role requires occasional paid out of hours working and during oncall scheduling.

Your responsibilities are to include:

• Fault finding calibration testing investigation and programming in technical aspects such as telemetry various flow meters detectors control systems and other measurement meters.
• Implement process improvements via control system modifications diagnosing and fixing complex process and control system faults.
• Conduct planned maintenance and/or calibrate instrumentation to Southern Water standards to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Respond to instrumentation faults within Southern Water parameters as guided by the Regional Control Centre.
• Undertake investigative work on instruments and process problems at wastewater plants identifying any faults and implementing remedial action.
• Complete documentation accurately and in a timely manner to maintain internal change control standards ISO9001 accreditation and other systems.
• To implement control system modifications from operational requests to improve process control or compliance.
• To coach and train team members to develop their skills.

Skills and experience needed:

• NVQ3 in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or timeserved apprenticeship.
• Experience within a process orientated industry such as water utility petrochemical electricity manufacturing or similar.
• Excellent problem solving and faultfinding skills.
• Experience with instrumentation or control or automation.
• Strong documentation and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborative with good communication skills.
• Enthusiasm for learning and growth.
• Full current UK driving licence.

What Do We Offer

We offer a comprehensive package salary range from 36K to 52K depending on skills and experience plus overtime and oncall bonus.

More benefits!

• A company van (for business use only) which you can take home and a fuel card.
• All necessary PPE tools uniform and training to excel in your career at Southern Water.
• 25 days annual leave Bank Holidays.
• BUPA cash plan cover (with options to upgrade for family coverage).
• Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers.
• Pension contributions up to 11 (depending on your contribution).
• An employee assistance program.
• A network of sports and social clubs.
• Company and performancerelated bonus.
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary.
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service).
• Health Cash Plan.
• Two paid volunteering days a year.
• Occupational health service.
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers.
• Digital GP service.
• Study support may be available for jobrelated qualifications.
• Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Join our Wastewater Treatment Team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression training and development opportunities our customers and the environment.

Worried that you dont meet all the desired criteria exactly Dont worry Dive right in anyway! At Southern Water we are passionate about diversity and inclusion and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align exactly with every part of the job description we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role and our Talent Acquisition team can help you see how your skills fit in.