Senior ICA Engineer

Description

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

Requirements

• Excellent leadership and communication skills, both internally and externally.
• Ability to produce detailed system architecture drawings, control philosophies, I/O lists, Instrument data sheets, etc, as part of the engineering design process.
• Collaborate actively with the ability to influence senior colleagues.
• Degree level or equivalent with professional chartership preferred in their Engineering Discipline or on their roadmap of professional development.
• 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.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements.

Benefits

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At Thames Water, no two days are the same. You’ll enjoy meaningful work, flexible arrangements, and great benefits. If you want a career that makes a real difference—protecting water for future generations—we’ll support you every step of the way.

Extra opportunities

• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Competitive salary from £55,000 to £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of yourself 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.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.

Training + Development

Interview process

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