Project Engineer ICA

Project Engineer ICA – Yorkshire Water

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineer ICA to join the Engineering Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

The role could suit an experienced C I Engineer or someone looking to develop in this area. Continuous training is available to develop and maintain experience with the latest technologies and industry standards.

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Engineering are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

• Design, develop, deploy and test business critical ICA services in one or more of the following areas:
  • Instrumentation
  • PLC & HMI/LOI systems (Programmable Logic Controllers & Human Machine Interfaces / Local Operator Interfaces)
  • SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) applications
  • Site data networks
• To take a technical and financial lead role on projects, responsible for the delivery of best value & ensuring technical outcomes are aligned to business requirements.
• To ensure projects are developed and delivered to the appropriate quality, standards and specifications.
• To ensure projects are compliant with all necessary statutory legislation including Health and Safety and Construction Design and Management (CDM) requirements as appropriate, acting as Principal Contractor.
• Ensure all projects follow a formal customer handover process against the agreed scope.
• To ensure the creation and modification of assets results in safe, compliant, reliable, affordable assets that are aligned with operational risk.
• Provide technical input into developing short and long term strategic plans.

• Engineering degree or equivalent ICA Apprenticeship & ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical or ICA Engineering.
• Broad experience with electrical and ICA equipment and can use this experience to produce engineered solutions to resolve business risks and other issues.
• Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Electrical Authorisation (LV).
• Make suggestions to or challenge the use of PLC, HMI, SCADA, Telemetry and the various instruments commonly found on YW sites.
• Make changes to and diagnose issues with PLC, HMI, SCADA, Instrumentation and understand the need for change control.
• Be able to highlight complex technical issues and support and contribute to resolution.
• Understand the principles of Construction Design Management (CDM).
• Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region.

• Ability to manage & prioritise workload whilst maintaining effective operational relationships.
• Ability to work effectively with equipment manufacturers to identify shortfalls & propose enhancements.
• Ability to understand risk issues on site as well as construction risks.
• Ability to carry out investigation, report writing & communication skills.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

If you want to learn more about being a Project Engineer ICA and want to help us deliver…