ICA Technician

Job title ICA Technician  Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Greenwich Storm - SE10 8JL
Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 38 hours Monday
- Friday 7:30am-3:36pm Salary Offering up to £47,000 per annum depending on skills and experience plus a company van, tools, and PPE. Job grade A Closing date 21/01/2026

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced instrumentation, control & automation (ICA) technician to join our Wastewater team to be based out of Greenwich Storm - SE10 8JL
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As a successful candidate, you will be working with multi-disciplinary teams, alongside a range of operational teams such as systems, mechanical and electrical technicians.

You will be responsible for installing, modifying, and commissioning new plant equipment to relevant standards. Diagnose and repair faults on systems and plants. Proactively identifying and reporting works for enhancement and delivering cost-effective improvements to assets and systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to Thames Water's environmental impact, and you will be actively helping to reduce pollution from our sites.

• Ensuring the health, safety and well-being of yourself, colleagues, contractors, and visitors is always my top priority by displaying the correct behaviours at all times, by complying with the Health and Safety at Work regulations and Thames Water’s Health and Safety guidelines.
• Carrying out instrumentation, control and automation maintenance on a variety of wastewater assets, including planned maintenance and defect maintenance, along with installing, modifying and commissioning new plant equipment to relevant standards and diagnosing and repairing faults on systems and plants. Proactively identifying and reporting follow-up work or areas for enhancement.
• Record work and asset information to improve business performance, along with identifying possible future risks and recommending changes in the course of your day-to-day work and to raise these for resolution as required.
• Provide specialist technical advice where appropriate with up-to-date technical knowledge, along with coaching, training and developing staff under their supervision, including the apprenticeship programme.
• To deliver an excellent customer experience and positively contribute to overall customer satisfaction. Interacting with all of our customers (internal & external) in a timely, professional, efficient, respectful and polite manner.

38 hours per week, Monday-Friday. 7:30 am - 3:36 pm plus Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase the earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company training.

You must be qualified to HNC level or otherwise NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in an instrumentation, control and automation discipline.

• You will be qualified to HNC level or otherwise NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in an instrumentation, control and automation discipline.
• Preferable for you to have an 18th Edition (BS7671) qualification.
• A good, practical understanding of operational plant and control systems is essential.
• An understanding of Wonderware and Clear SCADA is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience working with relay logic and PLCs (Rockwell & Alan Bradley), which will include management and programming.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to read and fault-find from circuit diagrams, as well as have previous experience with inverter drives.
• We are looking for someone with experience in calibration and maintenance of front-line instrumentation.
• A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or elevate if required.
• An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
• Resilient, adapting to the pressures of work and working in a constantly changing environment.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, under own initiative, to design and meet standards.
• Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues…