Location
Hampton, London, TW12 2ES

Hours
38 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7:30 am - 3:36 pm plus standby rota payments and overtime opportunities which can increase earning potential by up to £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company training.

Salary
Up to £57,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus company van, tools, and PPE provided.

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) Technician to join our clean water team. Based in Hampton, you will work alongside multi-disciplinary teams including systems, mechanical, and electrical technicians. Your responsibilities will include installing, modifying, and commissioning new plant equipment to relevant standards, diagnosing and repairing faults on systems and plants, and proactively identifying and reporting works for enhancement. You will contribute to delivering cost-effective improvements to assets and systems and help reduce pollution from our sites, making a real difference to Thames Water's environmental impact.

Key duties include ensuring health and safety compliance, carrying out planned and defect maintenance on wastewater assets, recording work and asset information to improve business performance, providing specialist technical advice, coaching and developing staff including apprentices, and delivering excellent customer service to both internal and external customers in a professional and respectful manner.

Experience
- Proven experience in calibration and maintenance of front-line instrumentation.
- Knowledge and experience working with relay logic and PLCs (Rockwell & Allen Bradley), including management and programming.
- Practical understanding of operational plant and control systems.
- Ability to read and fault-find from circuit diagrams.
- Previous experience with inverter drives.
- Understanding of Wonderware and Clear SCADA is desirable.

About you
- A problem solver able to identify potential issues and implement solutions or escalate as needed.
- Excellent communicator providing technical expertise to internal and external staff and contractors.
- Resilient and adaptable to the pressures of work and a constantly changing environment.
- Able to work with minimum supervision, under own initiative, to design and meet standards.
- Team player who respects others, provides helpful feedback, and supports the development of colleagues.
- Committed to health and safety with knowledge and awareness of relevant industry issues.

Qualifications
- Ideally qualified to HNC level or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in an instrumentation, control and automation discipline.
- Preferably holds an 18th Edition (BS7671) qualification.
- Full UK driving licence required.