Location
Brixton - SW2 1SB or Merton Abbey (Colliers Wood) - SW19 2EB, South London region including Brixton, Streatham, Croydon areas and the Thames Water Ring Main.

Hours
38 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7:30 am – 3:36 pm plus standby and overtime opportunities, increasing earning potential by approximately £8,000-£10,000 per annum.

Salary
Up to £57,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) Technician to join our Water Production Operations Team. This mobile role involves working across various Water Treatment Works and the Thames Water Ring Main. You will be responsible for installations, commissioning, maintenance, and repairs of water production assets including level instrumentation, flow meters, and turbidity monitors (TVMs). The role requires working with SCADA systems, PLCs, and process control networks, as well as liaising with and supervising contractors and suppliers when necessary.

You will investigate asset failures and implement repairs swiftly to avoid interruptions to water supply. Providing specialist technical advice, maintaining C&I assets on the Thames Water ring main, and supporting technical apprentices with training are key responsibilities. All PPE, tools, a company van, and fuel are provided to support your work.

This role demands working safely, efficiently, and effectively with minimal supervision while maintaining statutory obligations and asset performance to manufacturers' standards. You may also operate and optimise processes and on-site equipment to ensure water quality compliance, safety, and operational efficiencies both during and outside normal hours.

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

About you
- Problem solver able to identify potential issues and implement solutions or escalate when necessary.
- Excellent communicator providing technical expertise to internal and external staff and contractors.
- Resilient and adaptable to work pressures and a constantly changing environment.
- Able to work with minimum supervision and under own initiative.
- Team player who shows respect for others, provides helpful feedback, and supports the development of others.
- IT literate.
- Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.

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