Solution Development Engineer; ICA

Solution Development Engineer - ICA (Control & Automation)

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, (4a), £50,300 - £62,876
  , depending on experience
• A company car benefit
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum Bonus Opportunity for the Performance Year)
• Attractive pension scheme (
  up to 12% company contribution
  )
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  - plus an extra wellness day!
• A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Regional office base, hybrid working, with regular, regional travel to offices and sites

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Development Engineer - ICA to join us in the Asset Management team and be a part of helping us give the very best service to our customers.
Could this be you?

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. The Asset Management team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. The Engineering Team provide technical expertise in the business to ensure compliance with regulation, legislation and to ensure efficiency in the full asset management lifecycle.

As an ICA expert you will become part of the Engineering governance to ensure sustainability in a rapidly changing world of technology to meet our environmental and sustainability challenges.

• Provide technical expertise and knowledge within Control & Automation (C&I) discipline to lead or support on proactive and planned technical, engineering and investigations to develop detailed solutions.
• Be responsible for delivering and developing robust engineering work packages work scopes which will then be delivered or transferred to a delivery team. Part of this role will provide Engineering Standards support to the ICA Principal Engineer, together with support to the capital teams for integration of new assets.
• Attend YW Functional Work Group as a Subject Matter Expert' in own specialist discipline/skills for developing maintenance plans, Engineering Specifications etc, particularly around automation and commissioning.
• Lead Technical Governance Working Groupsin control & automation application to support the capital delivery programme.
• Provide engineering standards support to the ICA Principal Engineers in way of the development of the Engineering Specifications, WIMES and design guidance
• Provide on-site process and operational expertise in relation to the interrogation of control and process automation systems, instrumentation, PLC, and associated networks to determine the functional performance of safety systems/layers of protection etc.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to team members to support the transfer of specialist knowledge and succession planning within Yorkshire Water
• Provide Technical Leadership with the creation and management of supplier Frameworks for Instrument, Control and Automation

• You will hold an HNC/HND Degree or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic /Control &…