Instrument Control Automation Technician (Control and Instrumentation Technician

The Instrument Control Automation Technician (Control and Instrumentation Technician) position, based in Camberley, is a full-time, mobile role covering sewage pumping stations and borehole sites across the Camberley and Esher region.

Offering a competitive salary up to £47,000 per annum, this post demands independent, safe, and efficient working with minimal oversight. The successful candidate will maintain statutory compliance, uphold asset availability, and ensure performance measures align with manufacturer specifications.

Key responsibilities include operating and optimising site processes and equipment.

This role suits a skilled professional capable of delivering timely, effective maintenance whilst upholding rigorous safety standards. You will also diagnose faults and implement corrective actions to sustain operational reliability across the designated area.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) or Control and Instrumentation (C&I) technician to join our Team based in Camberley STW or Esher STW, covering the home county’s pumping area. This is a mobile role, where you would be required to work on various Sewage Pumping Station and borehole sites around the Camberley & Esher area.

We are looking for someone who can work in a safe, efficient, timely and effective manner with minimum supervision while maintaining the required standards to ensure that our statutory obligations are met and that asset availability and the associated performance measures are maintained to manufacturers' standards. An ICA Technician may also operate and optimise processes and on-site equipment to ensure delivery of water quality compliance, safety, and operational efficiencies both in and out of normal hours.

The role would include installations, commissioning, maintenance, and repairs of water production assets, including level instrumentation, flow meters, and Tand VM’s turbidity monitors. Working with technology, including SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, associated PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), and Process control networks. Liaise with and supervise contractors and suppliers where necessary. You will be responsible for providing specialist technical advice where appropriate, with up-to-date technical knowledge, and providing training support for technical apprentices.

Base Location – Due to the nature of this role, you would be contractually based at the Camberley STW.

Working Pattern: 38 hours per week Monday-Friday.
7:30 am
-3:36 pm Plus standby & overtime opportunity, increasing earnings by a potential £8,000 - £10,000 upon completion of essential company training.

Equipment:
All PPE, tools, a company van and a fuel card are provided.

• Ideally, you will be qualified to HNC level or otherwise NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in an instrumentation, control and automation discipline.
• Preferably, 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 ClearSCADA 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, orescalate if required.
• An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
• Resilient, adapting to the pressuresof 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 relevant to the industry.
• Team player who can work in many different teams, showing…