Instrument Control Automation Technician; Control and Instrumentation Technician

As an Instrument Control Automation Technician (Control and Instrumentation Technician) in London, you will join the Hatfield-based sewage pumping team at Mill Green STW. Your primary responsibility involves maintaining and repairing instrumentation and control systems across roughly 270 pumping stations of varying scale and complexity throughout Hatfield and adjacent regions. Working full-time within a close-knit group, you will encounter diverse, sometimes unique, plant equipment.

Your efforts directly ensure efficient sewage removal from customer properties. This permanent position offers a competitive salary up to £47,000, dependent on experience. The role provides substantial scope for professional development, permitting cross-training into other engineering disciplines. Your technical proficiency will be essential for maintaining operational reliability.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced instrumentation, control, and automation technician to join the Hatfield based Sewage pumping team at Mill Green STW. You will be working in and around the Hatfield and surrounding areas, covering approximately 270 pumping stations of different sizes and complexities, ensuring sewage is removed from customers properties as efficiently as possible. You will be part of a close-knit, high performing team with a variety of different skills and will gain experience on a wide range of plant and equipment some of which are unique and innovative.

This role offers great learning potential with the ability to cross skill into other disciplines.

• To assist in keeping such sites running, the instrumentation, control and automation role will enable you to work on various pumps and associated control equipment, automated actuated valves and penstocks, flow, level and pressure measurement, programmable logic controllers, variable speed drives and controls, chemical handling, and dosing equipment.
• You will be expected to investigate plant failures and carry out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible to avoid interruptions for our customers.
• This may involve investigating and diagnosing complex faults and carrying out repairs during incidents.
• Carrying out scheduled planned maintenance work on instrumentation, control, and automation equipment in compliance with company standards and procedures to improve plant resilience.

Working Pattern: 38 hours per week Monday-Friday.
7:30 am
-3:36pm Plus overtime opportunity, increasing earnings by a potential £5,000 upon completion of essential company training.

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, or elevate if required.
• An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
• Resilient,…