ICA Technician

ICA Technician

East London

Brief

ICA Technician needed for a nationwide Utilities organisation based in East London who are looking to employ an experienced and well-rounded ICA Technician that takes pride in their work with an in-depth knowledge of operational plant and control systems, experience working with relay logic and PLCs and SCADA.

What the role entails:

Some of the main duties of the ICA Technician will include:

• Installing, modifying and commissioning new plant equipment to relevant standards and to diagnose and repair faults on systems and plants. Proactively identifying and reporting follow on work or areas for enhancement.
• Working as the ICA Electrical Technician alongside multi-disciplinary operational teams such as mechanical, process and electrical technicians.
• Liaising and supervising contractors and suppliers where necessary.
• Carrying out instrumentation, control and automation maintenance on a variety of wastewater assets including planned maintenance and defect maintenance.
• Delivering cost-effective improvements to assets and systems.
• Conducting your own risk assessments and create appropriate method statements when required to safely carry out maintenance activities.
• Providing specialist technical advice where appropriate with up to date technical knowledge and provide training support for technical trainees.
• Carry out scheduled planned maintenance work in compliance with company procedures in order to minimize plant breakdowns.
• Support project development and input into capital delivery projects.
• Investigate the nature of plant failures and subsequently carry out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible in order to avoid interruptions to the process.
• Examples of some instrumentation you could be working on are flow meters, pressure levels, ultrasonic, radar, gas detection, PH monitors.
• Participate in a stand-by rota following the relevant training

What experience you need to be the successful ICA Technician:

• 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 of inverter drives.
• Examples of some instrumentation you could be working on are flow meters, pressure levels, ultrasonic and telemetry.
• We are looking for someone with experience of calibration and maintenance of front-line instrumentation.
• Ideally, you will be qualified to HNC level or otherwise will have City and Guilds Part 2 or NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in an electrical subject.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment processes is desirable.
• The work will require physical fitness and the ability to work in confined spaces with successful completion of the appropriate training; as well as the flexibility to work on an out of hours rota when necessary.
• We are looking for a self- motivated team player who is comfortable also with lone working and who possesses excellent time-management skills.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a ICA Technician to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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