Eica Technician

Our client's water treatment works are in constant operation ensuring that they meet the water demands of their customers. Their production team operate and maintain treatment works and due to a department restructure they have several exciting vacancies that we are looking to fill.

The successful applicant will be self-motivated, flexible and have good attention to detail, working as part of a team ensuring all work is carried out in line with the Company's procedures and in full compliance with
onsite Health and Safety.

If you are looking for a new role which is fast paced, challenging, and rewarding we want to hear from you!

We are looking to hire an Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (EICA) Technician to work at our water treatment works, reservoirs and booster stations across Hampshire and West Sussex. You will be maintaining, fault finding, testing, inspecting and repairing EICA plant and equipment for the area's water treatment works and associated Network distribution assets.

Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure compliance with planned maintenance schedules.
* Maintain, diagnose, repair, modify, configure, commission instrumentation, logic controllers, SCADA systems, telemetry
equipment, control circuitry, low voltage switchgear and motor drives.
* Visit water treatment works, pumping stations, reservoirs to monitor asset performance and operability.
* Collect asset health and performance data, recording routine activities and work completed.
* Respond to breakdowns on a range of EICA plant, assess problems and carry out repairs.
* Ensure that equipment is maintained and calibrated to the manufacturers specifications and is auditable.
* Supervise team members and assist with their development and learning.
* Exchange information with other team members, plant operators and departments within the company as required.
* Complete documentation accurately and in a timely manner to maintain internal change control standards.

Skills and Competencies

* Adaptable with good attention to detail.

* Accountable for own actions with a willingness to collaborate with others, whilst developing and sharing knowledge, ideas, and best practice with others.

* Empathetic, self-aware, and comfortable with constructively challenging areas that could be improved.

* Systems based skills, open to learning new technology.

* Passionate about providing an excellent service, to our customer, colleagues, across teams within Portsmouth Water.

* Computer and smart phone literate.

Qualifications and Experience

* A recognised apprenticeship in a relevant field.

* An HNC/HND in electrical and/or electronic engineering.

* BS7671 18th Edition Wiring Regulations

* Relevant experience in a process and industrial environment.

* Experience in diagnosing and remediating complex system faults.

* Experienced working with PLC, SCADA and telemetry software packages

* Knowledge of OT communications protocols

* Knowledge of basic hydraulic principles.

* Proficient with working from electrical drawings.

* A good understanding of water treatment processes and / or water industry exposure.

* Full UK driving licence (Will be required to undertake our driver assessment).