ICA Systems Engineer
 
Salary: Circa £54,000 per annum | Company Benefits | Travel Allowance
Location: Walsall, West Midlands, or Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | Hybrid | Regular Travel Required
Contract: Full-Time | Permanent | 40 hours per week
 
About Us:

South Staffordshire Water, which operates across two regions as Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water is a privately-owned regulated water only company.

South Staffs Water supplies a population of nearly I.3 million. The area of supply stretches from the edge of Ashbourne in the north, to Halesowen in the south, and from Burton on Trent in the east, to Kinver in the west.
 
The Role: 
 
Reporting to the ICA Systems Lead Engineer, you'll be responsible for the development, configuration, testing and support of industrial control systems used to monitor and manage operational processes.

Working closely with Operations, Projects, Cyber Security and Engineering teams, you'll help ensure our control systems remain secure, reliable and fit for the future.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on critical infrastructure, supporting PLCs, RTUs, telemetry, instrumentation and control systems that underpin the delivery of safe, reliable and efficient operational services. You'll play a key role in maintaining system resilience, supporting major projects and driving improvements across our Operational Technology environment.

Key Responsibilities:

PLC Software Development & Delivery

• Design, develop, test and implement PLC and control system software.
• Produce functional specifications, design documentation and commissioning records.
• Configure process control, sequencing, alarms, interlocks and automation functions.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) and commissioning activities.
• Maintain software libraries, reusable code modules and version-controlled documentation.
  Participate in technical reviews and assurance activities.

Operational Technology & Automation Engineering

• Support PLCs, RTUs, telemetry systems and associated control technologies.
• Integrate field instrumentation and process equipment into operational systems.
• Configure signal scaling, validation, alarming and fault management functionality.
• Support water quality instrumentation, process analysers and packaged plant integration.
• Ensure compliance with approved engineering and cyber security standards.

Project Delivery & System Improvements

• Deliver control system modifications supporting operational improvements and asset renewals.
• Collaborate with project teams, suppliers and system integrators.
• Participate in site surveys, design reviews and commissioning activities.
• Support the successful transition of projects into operational service.
• Contribute to technology refresh and continuous improvement initiatives.

Incident Response & Technical Support

• Provide technical expertise for complex control system and PLC software issues.
• Support fault diagnosis, root cause investigations and recovery activities.
• Implement corrective actions and long-term system improvements.
• Assist in managing software lifecycle, firmware updates and configuration control.