Address:
Swansea, Wales, GB, SA6 5BQ Job Requisition Number:
7246 Work Type:
Permanent Job Function:
Operational Salary Range:
£44,292.00-£50,937.00 Base:
Clydach Closing Date:
23:59 on 16/01/2025 What you’ll be responsible for
Within the Southwest Wales region Operational Technology team, we have a vacancy for an experienced Automation & Control Systems Engineer to join Welsh Water. The position will support a wide range of industrial control systems – such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and Remote Telemetry Units (RTU) on water and wastewater assets across a defined operational area.
As part of a team of Automation Specialists, you will provide front line support in both a reactive and planned capacity. We are the first responders for major control system faults and provide this service 24/7 using a standby rota, rectifying PLC, SCADA, and Telemetry faults covering from Bridgend to Aberystwyth. You will collaborate with our operational teams in a positive atmosphere to undertake and deliver solutions to allow Welsh Water to provide a seamless 24/7 service to its customers. Your responsibilities will include: Involved with maintenance, operational improvements, and replacement of legacy equipment. You will support major capital schemes from an operational perspective, ensuring effective handover at key stages of the project. Provide local and remote support to reactive issues on our OT hardware and software – participating in a standby rota for out of hours faults and failures. Undertake planned maintenance on our Operational Technology (OT) hardware and software. Assist with the development of OT improvement initiatives by optimising control and communication systems. Support capital improvement schemes to enhance our water and wastewater assets. Develop and update technical support documentation. Who you’ll work with
Internal: Clean And Waste Water Operations Telemetry, Automation and Control Team Business Information Systems External: Third Party Providers. About you
Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Working knowledge of the design and operation of automatic process control, to include SCADA, PLC, and Telemetry systems. HNC or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic discipline. Full, current UK driving licence. Ability to commute to remote sites across Southwest Wales as required. Excellent team worker with ability to use own initiative. Occasional lone working. Good to know
A full UK driving licence is required for the role. The ability to travel is essential for the role. As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including: Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive). Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year. Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions. Enhanced family friendly policies. Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes. Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping. Cycle to work scheme. Free on-site parking at all our sites. Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops. Car-leasing scheme. Health CashBack scheme. An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family. Whilst also working for a not-for-profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers every day, and about looking after our beautiful environment. Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest. Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post-offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles, there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer. Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas. To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues, and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets, and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives. We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity, and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud, and able to bring their whole selves to work. To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve. In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment, and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for. Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
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Swansea, Wales, GB, SA6 5BQ Job Requisition Number:
7246 Work Type:
Permanent Job Function:
Operational Salary Range:
£44,292.00-£50,937.00 Base:
Clydach Closing Date:
23:59 on 16/01/2025 What you’ll be responsible for
Within the Southwest Wales region Operational Technology team, we have a vacancy for an experienced Automation & Control Systems Engineer to join Welsh Water. The position will support a wide range of industrial control systems – such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and Remote Telemetry Units (RTU) on water and wastewater assets across a defined operational area.
As part of a team of Automation Specialists, you will provide front line support in both a reactive and planned capacity. We are the first responders for major control system faults and provide this service 24/7 using a standby rota, rectifying PLC, SCADA, and Telemetry faults covering from Bridgend to Aberystwyth. You will collaborate with our operational teams in a positive atmosphere to undertake and deliver solutions to allow Welsh Water to provide a seamless 24/7 service to its customers. Your responsibilities will include: Involved with maintenance, operational improvements, and replacement of legacy equipment. You will support major capital schemes from an operational perspective, ensuring effective handover at key stages of the project. Provide local and remote support to reactive issues on our OT hardware and software – participating in a standby rota for out of hours faults and failures. Undertake planned maintenance on our Operational Technology (OT) hardware and software. Assist with the development of OT improvement initiatives by optimising control and communication systems. Support capital improvement schemes to enhance our water and wastewater assets. Develop and update technical support documentation. Who you’ll work with
Internal: Clean And Waste Water Operations Telemetry, Automation and Control Team Business Information Systems External: Third Party Providers. About you
Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Working knowledge of the design and operation of automatic process control, to include SCADA, PLC, and Telemetry systems. HNC or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic discipline. Full, current UK driving licence. Ability to commute to remote sites across Southwest Wales as required. Excellent team worker with ability to use own initiative. Occasional lone working. Good to know
A full UK driving licence is required for the role. The ability to travel is essential for the role. As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including: Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive). Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year. Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions. Enhanced family friendly policies. Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes. Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping. Cycle to work scheme. Free on-site parking at all our sites. Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops. Car-leasing scheme. Health CashBack scheme. An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family. Whilst also working for a not-for-profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers every day, and about looking after our beautiful environment. Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest. Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post-offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles, there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer. Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas. To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues, and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets, and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives. We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity, and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud, and able to bring their whole selves to work. To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve. In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment, and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for. Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
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