Principal Ica Engineer

**Who are we?**
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes,keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open - and this matters even more through a pandemic.
We’re proud of the positive ways of working we’ve adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we’re moving to a hybrid approach with various options across workingfrom home, office, and our sites. We’ll cover this during the assessment process.
**What you’ll be doing**
A crucial role, leading Instrumentation, Calibration & Automation (ICA) design at Thames Water. As the **Principal ICA Engineer**, you’ll head an industry-leading ICA team in Engineering & Asset who provide the expertise Thames Water needs to achieve its AMP7 ambitions and beyond.The key focus includes:

- Get the right technical requirements with the project technical briefs
- Ensure and deliver the Engineering Regulatory compliance on relevant assets in the ICA area
- Lead, mentor, and develop an ICA design team
- Input and continuously improve Technical Asset Standards

**Key accountabilities include**:

- Lead excellence in ICA Engineering for Thames Water
- Provide the technical input into Project Definition Briefs
- Provide the technical sign-off and assurance during technical delivery including handover
- Ensure we are compliant with engineering-based regulatory requirements
- Support the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Engineering
- Support the establishment of a cohesive, sustainable Engineering structure from Graduate to Industry experts that lead Thames Water’s engineering requirements into AMP8 and beyond

**What you should bring to the role**:

- **Be a recognized principal engineer, educated to a degree level** in engineering (or equivalent) with extensive knowledge of working in the water industry
- Be knowledgeable in Data Networks and Safety Instrument Systems
- **Be a credible leader** with the drive and energy to deliver, direct and support teams
- **Understand the regulatory environment**to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirement
- **Have an excellent relationship, communication,** and influencing skills, to interact with our senior colleagues and stakeholders
- **Strong budget management experience**:

- **Demonstrate a passion for continuous professional development** and take a dynamic approach to drive diversity within engineering at Thames Water
- **Deliver**through a passionate and positive approach, taking accountability for your role while working accurately and flexibly within a busy team

**What’s in it for you?**
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the recently established Engineering Team, which is responsible for providing technical expertise to the business. You will be able to help shape the new engineering function and to design solutions for implementationas part of a wide portfolio of projects.
Our competitive salary and package include a bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension, and 26 days of holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements, and great benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunityemployer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Leader and we’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities, and the environment can thrive.This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be asked to help out our Instant Support Teamto help our customers in their hour of need. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’ll be given full training - it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.