Information Commissioner's Office

ICA Engineer

Information Commissioner's Office

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Cambridge • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £50,000 per year

About the role

  • Delivering assurance activities for testing, commissioning, and recommissioning of critical safety systems, interlocks, and telemetry alarms from field instruments through to control systems.
  • Completing planned and reactive instrumentation calibrations and replacements to maintain regulatory compliance and safety standards.
  • Providing detailed diagnostic reporting, fault findings on PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, and associated control systems.
  • Ensuring full adherence to the Management of Change (MOC) process and maintaining accurate SAP records.
  • Look at system optimisation opportunities and support the delivery of these
  • Working with Operations, Technical Support, and Capital teams to influence design, improve maintainability, and ensure safety-critical equipment is correctly identified.
  • Supporting commissioning/decommissioning activities and ensuring documentation is correctly uploaded into business systems.
  • Acting as an ambassador for process safety and “Safer Every Day,” maintaining high standards of H&S compliance and promoting a zero-accident culture.

Requirements

  • An appropriate apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 in a relevant discipline (Essential)
  • City & Guilds Parts 1 & 2 / Relevant ONC or BTEC (Essential)
  • High-level understanding of instrumentation, control loops, telemetry, PLC programming, and SCADA systems (Essential)
  • DSEAR Competent (Desirable)
  • Experience with HMI configuration
  • Strong working knowledge of water recycling processes and associated H&S requirements
  • Strong IT skills including SAP, Power BI, and Microsoft packages
  • Appropriate Instrumentation training
Benefits
  • Double-matched pension
  • Personal private health care
  • Life cover at 8 x salary
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with option to swap Christmas/Easter for religious holidays)
  • Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
  • Bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits to support wellbeing and lifestyle
  • Flexible working options (role dependent)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
instrumentationcontrol loopstelemetryPLC programmingSCADA systemsHMI configurationcalibrationdiagnostic reportingfault findingsystem optimisation
Soft Skills
communicationinfluencingteam collaborationprocess safety advocacyattention to detailproblem-solvingorganizational skillssafety compliance promotionadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
apprenticeshipNVQ Level 3City & Guilds Parts 1 & 2Relevant ONCBTECDSEAR CompetentInstrumentation training