Yorkshire Water
Senior Project Engineer SI/ICA
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Senior Project Engineer SI/ICA
Senior Project Engineer – SI/ICA
About Yorkshire Water
We offer:
- Competitive salary: £52,955 - £67,891
- Company car benefit
- Annual incentive-related bonus (maximum £1000 opportunity)
- Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + 2 extra wellness days
- Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
- Comprehensive benefits package:
- Health cash plan scheme
- Critical illness insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life assurance flex and partner cover
- Retail savings scheme
- Online GP service
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Discounted gym memberships
- Plus many more!
Work type and location:
- Permanent, full-time (37 hours/week): Monday – Friday
- Hybrid working, with travel to Yorkshire Water sites and offices
The Role and Our Mission
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer to join Yorkshire Water's Asset Delivery team, helping to deliver exceptional service to our 5.4 million+ customers and protect the environment.
Our core focus:
- Ensuring clean, safe water for Yorkshire
- Maintaining 24/7, 365 days/year wastewater services
- Health, wellbeing, and environmental protection for the region
Programme Delivery Overview
Programme Delivery is responsible for:
- Delivering the Capital Construction Programme through:
- Intelligent Totex (Total Expenditure) solutions and collaboration
- Sustainable out-performance in water/wastewater/environmental projects
- Commercial and contractual excellence with the supply chain
- World-class contract management processes
The purpose is to achieve best value for money by:
- Reducing cycle time in project delivery
- Maintaining/enhancing service standards
- Embracing a collaborative supply chain approach
- Ensuring safety and risk compliance
- Out-performing targets in collaborative plans
Specialist Projects
A key stream of Programme Delivery, led by multi-discipline engineers, managing end-to-end design and delivery of engineering schemes in:
- Clean Water
- Wastewater
- Networks
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Your Responsibilities
As Senior Project Engineer, you will:
- Provide technical supervision and line management of Project Technicians
- Technically manage and coordinate design for safe delivery of engineered SI/ICA (Signal, Instrumentation and Control) projects within the Specialist Projects portfolio
- Ensure CDM (Construction Design and Management) compliance and provide FD (Facilities Department) design support, including acting as Principal Contractor and assisting in Client & Principal Designer responsibilities
- Maintain adherence to Yorkshire Water engineering specifications and all associated documentation
- Drive health and safety excellence, including:
- Risk management
- Work control compliance with YW Safety Policy
- Ensure robust financial management and commercial awareness guide all business decisions
Requirements and Qualifications
Essential:
- Qualification:
- ICA-based apprenticeship or an Engineering degree or equivalent (ONC/HNC/BTEC)
- Technical expertise:
- Confident in control of works (e.g., permits, POWRA, RAMS)
- Deep understanding of MEICA (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control, Automation) equipment and its impacts
- Experience with electrical/SI/ICA systems to deliver engineered solutions
- Thorough knowledge of CDM regulations and their application in projects
- Strong grasp of design and project delivery, including:
- Hazard identification
- Risk assessment
- Site supervision
- Ability to respond to detailed technical and non-technical queries
- Experience with ATEX standards
- Process familiarity:
- Application of formal SI/ICA project procedures:
- URS (User Requirements Specification)
- SRS (System Requirements Specification)
- P&IDs (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams)
- FDS (Functional Design Specification)
- FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing)
- SAT (Site Acceptance Testing)
- O&Ms (Operation & Maintenance manuals)
- Application of formal SI/ICA project procedures:
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Detailed standards and automation experience:
- SI & ICA best practice and standards
- Optimisation of SI control systems in complex environments
Essential Industry Experience:
- Proven track record in regulated utility or major asset management/delivery roles
- Commercially oriented/regulated environment acquaintance
- Knowledge of BS7671 (Electrical Installation), BSEN 61511 (Functional Safety), BS EN 13849 (Safety-Related Control Systems), BS EN62061 (Functional Safety) and other relevant industry standards
Technical Preferences (beneficial but not mandatory):
- Experience with:
- Schneider PLC
- Mitsubishi (IEC 61131)
- Allen Bradley HMI/PLC systems & software
- iFix SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software
- Understanding of process safety activities (e.g., Engineering Risk Assessment/Safety Reviews)
Additional Information
Flexible Working
We work via a flexible model, typically 1–2 in-office days/week. more days in-office may be required for services, training, or deadlines. Your preferences will be reviewed to find the best balance!
Accessibility
We’re committed to accessibility. If you require any recruitment process adjustments due to a disability, accessibility need, or condition, please let us know in your application. We’ll discuss reasonable adjustments.
Pre-Employment Checks
If you’re successful:
- You’ll complete pre-employment checks, including:
- Basic Disclosure Check (via a third-party agency)
- Depending on your role, you may also need Counter Terrorist/ Security Check
- All roles require a medical questionnaire, with further medicals when needed.
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