OT Scada Development Engineer

Operational Technology (OT) refers to the digital assets that are at the heart of Thames Water’s operations, providing the essential services for our customers, community, and the environment we serve 24/7, 365 days of the year.

Operational Technology systems are deployed throughout Thames Water’s geographical region, enabling the remote monitoring, control, and data acquisition of thousands of water and wastewater collection, treatment and distribution assets, gathering data insight from over 2.1 million data points.  

The demand for Operational Technology solutions across the Water Utility industry is increasing significantly, and it is recognised that OT is critical in enabling us to achieve our strategic goals (including reducing leakage and pollution). We aim to embrace and adopt new technologies to drive a digital transformation so we can exceed our customers’ expectations.

What you’ll be doing as an OT Scada Development Engineer

• Supporting OT teams with expert support, replicating faults and working with suppliers on complex issues and faults.
• Test updates and develop new architectures and apply new protocols, packaging up solutions for deployment across Thames Water.
• Test updates and develop new architectures, packaging up solutions for deployment across Thames Water.
• Updates Identify issues & provide solutions to generate internal projects.
• Number of incidents and outage time for SCADA assets and systems.
• Lead the development of the OT SCADA Object Template Libraries to ensure they incorporate the features required to support operational control and monitoring requirements.
• Manage and maintain the OT SCADA Object Template code Libraries.
• Validate all applications, windows updates, security patches and anti-virus, including other system tools, to enable safe and efficient deployment to operational systems.
• Liaise with operational stakeholders, System Integrators and SCADA vendors to assist with technical support, quality and performance management.

Base location – Hybrid Hampton Coal Wharf TW12 2ES (will be travelling to all sites across the Thames Valley area)

Requirements for the role – MUST have a UK valid driving licence

What you should bring to the role

• Extensive direct experience of technical SCADA programming, template development, system installation and maintenance.
• Experience in software engineering and programming, including Microsoft.NET, C# and other similar programming languages, is essential.
• Technical report writing is essential.
• Proven experience in programming and maintaining SCADA systems.
• OT Systems and Architecture.
• Supporting and maintaining relational database systems including platforms such as Oracle, PI, Wonderware Historian, ClearSCADA, and SQL.
• A good knowledge of IP communications, LAN, WAN, VPN and mobile communications.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary of up to £47,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.