Senior ICA Design Engineer - Water & Wastewater AMP8 in Cardiff

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people in over 70 countries dedicated to improving quality of life.

We invite you to express your interest in future opportunities for a Senior EICA Design Engineer to join our MEICA team, leveraging your skills across a range of water and wastewater projects for clients both regionally and throughout the UK. In this role you will report to the Principal Engineer or Associate Technical Director and be responsible for the design output of your engineering discipline, ensuring the technical delivery of projects meets budget, timeline, and quality objectives while exceeding client expectations.

Role accountabilities:

• Self‑start and work independently and as a team member carrying out production and checking complex electrical detailed designs including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
• Support and/or lead design and advisory services relating to new and existing water and wastewater process plants, pumping stations and ancillary assets.
• Ensure safety of yourself and others through design leadership and actions.
• Deliver technical multi‑disciplinary projects in a Design Lead capacity using latest digital design techniques.
• Identify and develop innovative and optimised technical solutions based on client needs and drivers.
• Lead and co‑ordinate work with multi‑disciplinary teams (process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA).
• Establish and grow relationships with clients and capital alliance partners on project technical, commercial and progress matters.
• Ensure projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards and objectives.
• Capture key project and technical knowledge, including innovations.
• Promote MEICA team capability and achievements both internally and externally.

Key Skills:

• Lead the design phases (concept, outline, and detail) for Instrumentation Control Automation systems, adhering to international standards and sound knowledge of ICA design.
• Develop design basis, specifications, P&ID’s, system/network architecture, fieldbus/communication networks, control philosophy, functional design specifications, PLC/ICA section general arrangements, wiring and schematic diagrams, I/O schedules, loop diagrams, instrument schedules and datasheets.
• Review and provide constructive comments on ICA documentation including control philosophies, functional design specifications, I/O schedules, instrument schedules, communications architecture drawings and MCC/RTU/PLC electrical schematics and general arrangements, ensuring they satisfy plant design criteria and comply with asset standard requirements.
• Participate and manage inspection, testing and commissioning stages relevant to ICA equipment and installations.
• Attend factory acceptance tests for panel, PLC/HMI application software and SCADA.
• Understand electrical infrastructure design and integration with the ICA system and ensure contractor designs comply with the latest client specifications and industry specifications (WIMES, IET wiring regulations, etc.).
• Prepare and review specifications, data sheets, drawings and technical documentation.
• Provide technical direction in project delivery, ensuring alignment with industry standards and client requirements including managing technical client relationships and supporting project pursuits.
• Knowledge of current UK design standards, working practices and national guidance.
• Awareness of best practice and standards in cybersecurity for industrial automation and control systems.
• Mentor junior team members, fostering professional growth and effective task delegation.
• Engage in global activities, leading multi‑disciplinary collaborative efforts and enhancing team capabilities.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a directly related degree.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and membership of a professional institution such as IET, InstMC or CIWEM or working towards and nearing application.
• Significant experience and track record in technical delivery of process plant systems on complex water industry engineering projects preferably related to water and wastewater industry.
• Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design.
• Technical / discipline team leader with collaborative behaviours.
• Feasibility to detailed design stage delivery experience.
• Experience with AutoCAD, AutoDesk Plant 3D and Common Data Environments.

Why Arcadis:

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximise the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.