Reliability Engineer (ICA)

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, £48,250 - £60,313
• A company car through company car lease scheme
• Annual incentive-related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Reliability Engineer progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from 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, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Buttershaw / Hybrid Working with regular regional travel to Yorkshire Water sites

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for an ICA Reliability Engineer to join the Asset Health & Performance Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.

What we do: Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Asset Health & Performance Team are a new Team and are focused on measuring asset performance and proposing and implementing improvements to ensure asset efficiency and resilience. The Team is an essential part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

As an ICA Reliability Engineer, within the Asset Health & Performance Team, you will help to develop and monitor processes that provide asset performance information over the respective life cycle of the assets. The performance information is vital to show that our assets are reliable, show resilience and provide sustainability. We can then show, with confidence, that we can comply with our customer and stakeholder expectations.

Where you fit in: As an ICA Reliability Engineer, within the Asset Health & Performance Team, you will be knowledgeable on ICA assets and how they operate/function. You will be part of a Team that develops and monitors processes that provide asset performance information over the respective life cycle of the assets. As the ICA Reliability Engineer you will assist in implementing robust improvement measures based on the performance measures of the assets being monitored.

You will:

• Be responsible for developing, implementing and optimising asset specific ICA equipment monitoring measures.
• Be responsible for proposing improvements to ICA asset performance and resilience. This will entail collaboration with other Teams within Asset Delivery.
• All improvement will follow the asset technical practices and standards in line with requirements from the Principal Electrical Engineer.
• Monitor and report on the effectiveness of ICA assets.
• Be the Instrumental lead in reviewing ICA assets maintenance performance and reliability data to identify critical assets/risks to the business and instigate RCA’s for short, medium, and long-term issue resolution.
• Develop, implement and maintain key reliability improvement processes across the YW ICA assets base.
• Provide documented evidence of improvements and savings and highlighting risk to the Business.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• An Engineering Degree / HND with relevant ICA maintenance experience (ideally apprentice trained)
• Significant knowledge and application of reliability improvement techniques and practices
• Broad experience with ICA equipment maintenance
• Extensive experience of, and proficiency in the use of, Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS, e.g. SAP S4) to develop reliability reports and the analysis of this data
• Experience of supporting and embedding change

You will also benefit from having:

• An understanding/awareness of condition monitoring techniques
• Ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels and departments within the organisation
• Proficiency in excel / Power Bi / Pivot Tables
• Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region
• Water Industry experience

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours. Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

If you’re an experienced ICA Reliability Engineer professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

Accessibility: We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible. If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Just a heads-up! We might start interviewing and close the position early based on the response. To make sure you’re considered, please send in your application as soon as you can. If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.