Icon Water

Position Description
Title:

Principal Engineer Electrical, Instrumentation & SCADA

Position Number:

NEW

Classification:

Level 6 Zone A

Group:

Asset Management

Reports to:

Manager Asset Assurance and Information

Position overview
This role has primary responsibility for providing expert engineering advice and technical
expertise on the safety and integrity of Icon Waters electrical, instrumentation and SCADA
assets.
Icon Water Limited (Icon Water) is an unlisted public company that is wholly owned by the ACT
Government. Icon Water:
manages over $2b of water and wastewater assets with $300m annual revenue;
holds a 50% interest in ActewAGL Distribution which owns over $1.4b of electricity and gas
distributions networks; and
holds a 50% interest in ActewAGL Retail which holds a majority market share in the ACT
electricity and gas retail market with a turnover of over $600 million.
Icon Waters voting shareholders are the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of the ACT. Icon
Water has corporate reporting and compliance obligations under the Territory-owned Corporations Act
1990 and Corporations Law.
In addition to legislation relating to all management roles, you are responsible for specific outcomes
required by legislation governing the supply of water and sewerage services including the Utilities Act
2000, Water Resources Act 2007, Environment Protection Act 1997, Water and Sewerage Act 2000 and
the Public Health Act 1997.
Your duty to your employer includes an obligation to carry out your work in a way that does not put Icon
Water in breach of any legislative or regulatory obligations. Icon Water will have responsibility to provide
suitable training and to make you aware of the legal obligations relevant to your work.
Under Icon Waters Integrated Management System, you are required to participate fully in, and lead for
your own area of responsibility, all aspects of health, safety and environmental management, including
risk assessment, hazard identification and control and incident reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide expert engineering advice and technical expertise to Executive Management on issues
affecting the safety and integrity of electrical, instrumentation and SCADA assets

Provide technical leadership for electrical, instrumentation and SCADA assets

Mentor, develop and support Icon Waters engineers in electrical, instrumentation and SCADA
assets to increase Icon Waters expertise and knowledge.

Provide advice to the Icon Water Leadership Team regarding the appropriate direction and
architecture for technology

Review the development of technical specifications and ensure they meet functional, operating and
technical performance requirements for assigned assets, including providing recommendations for
improvement.

Provide technical subject matter expertise in the development and approving of design and change
to design.

Lead professional engineer and technical expert for Icon Water on all electrical, instrumentation
and SCADA assets.
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Work with other principle engineers to ensure the integration of technology and Infrastructure whilst
balancing cost, risk and performance

Develop and monitor asset design and performance standards

Lead the continuous improvement of electrical, instrumentation and SCADA engineering expertise
within Icon Water

Assist in the implementation of business improvements within your team

Other duties within the employees skill, competence and training.

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering

Other qualifications or demonstrated experience in Instrumentation and Monitoring Systems

desirable .

Extensive experience and technical knowledge of electrical, instrumentation and SCADA

infrastructure..

Experience across a range of competencies identified by the Global Forum on Maintenance and
Asset Management

Advanced knowledge and experience in the optimisation of asset systems through data capture,
communication and analytics; and/or process automation.

Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with others and operating in a commercial

environment

Demonstrated commitment to improvement and writing management system documentation.

A working knowledge of ISO 55000 requirements

Attributes and skills

Attention to detail. Examines issues thoroughly, using information gained to identify details
important to the matter at hand, monitoring work to ensure accuracy.

Decisiveness. Consistently makes sound decisions, acts given reasonable access to information
and time, utilises information, knowledge and experience to analyse and form judgements.

Integrity. Behaves in an honest and trustworthy manner, treats others fairly and is open about
own misjudgments and any conflicts of interest which may be present.

Service orientation. Displays a commitment to delivering quality client service, values the
provision of accurate and timely information and relates to people from across the organisation.

Analytical thinking skills. Assesses and evaluates problems or concepts in order to make
decisions or come to conclusions that are based on the analysis of available information.

Negotiation skills. Listens to and assimilates information from others, identifying various potential
outcomes and consequences, presenting persuasive arguments and winning concessions while
maintaining relationships.

Communication skills. Communicates effectively verbally and in writing, adapting style to suit
different audiences.

Problem solving skills. Prioritises problems, gathers and analyses the right information to identify
symptoms, causes and the right people to involve in solution development and implementation.

Time management/organisational skills. Plans and organises self [and others] to ensure the
timely completion of tasks.

Writing skills. Uses clear, concise language in all written products, and includes content
appropriate for the purpose and audience.

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Verification
The position holder and supervisor have read the above position description and are satisfied that it
accurately describes the position. Once signed by the employee, this Position Description serves as a
formal variation to the employees contract of employment.
Position Holder

Firstname Surname

Signature

Supervisor

Date

/2015

Date

/2015

Firstname Surname
Signature

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