💼 Full-Time Position

Principal Instrumentation Controls and Automation Engineer (ICA)

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Jacobs
📍 reading, england, United-Kingdom
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Location
reading, United-Kingdom
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Posted
June 30, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and shape complex ICA design and build packages.
  • Embed quality, safety, constructability, sustainability and reliability throughout design, engineering construction, and commissioning phases.
  • Be technical authority and reference point for ICA engineering issues, ensuring delivery of innovative and robust ICA solutions covering field instrumentation and measurement; PLC, SCADA, telemetry, and process control systems; control philosophies, FDS, and I/O strategies; ICA systems integration with mechanical, electrical, and process designs.
  • Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary projec...