M&E Craft Electrician
Role Description
Through targeted planned and responsive reactive maintenance activities, the Craft Electrician will ensure that equipment availability is optimised and that NIW is able to comply with its regulatory and statutory obligations.
Please refer to the Candidate Brief below for further details of role responsibilities.
Applicants MUST be able to demonstrate in their application and where necessary at interview:
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
1. Have a relevant Electrical National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 3 AND have a minimum of three years relevant post qualification industrial maintenance experience working as a craft electrician (maintenance electrician)
OR
have completed a recognised electrical industrial maintenance apprenticeship AND have a minimum of three years relevant post apprenticeship industrial maintenance experience working as a craft electrician (maintenance electrician).
2. Have relevant experience of maintaining electromechanical equipment which will include planned maintenance, repair, testing and replacement, to equipment such as variable speed drives, starters (DOL, Star-Delta, Soft-Start, Intelligent starters) switchgear, protection devices, relays and contactors. (Please demonstrate examples of work with each area shown in bold.)
3. Have relevant experience of maintaining which will include planned maintenance, repair, testing and replacement of MCC assemblies, AC motors, automation and control systems, generation systems and building services. ( Please demonstrate examples of work with each area shown in bold).
4. As this post requires you to travel on official duty throughout Northern Ireland, you must have a full current driving licence which will enable you to fulfil your responsibilities. This is an operational requirement and is essential to meet business needs.
5. Candidates must have a permanent residence within 20 miles travelling distance by public road to one of the following postcodes:
20 miles from Ballykeel Depot, 188 Larne road, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT42 3HA
as measured by RAC Route Planner from full postcode to full postcode via the ‘shortest route’ selection on the website. This is to enable NI Water to meet its key customer service requirements and deliver effective services to customers, particularly in respect of the need to respond promptly to out of hours emergencies
What is on Offer
Salary
Basic salary of £30,209.76 per annum*
• Plus Standby Allowance associated with participation in an out of hours on call rota
* This payment is made up of a consolidated value of £25,032.96 and a nonconsolidated value of £5,176.80 per annum, overtime rates are based on the consolidated value only.
Locations
• Ballykeel – 188 Larne Road, Ballymena, BT42 3HA
What we Offer
- Generous annual leave and public/privilege holidays
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Hybrid Working (applicable to some of our roles after three months following onboarding and training)
- Occupational sick pay
- Employee assistance programmes
- Cycle to work scheme
- One of the largest corporate volunteering schemes in NI
- Award winning health and wellbeing programme which focuses on supporting four key area of employee health; Physical, Mental, Social and Financial
How to Apply
To submit your application, please click APPLY NOW.
For additional information about the role please download a Candidate Brief from the Additional Documents section below.
Closing date for submission of Applications: Tuesday 6th May at 10.00am
Interviews: Week commencing 19th May 2025