M&E Craft Electrician - (Area 4) Newry

M&E Craft Electrician - Newry, Co. Down

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. Potential employees must have a permanent residence within 30 miles travelling distance by public road to the following postcode:

Newry Office Carnbane Industrial Estate, Tandragee Road, NEWRY, Co Down, BT35 6QJ

What is on Offer

Salary

M&E Enhanced Craft Grade A

• Basic salary of £33,978.61 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 £28,155.64 and a nonconsolidated value of £5,822.64 per annum, overtime rates are based on the consolidated value only.

Location

• Newry Office - covering Area 4

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 below.

Closing date for submission of Applications: Wednesday 15 Jul :00

Interview dates: W/C 27th July 2026