M&E Craft ICA Technician

M&E Craft ICA Technician

Role Description

Through targeted planned and responsive reactive maintenance activities the Craft ICA Technician will ensure that equipment availability is optimised and that NI Water is able to comply with its regulatory and statutory obligations.

The M&E Craft ICA Technician will operate under the direct supervision of the M&E ICA Field Manager as part of a team to ensure that Instrumentation, Control and Automation (ICA) equipment throughout Operations is effectively maintained.

Please refer to the Candidate Brief below for further details of role responsibilities.

Candidates MUST be able to demonstrate in their application and where necessary at interview that they meet the following, essential criteria:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

1. Have a BTEC Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) or equivalent City and Guilds Awards in a relevant engineering discipline AND have a minimum of three years relevant post qualification industrial maintenance experience working as a craft ICA Technician (maintenance ICA Technician) OR Have completed a recognised relevant Engineering apprenticeship or a relevant National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 3 AND have a minimum of five years relevant post apprenticeship industrial maintenance experience working in a relevant engineering discipline role. AND

2. Work with a very high degree of competence in: Complex control systems, data communications, PLC systems (software and hardware) configuration and faultfinding, monitoring and editing PLC programmes.

3. Experience in planned and reactive maintenance work activity with Instrumentation used to measure parameters including pressure, flow, level; and Analytical instruments used in the water and sewage treatment process. (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 or access to a reliable means of transport, which will enable you to fulfil your responsibilities. This is an operational requirement and is essential to meet business needs.

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

Crossgar Pumping Station, Kilmore Road, Crossgar, Down, BT30 9HJ

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 £35,384.76 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 £29,321.16 and a nonconsolidated value of £6,063.60 per annum, overtime rates are based on the consolidated value only

Location

• Crossgar Pumping Station, Kilmore Road, Crossgar, Down, BT30 9HJ

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: Monday 10th November 2025 at 10.00am

Interviews: Week commencing 17th/24th November 2025