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 three years relevant post apprenticeship industrial maintenance experience working as a craft ICA Technician (maintenance ICA Technician)
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 programs.
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 15 miles travelling distance by public road to one of the following postcodes:
Location
Ballykeel Depot - 15 miles from Ballykeel Depot, 188 Larne road. Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT42 3HA
This is 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 £33,699.80 per annum*
Plus Standby Allowance associated with participation in an out of hours on call rota (typically 1 in 4/5)
* This payment is made up of a consolidated value of £27,924.96 and a non- consolidated value of £5,774.88 per annum, overtime rates are based on the consolidated value only.
Location
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: Monday 7th October 2024 at 10.00am
Interviews: 14th/21st October 2024