Capital Delivery Technical Advisor

Capital Delivery Technical Advisor

NI Water Developer Services is responsible for the provision of new water and wastewater infrastructure to serve private developers, local housing associations, commercial & industrial businesses, government departments and residential household customers. On an annual basis, NI Water receives c.200 requisitions for off-site sewers (Article 154), c.500 applications for new offsite sewer connections (Article 163) and c.25 requisitions for off-site watermains (Article 76).

Reporting to the Capital Project Manager, the Capital Delivery Technical Advisor will be integral to the assessment, management, and delivery of off-site sewer requisitions and connections, watermain requisitions and infrastructure improvement schemes.

The Capital Delivery Technical Advisor will apply a customer centric ethos in response to all requisition and connection applications, ensuring the timely processing of legislative agreements, adherence to Service Level Agreements and the implementation of engineering design & construction best practice.

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 3rd level qualification (e.g., HNC, Level 4 NVQ, higher apprenticeship / HND, Level 5 NVQ / Degree, Water Industry Certificate or equivalent) or equivalent in a relevant field and a minimum of 1 years' relevant experience in operations, asset management, engineering delivery or construction industry to include working knowledge of design and construction of sewers and water mains.

OR

A minimum of 2 years' experience in the civil engineering or construction industry within operations, asset management or engineering delivery with a working knowledge of design and construction of sewers and watermains or 2 years' experience in dealing with planning applications.

2. Good communication and interpersonal skills with experience of dealing with customers/developers.

3. Proficient in the use of MS Office applications including Word and Excel.

4. Knowledge of the Sewers for Adoption Northern Ireland Specification.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

In the event of a large number of applications, in the first instance, candidates may be short-listed on the following desirable criteria:

1. Experience (within the past 10 years) of Contract Administration using recognised construction conditions of contract, (NEC or similar).
In the event of a large number of applications, in the second instance, candidates may be short-listed on the following desirable criteria:

2. Knowledge of the use of geographical information systems.

Salary

This Band 6a role offers a competitive remuneration package with a salary scale of £32,166 to £39,314 per annum (pay award pending).
The starting salary will normally be at the first point of the scale. Salaries are reviewed annually effective 1st April.

Location

Ballykeel Office, Ballymena, BT42 3HA
Westland Office, Belfast, BT14 6TE
Seagoe Office, Craigavon, BT63 5QE

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 29th September 2025 at 10.00am

Interview date: Monday 6th October 2025