LAND services company TerraQuest is to open a new Belfast centre, creating 22 jobs in the process.
The Birmingham firm provides land referencing services regarding the ownership, occupation and rights of land.
It is setting up a centre of excellence in the city with a range of positions on offer, paying an average salary of £25,000.
TerraQuest managing director Geoffrey Keal said the expansion was required to be ready for "many opportunities over the next few years for our land referencing services as major transport infrastructure projects get under way across the UK".
“We have chosen to create a centre of excellence in Belfast because we know from experience that we can recruit high quality staff there who will ensure excellent service delivery," he said.
"Belfast is also a cost-effective business environment and this will help us achieve our profitability targets.”
Economy minister Simon Hamilton said the decision to locate the centre in Belfast "was greatly influenced by their very positive experience of operating, here in Northern Ireland, as well as the availability of high quality geography and planning graduates."
“The 22 new jobs will offer opportunities to both graduates and experienced professionals and will be recruited over the next three years," he said.
"Positions will range from project managers to land technicians and will generate annual salaries of over £560,000 for the local economy. I am pleased Invest Northern Ireland helped to secure this investment and is supporting the creation of these jobs with an £88,000 employment grant.”
