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Specialist Lead, Substations Engineering

ESB
Dublin, IrelandHybrid10 days ago

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- - - Specialist Lead, Substations Engineering Job Details | Electricity Supply Board - - - - - - - By continuing to use this website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our Cookies Policy . Accept Close Skip to main content - ESB… ## What you'll do The Specialist Lead Substation Engineer is required to - Apply previous experience to deliver high‑quality designs and safety coordination across a diverse portfolio of electricity transmission and distribution development projects. - Provide overall leadership and delivery of HV substation designs, including chairing design meetings and ensuring all programme deliverables meet budgetary, quality, and scheduling ## What you'll bring . - Hold overall responsibility for safety as Project Supervisor Design Stage (PSDP) on large‑scale projects, including the preparation and review of design risk assessments and project Health & Safety plans for both design and construction teams. - Undertake the role of Lead Engineer, managing HV project design support across both internal and external delivery teams including EPC project delivery models. - Establish, maintain, and continuously develop Networks Engineering template designs and libraries, ensuring consistency and efficiency across projects. - Develop, implement, and continuously improve standardised HV Projects processes, incorporating feedback from project reviews, lessons learned, and best practice. - Provide technical leadership, guidance, and day‑to‑day management of specialist workstreams, including approval of key outputs, mentoring and development of team members, technical scoping and costing, commercial considerations (including customer and renewable connections), project programming (design, construction, testing, and inspection), design review, training, and client interfacing. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Essential - A minimum of seven years’ experience in substation design. - Proven ability to work in a team to a high level of performance. - A strong understanding of all elements of substation tendering and tender evaluations, scoping, planning, design, costing, construction and commissioning. - A strong work ethic with a clear focus on delivery to ESB’s safety, time, quality and cost objectives. - Strong commercial and project management capability. - The demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities. - A flexible approach to work, especially where necessary to delivery excellent customer service. - A proven track record of success contributing to the training and development of technical professionals. - Strong stakeholder management skills - Site Working experience - Full Driving licence Desirable - PSDP Competency - Site Working Competency - Precommissioning experience Qualifications Essential Either 3rd Level Engineering qualification or equivalent work experience is essential Location This role is based in The Sidings, Grand Canal Dock Dublin 2, or East Gate, Little Island, Cork. Travel to project locations (nationwide) as required, is a key requirement of the role. ESB is committed to offering flexibility in ways of working and we call that Smart Working – combining digital tools with a culture of trust and empowerment to enable flexible and remote ways of working. The successful candidate may combine remote / smart working within the jurisdiction, with attendance at base for in-person collaboration, on at least two days per week. General It is not anticipated that a staff member still on probation (either new entrant probation or a probation from a previous promotion) will be eligible to apply for a promotional vacancy. Typically, an individual must have completed their probation and should have at least two years’ experience in their current role before being eligible to apply for a promotion. An application from a staff member who does not meet the above criteria must have the approval of both the senior line manager and the HRM within the BU before progressing to application …

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