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A leading energy utility is seeking a Design Manager to oversee the creation of Network Design packs for new customer connections. The role includes managing a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality designs, and liaising with various stakeholders to obtain necessary permissions. Candidates should have a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience and strong communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to lead projects toward a net-zero carbon future.
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The role is to manage a dedicated team of Designers in specific areas around the country. The role of the Design Manager is to take responsibility and oversee the creation of Network Design packs for new customer connections. The Design packs are created specific Network standard and are used by our construction crews and contractor staff to carry work out safely on the electricity network.
The job involves liaising and negotiating with landowners, local authorities and other stakeholders to obtain permission/waive leave for overhead and underground cable routes. The completed designs are updated to the on to the distribution Network system becoming live and part of the electrical system. Design manager is responsible to deliver an excellent customer service with a specified time frame adhering to EBS Code of Charter.
Nationwide. Regular travel to site and within and outside the region will be a feature of the role.
ESB is committed to smart working – combining digital tools with a culture of trust and empowerment to enable flexible ways of working. The successful candidate may work flexibly within their jurisdiction with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration on at least one anchor day per week. All smart working arrangements are subject to manager approval and ongoing review, based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the individual.
€71,000 – €84,000 per annum
7th January 2026
ESB is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of society and ensure that no one is discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnicity or nationality, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by law.
Applicants who anticipate requiring assistance or reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence, recruitment@esb.ie.
Join us in our mission to achieve a net-zero electricity system by 2040. ESB is Ireland’s leading energy utility, with activities spanning electricity generation, transmission and distribution, energy supply, energy services and international consultancy. Operating in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain, we invest over €1 billion each year to deliver a new energy future based on reliable, affordable zero‑carbon electricity.
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