Station Manager, Coolkeeragh Generating Station

Electricity Supply Board; Northern Ireland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Station Manager for its Coolkeeragh Power Station in Northern Ireland. This crucial role involves providing leadership to the management team, ensuring safety and operational excellence, and driving innovation in plant performance. The ideal candidate will possess an engineering degree and significant management experience, with a strong focus on teamwork and achieving business objectives. Join us in transforming the energy sector towards a net-zero future.

Benefits

Career development through mentoring and training

Generous Pension Contributions

Access to Staff Well Being programmes

Great team environment working to our Core Values

Qualifications

• Proven record of effective management of safety through significant projects.
• Significant management experience with a track record of delivering business objectives.
• Strong leadership skills with a strategic outlook.

Responsibilities

• Leading the Coolkeeragh management team and staff.
• Ensure operating effectiveness and delivery of best practice plant performance.
• Drive technical innovations to improve plant performance.

Skills

Management

Communication

Leadership

Safety Management

Technical Knowledge

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification

Job description

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Station Manager, Coolkeeragh Generating Station

Vacancy Number: 26965

Category: Engineering - Other

Job Type: Full-time

Position Description

A vacancy exists for the position of Station Manager, Coolkeeragh Power Station. Coolkeeragh Power Station comprises a 400MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine’s (CCGT’s) and 56MW OCGT and is located at Maydown, N.Ireland.

As part of the senior leadership group, this is a key role providing leadership, direction and input to strategy both within Generation and Trading and across the wider ESB organisation. Senior managers are responsible for the delivery of business targets through the effective management of people and processes in a safe and cost effective manner.

They are also accountable for significant revenue generating streams, and are expected to deliver strong financial outcomes through individual and team performance against stretch targets. Creating an innovative culture, embracing digital opportunities, enabling collaboration across the wider organisation and leveraging staff capability and talent are critical to improved performance in the delivery of business objectives. In addition, the delivery of organisational change is also a key responsibility, with accountability for the sustained transition to the new organisation structure and implementing new ways of working.

As part of the wider Senior Management team across ESB, the individual will be required to demonstrate leadership behaviours which uphold our values and drive positive engagement across the teams they lead.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role include the following:

• Leading the Coolkeeragh management team and Coolkeeragh staff
• Through the Safety Leadership Framework, incorporating Safe and Sound and Safe System of Work, manage Coolkeeragh Station to achieve an incident and injury free work environment.
• Lead the development of key business goals and targets and take responsibility for their delivery.
• Ensure overall operating effectiveness to deliver best practice plant performance in terms of availability, efficiency and reliability.
• Drive technical and operational innovation to achieve improvements in plant performance, with a particular focus on the reliable provision of system services.
• Ensure continuous development of a high-performance culture, with an emphasis on empowerment through engagement, involvement, accountability and key performance measures.
• Contribute to the overall success of Coolkeeragh, Generation and Trading and ESB.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A track record of effective management of safety either through the line or through managing significant projects
• Significant management experience with a proven track record of effective management of safety either through the line or through managing significant projects.
• Experience and success in delivering business objectives.
• A leadership and management style which actively encourages a culture of engagement, involvement, teamwork and individual development.
• Proven record of being results and customer focused.
• Strong individual leadership skills with a strategic outlook.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, people and customer skills.
• Relevant experience in power plant operations, maintenance, technology, systems and procedures.

Qualifications

An engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification

Location

The successful person will be based in Coolkeeragh Power Station.

Reporting to

Dispatchable Operations Manager, ESB Generation & Trading

Why ESB?

• Opportunity to lead andoperate on frontline ofIreland’s transition tonet zero future
• Career developmentthrough mentoring, andtraining
• Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities
• Active Social & Sports Clubs
• Networking opportunities
• Credit Union
• Generous Pension Contributions
• Access to Staff Well Being programmes
• Generous parents leave entitlements
• Great team environment working to our Core Values – Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted
• ESB has a comprehensive Diversity and Inclusion Programme

Closing date: 8th July 2025

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

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, [e-mail].

About ESB

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.