Asset Planning Lead Engineer: Drive Water Growth

Uisce Éireann; Ireland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Uisce Éireann is seeking an Asset Planning Lead Engineer to drive the delivery of essential water services infrastructure across Ireland. You will lead capital planning, assess capacity, and develop business cases in collaboration with Local Authorities and other stakeholders.

The role requires a strong engineering background, 5+ years in water/utilities, and a proven ability to analyse data and deliver value through structured investment plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field is desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify problems and improvements, and propose solutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as project sponsor through all the formal workshops in a project’s life.
• Support the Capex pipeline to ensure timely delivery of key wastewater network projects and programmes.
• Lead the development and support of processes for collecting and analysing asset data.
• Analyse and interpret data from various sources for technical assessments.
• Perform technical assessments of assets to inform future investment needs.
• Support continuous improvement of Drinking Water Safety Plans, Supply Demand Balance and Risk assessments.
• Assess system capacity to facilitate new water and wastewater connections.
• Prepare business cases for monitoring, control and automation systems.
• Represent the Asset Planning team at meetings and prepare information for submissions.
• Provide progress reports and updates for Asset Planning.

Skills

Engineering

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

End-to-end processes

Health & safety

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Third level qualification

Job description

Uisce Éireann is seeking an Asset Planning Lead Engineer to drive the delivery of essential water services infrastructure across Ireland. You will lead capital planning, assess capacity, and develop business cases in collaboration with Local Authorities and other stakeholders.

The role requires a strong engineering background, 5+ years in water/utilities, and a proven ability to analyse data and deliver value through structured investment plans.