Client HV Engineer Onshore

Mace; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a client engineer to work in a customer-facing role on onshore grid network projects in Ireland. The ideal candidate has HV exposure, substations or renewable energy experience, and can provide engineering support under EirGrid frameworks while leading teams and managing complex stakeholder relations.

The role emphasizes quality systems, project controls, governance, and proactive communication with clients and internal teams to ensure timely delivery of large infrastructure

Qualifications

• Extensive electrical expertise including onshore substation mechanical and structural experience.
• Digitally fluent leader, building trusted client relationships and high-performing teams.
• Chartered or professionally aligned, with strong commercial, project and stakeholder capability.
• Sustainability-minded professional, experienced within complex, large-scale infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure robust quality systems aligned with service excellence.
• Manage delivery from inception to construction per plan and milestones.
• Coordinate tasks and deliverables with senior leaders and teams.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment.
• Drive development and delivery of large infrastructure projects.
• Identify stakeholders and ensure timely communications at all levels.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders.
• Maintain project controls for budgets, schedule, scope, quality and risk.
• Prepare monthly progress reports with financial and schedule data.
• Analyze issues, make decisions, escalate as needed.
• Support process improvements and governance papers.
• Manage risks and issues and escalate appropriately.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Digital fluency

Education

Chartered engineer

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The project:

We are looking for a potential candidate for client engineer to work in a customer facing role for onshore grid network projects across the energy sector. The ideal candidate will have exposure to HV works such as substations, power stations or renewable energy experience may be considered. The potential candidate will be able to utilise engineering support services through EirGrid frameworks however the candidate will have a broad understanding of the below specialisations.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• You will ensure robust quality systems are in place and suitably managed in line with service excellence.
• You will manage delivery from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones.
• You will manage tasks and associated deliverables in support of the Associate Director and other senior leaders, alongside the wider project and client teams, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the project.
• Demonstrating the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, highly collaborative work environment.
• Demonstrating enthusiasm to drive development and delivery of large infrastructure projects.
• Identifying and managing stakeholders and ensuring regular and timely communications at all levels.
• Ability to work collaboratively with customers and stakeholders.
• Ensuring that appropriate project controls are in place within the team having regard to budgets, schedule, scope, quality risk and other performance indicators.
• Preparing and updating formal project progress reports such as monthly reports including financial, budget and project schedule reporting.
• Ability to analyse issues, exercising judgement to make decisions and escalating as appropriate.
• Supporting improvement of processes, procedures and systems.
• Development of governance papers and reports to support the approval process.
• Managing Risks and Issues and escalating appropriately.

You’ll Need To Have

• Extensive electrical expertise, including onshore substation mechanical and structural experience.
• Digitally fluent leader, building trusted client relationships and high‑performing teams.
• Chartered or professionally aligned, with strong commercial, project and stakeholder capability.
• Sustainability‑minded professional, experienced within complex, large‑scale infrastructure projects.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.