Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

Thetrupgrade; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Private healthcare

Maternity/paternity pay

Job summary

Murphy Water is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance Technician to support commissioning and maintenance of water and wastewater projects across Ireland. The role is based in Dublin within the Operations Department, offering exposure to a diverse range of site and client environments.

You will diagnose faults, perform preventative maintenance, and coordinate with electrical and mechanical teams to deliver projects on time.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years electrical experience in a process commissioning role.
• Must hold National Craft Certificate in Electrical and/or Instrumentation.
• Full clean Driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Onsite maintenance and repair of electrical equipment and instrumentation.
• Fault diagnostics and modification of control systems.
• Site commissioning and acceptance tests with client.
• Maintain preventative maintenance schedules per client requirements.
• Coordinate with electrical and mechanical teams to meet deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety procedures.

Skills

Self-motivation

Communication skills

5+ years electrical experience

Microsoft Word/Excel

PLC programming

HMI programming

Water/Wastewater experience

Driver's license

Education

National Craft Certificate in Electrical and/or Instrumentation

Job description

Job Title: Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

Job Location: Dublin

Country/Region: Ireland

Murphy Water are hiring an Electrical Instrumentation Maintenance Technician to work on the commissioning and maintenance of Water and Wastewater projects across the country. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established Contractor. The successful candidate will join the Murphy Water engineering business within the Operations Department. Murphy focus on recruiting and retaining our employees so that the company can continue to develop and succeed within the industry. Murphy are committed to developing our staff and our CPD Programme is accredited by Engineers Ireland.

Duties

• Onsite maintenance and repair of electrical equipment, PLC based electrical control systems and instrumentation.
• Fault diagnostics and modification to existing electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Electrical and instrumentation equipment onsite commissioning.
• Carry out Preventative maintenance schedules and modifications to existing sites as per Electrical maintenance Supervisor / client requirements.
• Site acceptance tests and system sign off with the client.
• Monitoring and optimisation of instrumentation, PLC and electrical control systems.
• Preparation of technical specifications and management of contractors.
• Coordinate with electrical, and mechanical personnel to achieve project deadlines.
• Generate maintenance documentation to meet project specifications.
• Work closely with operations and controls staff to ensure effective and continuous operation of relevant processes as per the project specifications.
• Ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with the company procedures observing proper health and safety.
• Responsible for ensuring all electrical and instrumentation installations on projects assigned are installed as per approved documentation and in accordance with relevant standards.

Skills/ Experience

• Motivated, self-starter with excellent communications skills
• Minimum 5 years electrical experience in a process commissioning role.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• PLC & HMI programming skills and experience desirable
• Experience within the Water / Wastewater industry a distinct advantage
• Be a punctual, motivated, and organised self-starter who is enthusiastic and conscientious about completing work on time and to a high standard.
• Full clean Driver’s license.

Qualifications

Must hold National Craft Certificate in Electrical and/or Instrumentation or equivalent.

What you will get in return

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Generous Private Healthcare Allowance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra 2 days holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc
  

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in Ireland.