Electrician

EPS Group; The Municipal District of Birr; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

CPD accredited employer

Laptop or desktop and work mobile

Job summary

EPS Group is seeking an Electrical Instrumentation Technician for our water and wastewater projects in Ireland. The role centers on preventative and reactive maintenance, calibration of on-site instrumentation, and fault finding across PLCs and control panels.

You will install, wire and commission variable speed drives, dosing equipment, and pumps, while liaising with project teams to implement electrical solutions on site.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in water or wastewater instrumentation.
• Proven fault-finding on pumps, motors, dosing equipment and control panels.
• Experience with setting up instrumentation and verification to PLC signals.

Responsibilities

• Preventative and reactive work in water and wastewater systems.
• Calibration/servicing of on-site instrumentation (pH, DO probes, etc.).
• Wire, commission and configure variable speed drives, DOL, and star-delta starters.
• Liaise with project supervisors on electrical solutions and site implementation.
• Complete daily site reports and H&S forms.

Skills

Instrumentation experience (water/ww)

PLC/automation familiarity

Fault finding and troubleshooting

3-phase motors & pumps

Instrumentation cables & control gear

Education

Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation

Tools

PLCs

Telemetry equipment

HMI/SCADA basics

Job description

Responsibilities

• The role will primarily involve preventative and reactive work in the water and wastewater industry.


• Calibration/servicing of on-site instrumentation monitoring equipment (such as pH, Dissolved Oxygen Probes etc) Motor & Instrumentation signal verification to Motor Control Centres and PLC including control function verification.


• Ability to follow Control panel schematics and trouble shoot control panel faults.


• Install, wire, commission and set up configuration of full range of variable speed drives, DOL, star delta starters, etc.


• Liaise with Project Supervisors & Managers on electrical solutions and site implementation of same.


• Completion of daily reports and H&S forms as required for day to day works on sites

Skills & Attributes

• A minimum of 3 5 years experience within Water or Waste Water treatment industry Instrumentation experience with water monitoring equipment.


• Technical knowledge of 3 phase motors, pumps, dosing pumps and associated instrumentation Fault finding in general Working with pumps, motors, dosing equipment (including pumps & controllers), control panels, instruments.


• Familiarity with PLCs, automation and telemetry would also be an advantage.


• Proven ability to service, maintain & fault find electrical issues including verification of signals back to PLC for inputs and outputs as required for plant control functions.


• Familiarity with Treatment processs being utilised in the water and wastewater industry.


• Good computer skills.

Education Requirements

• Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation Registration with Safe Electric as a QC would be an advantage.

Additional Requirements

• Full clean driving licence.


• Safepass Confined space training desirable.

Compensation Package

• Competitive salary and benefits package


• Opportunities for professional development and career growth


• CPD accredited employer


• A collaborative and supportive work environment


• Laptop or desktop and work mobile phone provided

Company Profile

Since 1968, we have grown from a modest electrical and pumping services business and developed into an innovative, internationally exporting product and service provider, now focused upon the water, wastewater and clean technology sectors, operating across the Republic of Ireland, the UK and Northern Europe. We are an international water infrastructure specialist, one of the few genuine end-to-end service providers in the global water sector, providing large scale employment, bringing market leading and ground breaking technologies to Ireland and working to improve the country's water infrastructure. Our vision is to be the best and most rewarding place to work for our teams, to be our customers outstanding partner of choice and we are committed to being a Net Zero, sustainable business.

Equal Opportunity Statement - EPS Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Additional Skills

• Good computer skills fault finding instrumentation experience