Electrician - Water/ Wastewater Operations

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Cork; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop or desktop provided

Work mobile phone provided

Flexible working options

Job summary

EPS Group in Cork, Ireland, is seeking an experienced Electrician to join its water and wastewater operations. The role focuses on preventative and reactive maintenance within our Operations Division, with emphasis on instrumentation, motors, and PLC-related tasks.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of industrial experience, electrical qualifications, and a valid driving license. A Safe Electric registration would be advantageous. On-site work with flexible options is offered.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years proven experience in industrial, water & wastewater maintenance.
• Strong fault-finding skills on electrical systems and instrumentation.
• Experience with pumps, dosing equipment, motors and control panels.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative and reactive maintenance in water and wastewater systems.
• Calibrate and service on-site instrumentation (pH, dissolved oxygen probes, etc.).
• Verify motor and instrument signals to PLCs and motor control centres; troubleshoot panel faults.
• Install, wire, commission, and configure VSDs, DOL and star-delta starters.

Skills

3-5 years exp

Fault finding

Instrumentation

PLC knowledge

Electrical safety

Education

Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation

Job description

Electrician - Water/ Wastewater Operations

EPS Group

Location: On site / Cork, Ireland
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Engineering | General
Salary: Competitive salary

About the Role

EPS has an exciting opportunity available for a dynamic and experiencedElectrician. The position will be based in theCorkarea.

The ideal candidate would be a qualified electrician with 3 – 5 years proven experience in the industrial, water & wastewater sector advantageous, focused on preventative and reactive maintenance within our Operations Division.

Key Responsibilities

• The role will primarily involve preventative and reactive work in the water and wastewater industry
• Calibration and servicing of on-site instrumentation monitoring equipment (such as PH, dissolved oxygen probes etc)
• Motor and 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 Area Supervisors and Managers on electrical solutions and site implementation of same
• Completion of daily reports and health and safety documentation as required for day to day works on sites

Key Competencies and Skills

• A minimum of 3 – 5 year’s experience
• Instrumentation experience with water monitoring equipment advantageous
• Technical knowledge of 3 phase motors, pumps, dosing pumps and associated instrumentation
• Fault finding
• Working with pumps, motors, dosing equipment (including pumps & controllers), control panels and instruments
• Familiarity with PLC’s, 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

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation
• Registration with Safe Electric as a QC would be an advantage
• Full clean driving license

Compensation Package

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• A collaborative and supportive work environment
• Laptop or desktop and work mobile phone provided
• Flexible working options, dependent on location and role requirements
• See company website for more information on the benefits of working in EPS Group

Equal Opportunity Statement

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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 customer’s outstanding partner of choice and we are committed to being a Net Zero, sustainable business.