Electrician - Water/ Wastewater Operations

EPS Group; Cork; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Mobile phone provided

Flexible working options

Job summary

EPS Group is seeking a dynamic Electrician to join our Cork area Operations Division. The role focuses on preventative and reactive maintenance in the water and wastewater sector, with emphasis on instrumentation, control panels and PLC-assisted systems.

You will work with 3-phase motors, pumps, dosing equipment, and variable speed drives, and you will contribute to site installations, commissioning, and fault finding, while maintaining safety and reporting daily activities.

Qualifications

• Qualified electrician with 3–5 years' experience in the industrial water/wastewater sector is preferred.
• Experience with instrumentation in water monitoring is advantageous.
• Knowledge of 3‑phase motors, pumps and dosing pumps.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic abilities on electrical systems.
• Familiarity with PLCs, automation and telemetry is beneficial.
• Full clean driving license is required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and reactive electrical maintenance in water and wastewater projects.
• Calibrate and service on-site instrumentation monitoring equipment.
• Verify motor and instrumentation signals to PLCs and MCCs; confirm control functions.
• Follow control panel schematics and troubleshoot faults.
• Install, wire, commission and set up variable speed drives, starter motors and related equipment.
• Prepare daily reports and health and safety documentation for on-site works.

Skills

Fault finding

3 phase motors

Pumps & dosing pumps

Instrumentation

PLC & telemetry

DOL & star-delta

Electrical wiring

Good computer skills

Education

Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation

Tools

PLCs/automation hardware

Instrumentation equipment

Job description

About the Role:

EPS has an exciting opportunity available for a dynamic and experienced Electrician. The position will be based in the Cork area. 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
• Good computer skills

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
• CPD accredited employer
• 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

EPS Group is an equal opportunities employer.

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.