Electrician – Water & Wastewater Systems (Flexible Hours)

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

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.