Head of System Integrity

EirGrid; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work

Flexible working policies

Inclusive culture

Job summary

EirGrid is seeking a Head of System Integrity to provide strategic, technical and operational leadership across protection, metering, energisation, policy and fault investigations to ensure the safe, secure and compliant operation of Ireland’s transmission system.

You will lead across protection schemes, grid readiness and revenue metering data, partnering with asset owners and project teams to deliver renewable integration programmes and network reinforcement.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with significant leadership experience in power systems.
• Strong knowledge of power system protection and HV switching.
• Experience designing and managing protection schemes.
• Understanding of transmission station design and related systems.
• Led multidisciplinary engineering teams on complex programs.
• Solid governance, risk management and decision-making capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide governance of power system protection policy and coordination.
• Ensure protection devices and designs align with policy requirements.
• Direct investigations of disturbances and protection maloperations.
• Oversee energisation and readiness for grid connections.
• Embed operational requirements in lifecycle of capital and connection projects.
• Establish best practice in revenue metering data feeds.

Skills

Power system protection

Power system operation

HV switching operations

Leadership

Governance & risk management

Decision-making

Infrastructure design knowledge

Project coordination

Education

Engineering degree in a relevant field

Job description

We are at the heart of Ireland’s energy transition - connecting, operating and transforming the electricity grid to support a low carbon, renewable future. We are building talented teams that tackle real world challenges every day and help us to achieve our goal to prepare the grid to carry up to 80% of Ireland’s electricity from renewable sources. We are proud to be a certified Great Place to Work, recognised for our culture built on trust, collaboration and inclusion. At EirGrid you will find supportive teams, opportunities to grow and meaningful work. We also offer secure employment with a range of flexible and family friendly working policies to support your life and wellbeing. If you are ready to make an impact and grow your career in a purpose-led organisation, your journey starts here.

The Opportunity

We are now seeking a Head of System Integrity to join the Operations Chief Office. The successful candidate will report to the Director of TSO Operations and will provide strategic, technical and operational leadership across the arrangements that ensure the safe, secure, reliable and compliant operation of the Irish transmission system. The role holder will lead across power system protection, revenue metering, energisation, operational policy, fault investigation, power quality monitoring and operational readiness of transmission infrastructure and connections. This role is critical to maintaining system integrity while supporting network reinforcement, customer connections and renewable integration programmes.

The Team

The Operations Chief Office is responsible for operating Ireland’s power system, EirGrid’s first and most fundamental responsibility. The team operates today’s system with reliability, safety and security, while adapting it for a very different future. It is also responsible for operating and developing efficient and transparent electricity markets, delivering the energy transition and driving affordable outcomes for consumers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide governance and oversight of power system protection policy, protection settings and coordination, fault investigations and protection specifications for system developments and connections.
• Work closely with the Transmission Asset Owner to ensure protection devices, schemes, communications links and designs are maintained and aligned with protection policy requirements.
• Direct investigations of system disturbances and protection maloperations, ensuring lessons learned are translated into policy, procedural and technical improvements.
• Oversee energisation and operational readiness activities for grid connections, ensuring compliance with relevant safety rules and operational requirements.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to embed operational requirements throughout the lifecycle of capital and connection projects.
• Establish best practice in the management of revenue metering data feeds and provision of data required by the Group, codes and licences.

About you

• Engineering degree with significant leadership experience in the power system industry.
• Strong knowledge of power system protection, power system operation and HV switching operations.
• Experience in the design, specification, setting and management of power system protection schemes.
• Understanding of transmission station design and associated primary and secondary systems and infrastructure.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex operational programmes.
• Strong governance, risk management and decision-making capability in a business-critical operational environment.

Closing date for applications

2nd October 2026

We value potential as much as experience.

We'rededicated to diversity and inclusion at EirGrid. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and the importance of a supportive culture for all our people to achieve their potential. Our diversity and inclusion networks have been designed to create an inclusive culture that enables our people to feel a sense of belonging at work.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.