Offshore HV Systems Specialist

EirGrid Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EirGrid is seeking an Offshore HV Systems Specialist to provide technical leadership and engineering assurance for offshore transmission assets and onshore connections.

You will drive lifecycle management, governance, operational readiness and long-term performance across offshore HV substations, cables, onshore compounds and related systems, acting as SME to influence design, testing, commissioning and handover.

Qualifications

• Significant offshore transmission infrastructure experience is required.
• Experience with offshore HV transmission design and conformity assessment to standards.
• Experience supporting FAT, SAT, commissioning, energisation, and operational acceptance of HV assets.
• Understanding of asset management, reliability, lifecycle management, and operational readiness.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to convey complex tech to non-technical audiences and senior leaders.
• Ability to coach and develop high-performance teams in a dynamic environment.
• Chartered Engineer status is preferred.
• Experience in offshore transmission asset owner, utility, developer, or operator contexts.
• Experience supporting asset handover from project delivery to operations.
• Knowledge of offshore maintenance strategies, RCMA, and condition monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and engineering assurance for offshore transmission infrastructure and onshore connections.
• Support lifecycle management, governance, operational readiness, and long-term performance of assets.
• Ensure offshore HV substations, offshore platforms, HV/MV cables, and onshore compounds meet standards and are designed, tested, commissioned, accepted, and maintained per asset policies.
• Act as SME for asset classes and influence critical engineering decisions across a complex offshore portfolio.
• Collaborate with Offshore PMO and Offshore Asset Readiness Programme to ensure governance, regulatory alignment, and delivery assurance.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Electrical engineering degree or equivalent

Chartered Engineer status

Job description

Offshore HV Systems Specialist (E2027053)

Weare at the heart of Ireland’s energy transition - connecting,operatingand transforming the electricity grid to support a lowcarbon, renewable future.

Weare building talented teams that tackle realworld 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.

Weare proud to be a certified Great Place to Work, recognised for our culture built on trust,collaborationand inclusion. At EirGrid youwillfind supportive teams, opportunities to grow and meaningful work.We also offer secure employment witha range offlexible andfamilyfriendlyworking policiesto support yourlife andwellbeing. If you want to know more about what EirGrid has to offer you, visit Life at EirGrid .

If youareready to make an impact and grow your career in a purpose-led organisation,your journey starts here.

The Team

Ireland’s offshore grid programme is a critical national infrastructure initiative supporting the country’s 2030 renewable energy targets. EirGrid, as the designated Offshore Asset Owner (OAO), is responsible for ensuring the timely delivery, readiness, and operation of offshore transmission assets. The Offshore Programme Management Office (PMO) and Offshore Phase 1 Delivery Team play a central role in coordinating this transformation, ensuring robust governance, regulatory alignment, and delivery assurance across a multi-billion euro capital programme.

The Offshore Asset Readiness Programme (OARP) is responsible for ensuring EirGrid is operationally ready to assume ownership and management of offshore transmission assets. Cybersecurity is a critical capability within OARP, ensuring offshore infrastructure is designed, delivered, and handed over in compliance with statutory obligations, regulatory requirements, and industry best practice. The Offshore Cybersecurity Systems Specialist will play a key role in establishing and maturing EirGrid's offshore cybersecurity capability in support of critical national infrastructure.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join the offshore organisation as a Offshore HV Systems Specialist, providing technical leadership and engineering assurance for offshore transmission infrastructure and associated onshore network connection assets.

The role will be responsible for supporting the lifecycle management, technical governance, operational readiness, and long-term performance of:

• Offshore HV AC substations & related components
• Offshore platform electrical systems.
• EHV, HV and MV cable systems
• Onshore compensation compounds.
• Reactive compensation systems, including shunt reactors, STATCOMs, SVCs, and harmonic filters.
• Grid interface substations and associated protection, control, telecommunications, and ancillary systems.

The Offshore HV Systems Specialist will act as a subject matter expert for these asset classes, ensuring that infrastructure developed is designed, constructed, tested, commissioned, accepted, and maintained in accordance with EirGrid asset policies, engineering standards, and operational requirements. The successful candidate will demonstrate a high degree of technical knowledge, influencing critical engineering decisions across a complex and evolving offshore transmission portfolio.

About you

• Electrical engineering degree or equivalent, typically with 10+ years relevant experience
• Significant experience in offshore transmission infrastructure and substations
• Offshore HV transmission design expertise and with ability to assess HV transmission designs for conformity to standards and requirements
• Experience supporting FAT, SAT, commissioning, energisation, and operational acceptance of high-voltage transmission assets
• Understanding of asset management principles, reliability engineering, asset lifecycle management, and operational readiness processes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical matters to non-technical audiences and senior decision-makers
• Ability to coach and develop high performance capabilities in a changing and dynamic environment
• Chartered Engineer status
• Experience within an offshore transmission asset owner, transmission utility, offshore wind developer, or offshore infrastructure operator
• Experience supporting asset handover and transition from project delivery into operations
• Knowledge of offshore maintenance strategies, reliability-centred maintenance, and condition monitoring approaches.

Closing date for applications

Closing date is 30th October 2026

We value potential as much as experience.If you believe you can succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply, even if youdon’tmeet every requirement.

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.