Offshore Senior Lead Owners Engineers - Offshore Phase 1

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

Job summary

EirGrid is seeking an Offshore Owner’s Engineer on the East Coast to lead project management and project engineering of large, technically complex offshore assets across their full life cycle, from initiation to go live and close. You will ensure on-time delivery, budget discipline and compliance with offshore specifications.

You will issue functional and technical specifications for Phase 1 & Phase 2 projects, liaise with external developers, EPCs, OEMs and operations teams, and drive safe,

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering degree or equivalent with offshore transmission experience.
• Experience in design, delivery, operation or asset management of high-voltage transmission systems.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management and engineering of offshore assets through their full life cycle.
• Coordinate with Phase 1 & Phase 2 projects and liaise with external and internal stakeholders to resolve technical queries.

Skills

Excellent communicator

Stakeholder management

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

GIS

HV transmission knowledge

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 andfamily friendlyworking policies to support your life and wellbeing. If you want to know more about what EirGrid has to offer you, visit

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

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver key Offshore projects. Offshore delivery is critical to Ireland from many aspects including the achievement of our renewable targets and to continuation of sustainable economic growth for the country.

The Offshore Owners engineer roles involves the project management and project engineering of technically complex, large scale offshore asset management projects – on-time and within budget, adhering to established governance and controls. The role holder will work on projects across their entire life cycle – from project initiation, through construction, commissioning/user acceptance testing, go live and right up to project close/lessons learnt.

A core part of this role will involve the issuing of functional and technical specifications to both Phase 1 & Phase 2 Offshore developer led / EirGrid plan led projects and liaising with these external and internal stakeholders to resolve technical queries to ensure connections to the transmission system are in accordance with EirGrid’s Offshore specifications. These projects are critical to Ireland from many aspects including the achievement of our renewable targets and to continuation of sustainable economic growth for the country.

The Team

The Offshore Delivery East Coast Asset Management Team will provide the engineering leadership, asset governance, and operational readiness capability required to support the safe and reliable operation of these assets throughout their lifecycle.

This includes ensuring that assets entering service are compliant with EirGrid specifications, operable, maintainable, and capable of delivering the required network performance over their design life.

The Offshore Owner’s Engineer acts as the technical representative of the future asset owner, ensuring that offshore substations and associated HV transmission assets are designed, constructed and commissioned and accepted into service in a manner that supports their safe operation, maintainability, reliability and long-term lifecycle performance.

Essential

About you

• Electrical engineering degree or equivalent, typically with 8 years relevant experience within electricity transmission, offshore transmission, power systems or major utility infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience in the design, delivery, operation or asset management of high-voltage transmission system
• Experience reviewing complex engineering designs and applying technical assurance processes
• Excellent communicator, able to articulate technical concepts and analysis to non-technical audiences and business leaders
• Experience working with multidisciplinary stakeholders including developers, EPC contractors, OEMs and operation organisations

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer status
• Experience with offshore substations, offshore transmission infrastructure or offshore renewable grid connections
• Experience with GIS, power transformers, HV cable systems
• Experience supporting FAT, SAT, and commissioning of equipment
• Technical due diligence or asset-transfer assessment

Closing date for applications

Closing date is 13th November 2026

We value potential as much as experience.

We're dedicated 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.