Senior Executive Engineer - Donegal County Council

Donegal Co; Ireland; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Donegal County Council is seeking a Senior Executive Engineer with proven leadership experience to oversee engineering advisory and executive duties across road, environmental, housing and planning disciplines. The role reports to the Senior Engineer and may deputise as required, supporting liaison with external agencies and stakeholders.

The position involves leading teams, developing strategies, and ensuring delivery of high-quality services, while maintaining in-house quality management

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering advisory or executive roles.
• Ability to lead multiple teams across disciplines.
• Experience implementing quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and provide technical and managerial support across council services.
• Implement, develop and maintain in-house quality management systems.
• Implement strategies to improve range, quantity or quality of existing services.
• Promote staff training and development.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical leadership

Project management

Quality management

Job description

Senior Executive Engineer - Donegal County Council

The closing date for this vacancy is 12/11/2026, 15:00

Job summary

The Council is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates with relevant experience for the position of Senior Executive Engineer across a range of disciplines that have and will arise of the duration of this panel. The Council's work covers Road Maintenance & Construction; Road Design; Environmental Services; Housing Construction and Design; Community and Planning etc. The Senior Executive Engineer will report directly to the Senior Engineer, or such person as may be assigned from time to time by Donegal County Council.

Under the direction and supervision of the appropriate line manager, the post holder will provide engineering or ancillary services of an advisory, supervisory, or executive nature as may be required by the Council in the exercise and performance of any of its powers, functions and duties. The Senior Executive Engineer will be required to lead a team or teams and to provide technical and managerial support across all local authority service areas and to liaise with external agencies and stakeholders. They may also be required to deputise for the Senior Engineer.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Implement the agreed strategies as directed by the Senior Engineer to meet and to expand or improve the range, quantity or quality of existing services provided by the Council.

Implement, develop and maintain in-house quality management systems.

Manage staff and to promote the training and development of such staff.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

Donegal is spatially unique, having the longest coastline in the State, sharing 93% of its land boundary with Northern Ireland and only 7% with the Republic of Ireland. As such Donegal’s natural functional area transcends its land boundary with Northern Ireland with substantial movement and interactions of citizens, goods and activities taking place across the region.

Donegal County Council provides a diverse range of services across a large geographic area. These services include the provision of physical and social infrastructure, housing, economic development and enterprise support, tourism development, community and cultural development, recreation and amenity services, emergency services and the enforcement of the planning and environmental regulatory framework. Donegal County Councils operating revenue budget for the year ending December 2026 is €222 million.

An opportunity now exists in Donegal County Council for the position of Senior Executive Engineer.

Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of Senior Executive Engineer is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

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