Senior Project Engineer - Connection Projects Southern Region

EirGrid plc; Cork; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electricity company in Ireland is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to manage customer projects and deliver key infrastructure initiatives. The ideal candidate will have an engineering degree and over four years of experience in project management, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. This role is based in Cork and offers a dynamic working environment focused on renewable energy goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience managing large infrastructure projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively with customers and stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Project managing a portfolio of customer projects.
• Developing procedures and documentation for quality and accuracy.
• Communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Project Engineer - Connection Projects Southern Region (E2026131-133)

We are the people behind Ireland’s electricity grid. We operate the power system with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, we are now transforming the power system for future generations.

And that’s just the beginning of our story. We have a critical purpose. That purpose is to transform the power system to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions.

Be part of the transformation!

The Opportunity

We now seeking Senior Project Engineers to join our Connection Projects (Southern Region) team in our new Cork office. This is an exciting opportunity for a customer focused, resilient and motivated individual who is interested in working with the Connection Projects (Southern Region) team to deliver key infrastructure projects for some of the biggest companies in the world. These customers are critical to Ireland from many aspects including the achievement of our renewable targets and to continuation of sustainable economic growth for the country.

As Senior Project Engineer, your role will involve project managing a portfolio of customer projects, ensuring that appropriate project controls are in place with regard to budgets, schedule, quality, risk and activity monitoring. You will continuously review and develop procedures and documentation for quality and accuracy. You will possess strong competency in the following areas; written and verbal communications, working with people, analysing and problem solving, organising work and achieving objectives.

The Team

The Chief Infrastructure Office (CIO) within EirGrid comprises highly skilled professionals with backgrounds in engineering and business/commerce. The CIO is responsible for leading the development and delivery of the power system and interconnection investment programmes, in collaboration with partners, customers & communities.

The Connection Projects (Southern Region) team is responsible for the delivery of electricity generation, demand and interconnection customer connections to the transmission system. This includes the delivery of transmission works for power generation and demand customer connections at distribution voltage levels.

About you

• Engineering degree or equivalent with a minimum of 4 years’ experience
• Proven experience in managing large infrastructure projects, balancing a proficiency in project management with a developed understanding of power systems
• Ability to work collaboratively with customers and stakeholders
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Experience conceiving and introducing innovative ideas, solutions or new ways of doing things
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team, while also being able to define and guide own work under minimal supervision
• Commercial awareness with the ability to make decisions and recommendations in all aspects of project implementation
• Full, clean drivers licence

Closing date for applications

9th January 2026

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.