We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.
Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.
So, we’re passionate about helping our people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to communities all over Ireland. Our aim is to attract and develop talented and skilled people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. We believe that such a strong workforce will help us achieve our goals and allow us to continue investing in, and advancing, Ireland’s water services.


The Role:
The Asset Operations function forms the cornerstone of service delivery to customers, protecting the environment and meeting regulatory standards as well as managing the majority of operational expenditure. The Asset Operations function has responsibility for operational and maintenance strategy, policies, planning and standard operating procedures for Water and Wastewater operations both nationally and regionally, ensuring that value for money and customer service is delivered.
The Water & Wastewater Regional O&M Management sub area is responsible for the regional operational management of water treatment and network assets and the associated delivery of water services through operational, maintenance and repair activities, while managing health and safety.
The Water/Wastewater Treatment Maintenance Team Lead has a remit over a geographical area and is responsible for overseeing planned and reactive maintenance and repair activities across the water/wastewater asset base. The Team Lead will be responsible for leading, supporting and developing a team and providing them with the necessary direction and skills in order to ensure the provision of MEICA maintenance and repair services.
Out of hours working will be required and appropriate overtime and standby rates will apply.
We are looking to stand up a national panel for all current and future vacancies. It is envisioned this panel will remain open for approximately 12 months.
While it is our intention to have roles streamed either water or wastewater consistently across the country in the future, initially there may be a requirement to work in water and wastewater depending on the requirements of your location.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall management of planned and reactive mechanical and electrical (M&E) and instrumentation, controls and automation (ICA) maintenance and repair activities across the water/wastewater treatment asset base within a geographical area.
• Lead, support and develop a team and provide them with the necessary direction and skills in order to ensure the provision of MEICA maintenance and repair services.
• Responsible for providing development and maintenance support for Programmable Logic Control (PLC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Intelligent MCC Control systems and HMI controls.
• Responsible for managing the undertaking of a range of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, controls and automation tasks
• Responsible for overseeing the MEICA maintenance and repair on the water/wastewater network assets This will include validating the completion of maintenance and repair work and raising work order requests as required.
• Manage the MEICA work schedule with input from the Scheduling & Dispatch team to address planned and reactive work orders.
• Manage and organise MEICA activities/tasks of newly commissioned/upgraded water/wastewater treatment asset as required.
• Ensure the team works in accordance with defined levels of operational competence, health and safety requirements, QA systems and procedures using the technology provided.
• Manage the budget allocated to the team including approval of purchase requisitions.
• Responsible for managing the team’s material consumption and critical spares, ensuring efficient use of vehicles and equipment distribution throughout the area.
• Maximise the effectiveness of the team and develop and grow the skills of all team members through coaching, training and performance management.
• Contribute to the development of standard operating procedures that maximise quality of output, efficiency and support the adoption of processes.
• Oversee policy implementation and best practice standards including safe working practices and compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring direct reports operate and maintain Uisce Éireann vehicles, as required, in a responsible manner in line with all relevant Uisce Éireann vehicle, health, safety and security policies. Other responsibilities include: Monitoring driver compliance, completing vehicle inspections and recording and reporting any vehicle defects to Shared Services.
• Ensure all information is accurately recorded and promptly reported.
• Contribute to the development of operational, maintenance and repair plans, liaising with the Operations Planning Specialist as required.
• Responsible for investigating escalated customer complaints / local representative queries, including site visits and ensuring resolutions for the delivery of consistent customer service.
• Engage with third parties/contractors in relation to treatment plant maintenance and repair activities as required. Responsible for issuing/reviewing of permits to work, risk assessments and method statements to all relevant parties and ensure all health and safety procedures are followed.
• Support in the coordination and participate in incident and emergency response as required, ensuring all health and safety standards are met.
• Ensure that any damage caused to an asset, by a third party or otherwise is investigated, captured and costed so it can be billed to the third party when required.
• Participate in out of hours and standby working as required.
• Support in the coordination of and participate in incident and emergency response as required, ensuring all health and safety standards are me.
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting KPIs for processes over which they have ownership.
• Responsible for carrying out any other duties deemed necessary and / or required by the Water Treatment Lead.
• Responsible for duties under the Construction Regulations, including;
• Responsible for the implementation of the Construction Regulations including undertaking of duties assigned under the Regulations, as per Uisce Éireann policy.
• Identify hazards and assess risks for Operational areas of responsibility.
• Responsible for implementation and supervision of safe work procedures and standard operating procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring personnel have relevant safety skills, training and associated documentation, including Safe Pass cards and, where relevant, Construction Skills Certificate cards.
• Responsible for ensuring personnel have appropriate safety equipment and tools, including PPE.
• Responsible for providing guidance to Direct Reports where escalation is required on the carrying out of site risk assessments, and for seeking guidance from Lead where necessary.
• Responsible for the induction of contractors on to site
• Responsible for ensuring and verifying the assessment of competency of the PSDP/PSCS (when PSDP/PSCS are assigned to external service providers).
• Responsible for the provision of site welfare facilities.
• Responsible for managing access to sites and assets within Operational areas of responsibility.
• Organise co-operation at site level between Asset Operations staff, Service Providers working for Asset Operations, and Third Parties, including other Uisce Éireann Functions and their Service Providers.
• Responsible for monitoring and recording of site safety, including the reporting of accidents, incidents and near misses.
• Prepare updates to the Preliminary Safety & Health Plan.
• Responsible for the implementation, dissemination, maintenance and monitoring of the Construction Stage Safety & Health Plan.
• Conduct site audits/site inspections as required by the Audit and Inspection Plan, and ensure the completion of any corrective actions.
Responsible for carrying out any other duties deemed necessary and / or required, which line management may reasonably request.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate or equivalent – Craft in apprenticeship such as:
• Craft of Electrical
• Craft of Construction Plant Fitting
• Craft of Heavy Vehicle Mechanics

And / or

• QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate or equivalent – Craft in apprenticeship such as:
  • Craft of Electrical Instrumentation
  • Craft of Instrumentation
  • Craft of Mechanical Automation and Maintenance Fitting
• Minimum of 3 years directly relevant experience of working in a similar role within Water Services and / or other Utilities
• Team Leader skills in particular coaching, motivating and managing performance
• Required to have an in-depth knowledge of M&E and/or ICA maintenance and repair activity
• Capable of building a high performing team, in particular coaching, motivating and managing performance to develop people to realise their full potential and achieve results
• Experience of managing and controlling a budget
• Experience in a customer focused business
• Effective communication skills, to engage with a broad range of internal stakeholders and front line employees
• Computing skills i.e. ability to create and interpret spreadsheets and databases
• Experience / understanding of working within a strong health & safety culture
• Experience of using IT systems
• Ability to make decisions based on analysis of information within a very fast paced, customer focused environment
• Full, clean, and valid Irish category B driving licence is minimum requirement.
Knowledge of managing process compliance an advantage

This advertisement will remain open until further notice.


*Please be advised that if successful you will be placed on the salary range based on your skills and experience. Please note the Market reference point (midpoint) of the range is generally the upper end of the offer where someone is deemed to be fully competent to take on the duties of the role, and leaves room for the employee to progress through the pay range as their experience develops further.


Please note that there will be a requirement to be located within a reasonable distance from the assigned work area in order to be able to respond to out of hours requirements in a timely manner.