Road and Utilities Engineer

Grade and Salary Grade E (€49,252 - €73,877)

Job Description

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:

Uisce Éireann Asset Operations forms the cornerstone of service delivery to customers, protecting the environment and meeting regulatory standards. Asset Operations has responsibility for operational and maintenance strategy, policies, planning, national and regional Water and Wastewater standard operating procedures, and management of operational expenditure.

The Roads & Utilities team sits within the Control function of Asset Operations. The team will have overall responsibility standing up and implementing a consistent Road Opening Licence and Reinstatement structure for Asset Operations works nationwide. The team will drive the establishment of arrangements with other utilities and stakeholders where Uisce Éireann infrastructure interface including with rail, electricity, gas, waterways, and telecoms agencies.

The Roads and Utilities Engineer will be a key member of the Roads & Utilities team and will report to the Roads & Utilities Lead. The role will support the implementation and management of standardised national processes and ways of working for Road Opening Licencing and Reinstatements, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, Department of Transport guidelines (TII Specifications and other) and industry best practices.

The role will support Regional Operations in progressing legacy issues, transitioning to the future model and the development of strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. The Roads and Utilities Engineer will assist in establishing arrangements with other utilities and stakeholders where Uisce Éireann infrastructure interface including with rail, electricity, gas, waterways, and telecoms agencies.

This is a blended role, requiring a combination of on-site presence and office attendance. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in standing up an effective Road Opening Licence processes that will ensure all road openings comply with regulatory, TII Specifications and industry best practice.
• Support the Regional Operations teams in managing the Network repair crews responsible for opening and reinstatement of the road for repair works.
• Inspect and measure temporary and permanent reinstatements completed by Asset Operations, including resolving and reporting defects as necessary to the Regional Operations teams and the crews involved. Procure and manage permanent reinstatement contractors in accordance with Road Opening Licencing processes and conditions of their contract.
• Responsible for managing Contractor compliance, payments, and defects.
• Mandatory use of Asset Management IT systems to manage road openings, reinstatements and safe inspection of works including internal Maximo asset management platform, Handheld Units, safety systems and the external MapRoad Licensing (MRL) system.
• Responsible for managing road openings and reinstatements in a specific regional area.
• Develop and maintain strong, positive relationships with Roads Authorities. 
• Liaise with Regional Operations and support the progression of on-going tasks, ensuring historic openings are tracked and addressed.
• Accountable for establishing and managing interactions with other utilities and stakeholders including rail, electricity, gas, waterways, and telecoms agencies.
• Establish direct relationships and co-ordinate with internal teams including Regional Operations, Asset Operations Workflow, Infrastructure Delivery, Connection Developer Services and Asset Planning.
• Promote a knowledge centre for standards, particularly the Purple Book and National road specifications and enhance a continuous improvement culture in the methods and approach to road reinstatement, and licensing. 
• Assist in the monitoring and reporting against Key Performance Indicators. 
• Oversee compliance with Uisce Éireann’s Health & Safety, Environmental, and Quality policies, ensuring excellence in road opening and reinstatement projects.
• Ensure adherence to the Department of Transport's traffic management requirements during project execution.
• Provide support and escalate issues to the Roads & Utilities Lead and Manager as necessary.
• Responsible for performing other duties that may be reasonably assigned by the Roads & Utilities Lead and/or Manager in line with the needs of the business.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation desirable and/or equivalent work experience. 
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in an engineering role or related discipline, preferably in the road management or utility sectors is desirable.
• Valid, clean, and full category B Irish driving licence. Additional Driving Licence categories an advantage. A clean driving licence is defined as meaning that the applicant has not been convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts (other than an offence for which the penalty is the imposition of penalty points).
• In-depth technical knowledge of road maintenance/construction and reinstatements.
• We work better together - Experience in managing works involving internal and external stakeholders.
• We aim high - Strong understanding of commercial contracts, dispute management and mitigation and delivering to quality, time, and cost.
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and standards that apply to works on public roads, including the Purple Book and Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in National Roads.
• CSCS Signing, Lighting and Guarding (SLG) at Roadworks Card or relevant/similar experience an advantage. 
• Valid LASNTG basic and/or advanced road opening and reinstatement accreditation an advantage.
• Valid Safe Pass is desirable.
• Ability to:

*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.

Uisce Éireann is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.

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