Innealtóir Sinsearach - Tacaíocht & Anailís Chórais / Senior Engineer - System Support & Analysis

Senior Engineer - System Support & Analysis

Job Purpose: The Operations Directorate within EirGrid comprises highly skilled professionals with backgrounds in engineering and business/commerce. Ireland has a target to achieve 80% of its electricity from renewable resources by 2030 and to be net carbon neutral by 2050. The Operations Directorate is central to delivering our primary role - the operation, development and enhancement of the all island power system and the wholesale electricity market. Creating a culture of continuous improvement whilst maintaining operational resilience drives technical and process innovation.

System Support & Analysis is a team that manages a wide range of technical and commercial management functions. This includes the imperfections budget setting and reporting, annual tariff calculations, commissioning, testing and registration of market units, running DS3 system service auctions, technical performance management of service providers, meter/market data checking as per relevant codes and renewables reporting and analysis and settlement. The team also provides support to System Operations and Markets as required and is a source of expertise for future development work across the business, ranging from supporting new systems to major projects. The team deals with ad hoc queries that do not naturally sit in other functions but require technical/commercial analysis to effectively answer.

Key Responsibilities

• Support complex projects, both technical and commercial, designed to achieve regulated targets and meet stakeholder needs in line with company requirements.
• Develop policy, processes and procedures for the registration, commissioning, testing and performance monitoring of system users including generators, interconnectors and demand customers.
• Execute technical and economic analysis associated with forecasting imperfections and tariffs and explain costs incurred in actual outcomes.
• Carry out technology reviews, draft technical specifications and develop business requirements.
• Support ancillary service market participation in Ireland for generators and DS3 service providers, including management of revenue streams and associated technical products.
• Represent EirGrid on key pan European TSO committees and working groups focusing on system services or emergency restoration, set up to realise the development of a well functioning Europe wide electricity power system and market.
• Mentor junior members of the team.
• Apply skills, knowledge and experience to effectively deliver on the team's objectives, overcoming new challenges and technical issues as they arise.
• Use technical, report writing and verbal communication skills to continuously improve the way we work, making it more efficient and effective as well as transparent and easy to understand for both technical and non technical audiences.
• Perform all work to a high standard with a focus on on time delivery, applying process excellence to deliver efficiency and quality output.
• Anticipate and mitigate problems as they arise, escalating where necessary.
• Approach problem solving with an innovative mindset, being open to a wide range of solutions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential

• Engineering degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 4 years post qualification experience in the electricity industry, especially system operations or markets.
• Strong knowledge of electrical power systems and awareness of energy targets and ambitions for decarbonisation of the energy sector.
• Knowledge of wholesale power markets and market arrangements in the SEM.
• Ability to deliver medium/large projects.
• Excellent organisational skills and strong track record of delivery.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team and excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical abilities, coupled with the ability to make reasoned judgments based on available information in a changing and dynamic environment.
• Ability to conceive and introduce innovative ideas.Ability to translate policy and concepts into rules, codes and standards and vice versa.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to work effectively as part of a team, capable of delivering shared goals with internal and external stakeholders through open dialogue, while also being able to define and guide own work under minimal supervision.
• Good oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non technical audience.
• Passionate, engaging with a drive and enthusiasm to deliver on the company vision and strategy.

Desirable

• Project management experience of project delivery or professional certification.
• Plant testing including OEM factory testing as well as supporting commissioning and energisation.
• Power system analysis tools such as Plexos and PSS/E.

Closing Date for Applications

26th June 2026

Equal Opportunities Statement

We value potential as much as experience. Even if you do not meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We are 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 are 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.

Innealtóir Sinsearach - Tacaíocht & Anailís Chórais

Táimid i gcroílár aistriú fuinnimh na hÉireann - ag nascadh, ag oibriú agus ag cloailú na heangaí leictreachais chun tacú le todhchaí ísealcharbóin. Táimid ag tógáil foirne cumasacha a théann i ngleic le dúshláin fíorshaoil gach lá.

Fút Féin

• Céim innealtóireachta nó a coibhéis, agus taithí iarcháilíochta 4 bliana ar a laghad de ghnáth i dtionscal an leictreachais, go háirithe oibríochtaí córais nó margaí.
• Eolas láidir ar chórais cumhachta leictrí agus feasacht ar spriocanna agus mianta fuinnimh chun an earnáil fuinnimh a dhícharbónú.
• Eolas ar mhargaí cumhachta mórdhíola agus ar shocruithe margaidh sa Mhargadh Leictreachais Aonair.
• Taithí ar fhoireann ildisciplíneach agus sárchumas anailíse cáilíochtúla agus cainníochtúla, mar aon leis an gcumas breithiúnais réasúnaithe a dhéanamh bunaithe ar an eolas atá ar fáil i dtimpeallacht athraitheach dhinimiciúil.
• An cumas rialacha, cóid agus caighdeáin a dhéanamh de bheartas agus coincheapa agus a mhalairt.
• Gléasraí a thástáil lena n-áirítear monarchana OEM a thástáil chomh maith le tacú le coimisiúnú agus fuinnmhiú.
• Uirlisí anailíse córas cumhachta amhail Plexos agus PSS/E.

An Deis

• Mar Innealtóir Sinsearach, oibreoidh tú leis an bhfoireann i réimsí lena n áirítear anailís ildisciplínithe ar fhadhbanna teicniúla agus eacnamaíocha, réitigh, próisis agus modheolaíochtaí a mholadh, chomh maith le cuir i láthair agus tuarascálacha a ullmhú le haghaidh rannpháirtíocht páirtithe leasmhara inmheánacha agus seachtracha.
• Beimid ag iarraidh go ndéanfaidh tú ranníocaíochtaí ar fud an chórais chumhachta agus an mhargaidh, idir tacú le clárú, coimisiúnú agus tástáil rannpháirtithe nua agus monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar a bhfeidhmíocht leanúnach, a gcuid sonraí teicniúla agus torthaí margaidh a bhainistiú ar an bealach ar fad go díchoimisiúnú.
• Mar Innealtóir Sinsearach, cinnteoidh tú freisin go ndéanfar seirbhísí córais criticiúla, lena n-áirítear dúthosú agus athchóiriú éigeandála, a bhainistiú i gcomhréir le prionsabail shlána ach eacnamaíoch ar mhaithe le gach tomhaltóir leictreachais.