Asset Planning Engineer

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.

We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.

Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland’s water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.

The Role:

The Asset Management and Sustainability area is responsible for the development of asset policies, strategies and plans to determine the significant investment required into Ireland’s infrastructure. The area drives investment and the Sustainability and Innovation agenda for the organisation and leads on Environmental Regulation and Compliance activities, ensuring the quality of water and wastewater is continuously monitored. The Asset Management function is responsible for strategic planning, prioritisation, and development of Uisce Éireann’s Capital Works pipeline. The function plays a key role in promoting collaboration and co-ordination of activities across the three asset functions as well as providing environmental assessment and management expertise across Uisce Éireann.

The Asset Planning team is accountable for the timely delivery of essential, value for money water services Infrastructure for Ireland. The scope of the team's responsibility covers 5 main areas: Housing Growing, Capex Pipeline, Risk Maintenance and Safety, Critical Assets and Leakage.

Reporting to the Asset Planning Technical Manager , the Asset Planning Engineer plays a key role in promoting collaboration and co-ordination of asset planning activities across the asset functions. This includes the roll-out of asset standards and policies and the use of common tools and shared data. The Asset Planning Engineer will support the Asset Planning Lead Engineers in relation to the identification, approval, and prioritisation of investment needs within the regions. The role holder will also work closely with Local Authorities and third parties to deliver on services for Uisce Éireann customers.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Asset Planning Technical Managers and Lead Engineers at formal workshops in a project’s lifecycle.

• Support the Asset Planning Technical Managers and Lead Engineers in the development of processes for collecting and analysing asset data to manage service risk.

• Analyse and interpret data and information from various sources required to input into service risk assessments.

• Support the Asset Planning team to evaluate technical service risk assessments of assets to inform future investment needs.

• Support the Asset Planning team to evaluate wastewater treatment, network system and bioresources capacity to facilitate growth.

• Support Asset Planning Technical Managers and Lead Engineers at meetings as required across the regions and prepare information to support decisions

• Provide input into progress reports and updates for Asset Planning.

• Collaborate on key data improvement initiatives for critical information on all proposed projects. Ensure appropriate information is adequately collated and managed data is to facilitate prioritisation of projects.

• Support development of Asset Standards, Policies and Specifications.

• Provide engineering support to the Asset Planning team as required

• Perform other such duties in relation to work and asset management as Uisce Éireann may reasonably require

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business

• Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards

• Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives

• Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of UÉ business information and delivery of critical services, in accordance with the NIS Directive and any other relevant cybersecurity regulation

• Other duties as required

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable
• A minimum of 3 years’ Experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable and or relevant experience
• Demonstrable experience of end-to-end processes to ensure delivery meets customer expectations
• Proven track record in resolving complex issues, along with the ability to communicate information to others.

• Ability to develop effective partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders and ability to look for and listen to diverse perspectives.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and make improvement decisions that benefit the team/communities.

• Proven track record in identifying opportunities for process improvements and innovation.

• Experience in taking ownership of safety responsibilities and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

• Proactively identifying new areas of improvement and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 09/10/2026.

Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.

*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.