We are at the heart of Ireland’s energy transition - connecting, operating and transforming the electricity grid to support a low carbon, renewable future.
We are building talented teams that tackle real world challenges every day and help us to achieve our goal to prepare the grid to carry up to 80% of Ireland’s electricity from renewable sources.
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If you are ready to make an impact and grow your career in a purpose-led organisation, your journey starts here.
Background
We are the people behind Ireland’s electricity grid. Our focus is on safety, security, and reliability. Our work environment is challenging, fast-moving, collaborative and team orientated. Our culture is driven by performance, knowledge, and continual development. And that’s just the beginning of our story. We are now transforming the power system for future generations.
Job Purpose
We now seeking Senior Project Analysts to join our Infrastructure team in Connection Projects – Southern Region.
This is an exciting opportunity for a customer focussed, 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.
The role involves the provision of data analysis and insights on the project delivery of technically complex, large scale infrastructure projects. The role holder will work as a part of team of data analysts on projects across their entire life cycle – from project initiation, through construction and commissioning and right up to project close.
The Team
The Infrastructure Onshore Office is responsible for new 400 kV, 220 kV and 110 kV station and circuit projects as well as upgrading and refurbishment projects on the existing network. Managing these projects from conceptual phase, through feasibility, statutory planning assessment and consent to handover for detailed design and construction phase.
The Connection Projects function 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. The team 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.
About you
Successful candidates will have:
- A university degree in Business, Information Technology or other equivalent degree, typically with 3+ years relevant experience
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI, DAX, and data visualization techniques.
- Excellent problem-solving, attention to detail and communication skills.
- Experience implementing data analytic tools, reporting dashboards and business process change initiatives to improve data management and quality assurance
- Ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders in other functions to deliver on project goals.
Desirable
- Understanding of data warehousing, data lakes, and cloud platforms (Microsoft Fabric preferred). Experience with ETL tools and processes (e.g., SQL, Python, Azure Data Factory). Familiarity with data governance, quality assurance, and metadata management.
Closing date for applications
04/08/2026
Please note we receive a high volume of applications, and as every application is carefully reviewed our response time may vary. If you agree to be considered for other roles this may result in a delayed response as we establish the best fit for your experience. We appreciate your patience.
We value potential as much as experience. If you believe you can succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement.
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.