Programme Support Senior Specialist

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We are the people behind Ireland’s electricity grid. We operate the power system with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, we are now transforming the power system for future generations.

And that’s just the beginning of our story. We have a critical purpose. That purpose is to transform the power system to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions.

Be part of the transformation!

The Opportunity
We now seeking a Programme Support Senior Specialist to join our Onshore Infrastructure Delivery Programme Management Office.

As Programme Support Senior Specialist, you will contribute to and lead aspects of the successful completion of major deliverables within the Chief Infrastructure Office (CIO) annual regulatory work programme by working with a team of engineering, business and commercially experienced professionals to ensure that business priorities are met.

We will look to you to work with the Infrastructure Leadership Team, Programme and Project Managers to ensure that the delivery of key strategic projects and programmes are in compliance with our Governance Controls and that Investment Plans are delivering the outcomes and benefits agreed with CRU and ESB Networks.

As part of your role, you will play an active coordination role in the development, implementation and oversight of the delivery of the annual Regulatory work programme for Infrastructure related Regulatory PR5 and PR6 deliverables.

The Team
The Programme Management Office (PMO) is responsible for undertaking four key roles; 1. Infrastructure Delivery Programme Regulation, 2. Compliance and Risk Management, 3. Investment Portfolio Reporting and 4. Price Review (PR). The team is responsible for setting the policies and standards to be used for large scale transmission infrastructure, Regulatory audit and compliance, risk management and monitoring of Capex delivery. The team also develops reports on schedule and financial performance and delivery of outcomes and benefits aligned to strategic objectives across the full Transmission Infrastructure Portfolio to key stakeholders such as DCEE and the CRU.

About you
Successful candidates will have:

• Qualification to degree level or equivalent qualification, with minimum 4-6 years relevant post-qualification experience.
• Regulated utility experience working in a PMO is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills with an emphasis on high quality report writing, an ability to develop graphical overviews and to communicate complex regulatory and commercial issues clearly and effectively to colleagues, peers, team leads and Heads of Function.
• Ability to develop options and propose solutions to team leads, to influence others to move towards a common vision or goal and to work collaboratively with others to resolve issues as they arise.
• Working towards the development of leadership skills, with the ability to communicate and “sell” Incentive and audit objectives.
• Experience developing solutions or new ways of doing things with good analytical and problem solving ability.
• Experience planning and organising work activities for self, an ability to coordinate others within a team such as report writing and audit preparations to meet deadlines and to deliver high quality outcomes.
• Ability to work collaboratively and transparently with others across the business and externally to deliver outcomes in accordance with strategic objectives.
• Experience of high voltage transmission at 110/220/400 kV including an awareness of substations, overhead lines and power cables would be an advantage.

Closing date for applications
21st November 2025

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