**** Ireland Graduate Electrical Engineer Career Path Transport
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Job Description:
At Mott MacDonald, we believe in building a better future—one that's sustainable, inclusive, and driven by meaningful outcomes.
Our dynamic and diverse team is united by a shared ambition: to improve society by delivering excellence, embracing digital innovation, and transforming lives through the work we do.
We are looking to recruit a
Graduate Electrical Engineer
to join our growing rail team in Ireland, supporting growth of the rail market across Ireland and the delivery of significant rail improvement projects to smaller local community rail enhancement and renewal projects across Ireland and the UK.
You will have the opportunity to help shape and grow the local electrical engineering capability within our wider rail systems team, focusing on embedding technical excellence at the core of everything we do.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to specialise into one of our technical delivery capabilities:
Traction Power & EMC
– utilising a wide range of tools to develop high voltage systems and substation designs.
Signalling & Operations
– plan, develop, design and implement safety critical railway signalling systems.
Electrical and Plant
– designing low voltage electrical systems for critical railway infrastructure and station services, including lighting designs.
You will have the chance to support Projects more holistically, through stakeholder management and business development, supporting bidding activities and coordinating design inputs in
Project Management
or
Design Management
roles as you support us in growing our capability in Ireland.
There will also be the opportunity to provide support for Projects in other sectors across Ireland, supplementing our existing teams in Water and Energy amongst others.
As part of the Rail Division, you can rotate into other technical disciplines to gain broader systems understanding, typically involving two six-month placements, before returning to your core team to complete your graduate scheme.
Other disciplines include Engineering Management, Overhead Line Electrification, Civil Engineering, Rolling Stock and more, offering a well-rounded foundation in railway engineering.
We have opportunities in the following locations:
Dublin and Cork
.
Candidate Specification
At Mott MacDonald, we're looking for curious, motivated graduates who want to make a real difference.
Join our purpose-driven teams where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work enhances the world we live in.
To be eligible for this opportunity, you will have less than 12 months of relevant experience (excluding placements) and hold a Master's degree (obtained no earlier than ****) or be expected to achieve one of the following degree disciplines:
Electrical Engineering
Electronic Engineering
In your application, you should aim to demonstrate your genuine interest in both the opportunity and in joining Mott MacDonald.
Highlight relevant experience or interests—such as modules studied, previous work experience, or research undertaken about our company, values, and projects.
Key Strengths
Proactively takes initiative to complete tasks efficiently and independently.
Communicates effectively and clearly with clients and colleagues.
Delivers high quality written work with strong attention to detail and clarity.
Demonstrates a structured and analytical approach to problem solving.
Knowledge of current affairs and regulation relating to rail transport.
Well-rounded knowledge on wider environmental issues.
Familiarity with data management, analytics and digital technologies.
Understanding of rail infrastructure and the transport sector.
We support flexible working.
Please ask us at interview stage about any flexibility you may need.
We want a graduate position to be more than just a job.
With our graduate roles, we aim to give you the experience and technical knowledge you need to progress your career.
From the moment you join us, you'll receive the training you need.
You will be assigned a chartered mentor, who will guide you to meet the objectives of your professional training agreement.
We'll support you on your journey to gaining chartered status with your chosen institution.
Accelerating your Future – our early careers development programme
Mott MacDonald will support the development of technical and practical skills like presentation and report writing skills, data analysis, alongside your personal development.
Additionally, you will join our three-year early careers soft skills development programme – Accelerating your Future, which is designed to give you the skills and tools necessary for a long-lasting successful career here at Mott MacDonald.
Benefits
Biannual salary reviews for the first three years.
A competitive salary that matches the current industry standard.
Access to sports and social committee events, annual sports day and charity events.
Discounts on cinema tickets, travel, fashion, utilities, and more.
Being part of Mott MacDonald means more than just work; there's a huge range of fun and exciting things that you can get involved in.
From networking with other graduates to joining community events and leveraging company benefits, your experience will be enriched beyond the office.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments.
We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
More about Mott MacDonald
We're a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence.
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