Overview
Job title: Senior Executive Engineer
Employer: Galway City Council
Location: Galway
Closing Date: 3pm, Thursday, 9th October 2025
Salary: Starting at €79,090
About the Employer
An opportunity exists for the position of Senior Executive Engineer with Galway City Council.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to Galway City’s transformative growth. With a population set to double by 2040 and recognised as a rapid-growth city in Europe, Galway is a vibrant, multicultural hub with regional status on Ireland’s west coast.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering an ambitious infrastructure programme spanning multiple Council department and major public projects under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF).
This role offers the chance to shape the future of a dynamic city through innovation, leadership, and sustainable urban development.
Galway is a city in the West of Ireland in the province of Connacht. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay and is surrounded by the administrative area of Galway County Council. Galway City Council is the local authority for the city. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the Republic of Ireland and the sixth most populous city in the island of Ireland.
About the Role
The successful candidate will be responsible for the efficient management of staff and the work programme of the directorates/department and function to which they are assigned. Managers at this level work within defined parameters relevant to the position, in accordance with the City’s vision and objectives as set out in its Corporate Plan.
The Senior Executive Engineer will be required to lead a team or teams and to provide technical and managerial support across all local authority service areas and to liaise with external agencies and support the democratic process. The Senior Executive Engineer will be required to work closely with the Senior Management Team and Elected Members to deliver the full range of services, implement local policy decisions and deliver on strategic corporate objectives and in accordance with the general policy direction of the elected council.
The role is interchangeable across directorates. Delivery of efficient services and value for money is crucial. They may also be required to deputise for the Senior Engineer.
Senior Executive Engineers are appointed to a wide variety of roles across the Council. The role can include responsibility for the management and successful delivery of a range of major and minor capital projects, responsibility for the management and effective delivery of a range of services and responsibility for the management and supervision of assigned staff.
The person/s appointed will work under the direction and control of the Senior Engineer or other officer designated by the Director of Services or the Chief Executive.
Responsibilities
* Lead a team or teams and provide technical and managerial support across local authority service areas.
* Liaise with external agencies and support the democratic process.
* Deliver a full range of services, implement local policy decisions and contribute to strategic corporate objectives.
* Work across directorates to ensure efficient, value-for-money service delivery.
* Deputise for the Senior Engineer when required.
* Manage and deliver a range of major and minor capital projects and supervise assigned staff.
About You / Skills and Experience
* Have experience of managing and leading multi-disciplinary and cross functional teams.
* Have the ability to motivate, empower, encourage and achieve maximum efficiency and value for money from the personnel and processes under their control.
* Have experience of managing and scheduling a multiannual portfolio of projects within budget and on time.
* Have experience of maintaining sound employee relations and conflict resolution.
* Have a track record of delivering results.
* Have an understanding of local authority services and structures in Ireland or have the ability to quickly acquire same.
* Be capable of working in close consultation with key stakeholders and in seeking co-operation and consensus with a whole range of bodies and representative groups.
* Be experienced in meeting regularly with stakeholders, providing updates, presentations and reports, taking customer feedback and ensuring any learning from same is used to enhance the operations of the organisation.
* Be experienced in contributing to the operational and strategic planning processes and in the implementation of the agreed aims of same.
* Have excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
* Have experience of managing finance and budgets and ensuring value for money.
* Have strong planning, operational and project management skills.
* Have an ability to achieve delivery of competing demands within prescribed timelines and deadlines.
* Have experience of providing information on the pattern of demand and activity and the skills to schedule / program the carrying out of work.
* Have excellent report writing and strong ICT skills.
* Have a focus on the customer and on service improvement including taking ownership and resolving issues as they may arise.
* Have good knowledge and awareness of statutory obligations of health and safety legislation the implications for the organisation and the employee, and their application in the workplace.
Application Details
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday, 9th October, 2025.
We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.
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