Networks Property Projects Manager

Position description

ESB Networks’ vision is to create a world-class sustainable Networks business, supporting the company’s commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2040. ESBN Property plays a critical role in this ambition by managing and upgrading a diverse property portfolio to ensure operational efficiency, compliance, and sustainability.

The ESB Networks National property portfolio estate includes office accommodation & engineering depots: Stores buildings External compounds/surfaced areas. These locations also include telecoms buildings, call centres, training centres, operations centres, fleet garages, and miscellaneous storage buildings.

An ongoing capital investment programme is designed to continually reduce the carbon footprint within our workplaces, with a commitment to bring all depots up to a minimum of a B2 energy rating.

The successful candidate will lead the delivery of ESB Networks’ sustainability PR6 refurbishment and compliance programme, ensuring that ageing premises are refurbished in line with current building regulations, sustainability, and safety standards, while supporting day-to-day operational efficiency of our workplaces. This is a key technical role within the Property team that will be central to delivering these objectives and ensuring ESB Networks’ property portfolio supports safe, efficient, and sustainable operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a rolling multi-year refurbishment and new build works programme (2026–2030 PR6),
• Act as the client’s representative leading projects from concept design through to completion, managing multi‑disciplinary internal and external teams to deliver projects on time and within approved budgets.
• Ensure adherence to Building Regulations, Fire Safety, Electrical Safety, Accessibility (Part M), and BER requirements.
• Specify energy-efficient solutions (LED, HVAC upgrades, insulation, glazing, smart controls) and validate outcomes via BER assessments.
• Engage effectively with technical teams. Communicate and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders including service providers and local staff and management
• Input to scope development, review of design proposals, drawings, and challenge specifications as required.
• Lead compliant delivery of fire safety improvement programmes and embed fire safety requirements into refurbishment projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, cost control, programme delivery and quality.
• Attend regular meetings (online and onsite) with the project management and service delivery teams to agree site setup, phasing, access/egress, live-site constraints, and safety plans to minimize operational disruption.
• Ensure regular site inspections undertaken and ensure that appropriate snagging, commissioning, and handover protocols are completed in full. Maintain as-built documentation including safety files on completion of projects
• Ensure that projects are tightly managed within the approved regulatory and budgetary capex and any potential overruns are flagged early.
• Provide regular updates on progress, variations and BER outcomes and ensure to escalate blockers early.
• Capture lessons learned ensuring consistency and value-for-money within the Capital Works Refurbishment programme
• Delivery of smaller-scale energy and sustainability projects, including solar PV, energy efficiency upgrades and system optimisation measures, contributing to carbon reduction and operational cost savings across the estate.
• Provide regular reporting and updates to ensure that projects align with business plans and objectives. Keep track of KPIs and communicate success

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Either a relevant 3rd Level qualification such as Construction Management, Building Surveying, Civil Engineering, Energy Management discipline or equivalent work experience is essential.
• Minimum 7 years relevant experience of managing construction projects.
• Experience in sustainability in the built environment, including alignment of projects with sustainability and Net Zero objectives
• Understanding of fire protection systems and standards
• Ability to stand over decisions with technical rationale with a proven ability to challenge design teams and professional advisors
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative way of working
• Experience and knowledge of Energy and Safety systems such as OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001
• Experience in managing both internal and external stakeholders at senior level.  Good interpersonal skills, commercial awareness and the ability to organise and motivate teams
• Full clean drivers licence

Location

Base location is flexible within the Republic of Ireland and will be agreed with the successful candidate - Travel will be a feature of this role.

Smart Working at ESB is designed to make ‘in-person’ time together as purposeful as possible while also enabling the effective use of digital tools and hybrid arrangements to preserve our commitment to flexibility. The successful candidate may work flexibly within the jurisdiction where they have been employed, with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration at least two days per week. All Smart Working arrangements are subject to regular review based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the business.

Reporting To

Networks Property Operations Manager

Why Work with Us?

• Opportunity to lead Ireland’s transition to net zero carbon future
• Career development through mentoring and training 
• Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities
• Sports and Social Clubs
• Networking opportunities
• Credit Union
• Generous Pension
• Access to staff well-being programmes
• Generous parental leave entitlements
• Strong values-based and inclusive culture
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Great team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted

Salary

€71,000 - €84,000 per annum

Closing Date

8th of June, 2026

• Accountable and Ethical
• Collaborative
• Growing and Adaptive
• Proactive
• Respectful and Supportive

Notes

Your application will be held in reserve for 6 months should you be suitable for the role.

The successful candidate will be required to evidence their right to work in the Republic of Ireland prior to commencement of employment.