About this role

We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.

Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.

We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.

Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland’s water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.

The Role:

The Asset Operations functions form the cornerstone of service delivery to customers, protecting the environment and meeting regulatory standards as well as managing most operational expenditure. The Operations Support function has responsibility for providing and managing effective business infrastructure and processes at a national level to support operational activities at site level.

The Workflow Management function within UÉ is accountable for the efficient bundling and progression of work orders nationally for Irish Water, Local Authorities, and external service providers. The team provide work and data management capability supporting the execution of field activities across Asset Operations, Asset Delivery, CDS and other programmes. Responsibilities include managing customer related escalations, outage / incident management support, road opening licence management, work scheduling activities, inventory management and systems training for UÉ field - based teams.

The Inventory Management team supports the business with effective materials management ensuring the right inventory is available at the right time, in the right quantities, and at the right cost.

The Store Coordinator reports to the Store Supervisor and supports all aspects of Inventory management. This includes but is not limited to ensuring inventory is received, inspected, stored, picked, and delivered adhering strictly to good safety practices with a primary focus on Health and Safety.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

- Ensure full adherence to Inventory team policies, procedures, and internal controls, while supporting the Supervisor in maintaining consistency across the assigned region

- Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with all safety procedures and actively supporting the implementation of safety programmes

- Monitor and ensure all team members complete required health and safety training (e.g. Safe Pass, Certified Construction Skills where applicable)

- Oversee and support the completion of site risk assessments, ensuring hazards are identified and mitigated in advance of work activities

- Ensure adherence to safe work practices and standard operating procedures across all locations

- Provide guidance and escalation support to operatives and liaise with the Store Supervisor on safety-related matters

- Review and monitor the reporting of accidents, incidents, and near misses, ensuring appropriate follow-up actions are completed

- Track and ensure closure of corrective actions arising from inspections, HAZCONs, or audits

- Intervene and escalate where unsafe practices are identified

- Coordinate daily inventory activities across the region, ensuring alignment with operational priorities

- Oversee the verification of deliveries against purchase orders and ensure accurate recording of all stock movements

- Monitor inventory accuracy and support reconciliation processes to maintain stock integrity

- Coordinate work order picking and assembly, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and timely fulfilment

- Ensure stock is organised, clearly labelled, and optimally stored across locations

- Support and coordinate stock takes and cycle counts

- Work closely with the Supervisor to support staffing, rota coordination, and resource planning across the Southern region

- Provide day-to-day guidance and support to operatives, acting as a key point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence

- Assist with onboarding and coordination of new starters, ensuring structured induction and training plans are followed

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure inventory services meet operational and business requirements

- Participate in and help coordinate the out-of-hours emergency call-out rota

- Operate relevant systems and machinery where required, supporting operational continuity

- Ensure compliance with Uisce Éireann’s Information Security policies to protect business-critical data and services

- Identify opportunities for process improvements and support continuous improvement initiatives

- Carry out ad hoc duties as required, supporting the wider team and Supervisor

General Duties and Responsibilities

- Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business

- Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards.

- Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives.

- Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of UÉ business information, and delivery of critical services, in accordance with the NIS Directive and any other relevant cybersecurity regulation.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

- A minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience is required. Experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable

- Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable

- Experience working with inventory management software

- Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional standards and with proven ability to deliver results within a team.

- Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to change focus and direction in line with business strategy and requirements

- Proactive, with ability to work on own initiative and with others to ensure success in the performance of a team

- Proven effective time management skills with the ability to prioritise and remain focused

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey messages in a clear and concise manner

- Ability to set up ongoing processes and procedures to collect and review information

- Proactively identifying new areas of learning and using newly gained knowledge and skills on the job

- We aim high - Striving for quality and ensuring consistent high standards of work

- High level of written and oral communication skills

- We work better together - Proven ability to create and develop good working relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals, coupled with the ability to gain commitment from others

- We do the right thing - Flexible to working in a changing environment and the ability to adjust to new work structures, processes and requirements as necessary

- Full, clean and valid Irish category B driving licence is minimum requirement. A clean driving licence is defined as meaning that the applicant has not been convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts (other than an offence for which the penalty is the imposition of penalty points)

- Willingness to travel

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 16/11/26.

Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.

This role will be located in Claregalway, Galway - North West Region

*Successful external candidates will be offered a salary within the advertised range based on an assessment of their relevant skills, qualifications, experience and readiness to undertake the responsibilities of the role.

Internal candidates will be considered in line with the application of Uisce Éireann's Pay Model and associated pay policies.

The salary range is designed to recognise that successful candidates may join the organisation at different stages in their career, while also providing scope for future salary progression as capability and experience develop.

Uisce Éireann is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.