Agency and Utility Analyst

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 Portfolio team supports the effective management of the delivery of the IDD investment programme by ensuring governance and control through data management and systems, processes and performance reporting and analysis, including the management of planning, land, wayleave, utility, and statutory consents. This enables efficient delivery of the investment programme by providing programme visibility, informed risk management, analysis, challenge, and decision making. The team also provides expert support in key areas that enable the effective, efficient, and sustainable delivery of the IDD investment portfolio.

Reporting to the Agency and Utility Technical Lead - Road Opening, the Agency and Utility Analyst - Road Opening will support adherence to Road opening license agreements.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Work effectively with key agency and utility stakeholders to ensure a consistent approach across all stakeholders.
• Support the Agency & Utility Technical Lead - Road Opening to coordinate and implement requirements of all third party utility providers for Infrastructure Delivery with the relevant Project Managers.
• Ensure policy and processes are followed in applying for and adhering to statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences.
• Provide analysis and interpretation of agency and utility requirements prior to reporting on progress and project risk to Infrastructure Delivery Project Managers. Work with the Land & Statutory Consents Lead in the management and application of the relevant compensation rates.
• Adhere to a consistent approach when dealing with statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences and ensure they are captured efficiently to ensure data accuracy on the system.
• Provide insight and analysis through clear interpretation of data and drive consistency and accuracy of the statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences.
• Ensure the efficient and timely generation statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences to support the Delivery Portfolios.
• Ensure that statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences are captured correctly and trends and issues are escalated in a timely manner to the Agency & Utility Technical Lead.
• Support with Audits on the completion and close out of statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences.
• Support the implementation of best practice approaches to the management of the ROLs, driving continuous improvement and change where necessary.
• Attend meetings with relevant agencies, utilities and authorities, such as Road Authorities, to discuss corporate, local or national performance of the business with regards to the relevant legislation and to ensure agency, utility and authority compliance with Uisce Éireann requirements.
• Establish and maintain relationships with, and work collaboratively with relevant, external stakeholders including statutory authorities and regulators to support a joint team approach to delivering the Capital Investment Plan.
• Capture and maintain accurate records of the status of all statutory consents, licences, permissions with relevant agencies including road opening licences and highlight and record any associated risks and escalation to the Agency & Utility Technical Lead for the prioritisation of requirements.
• Communicate & consult across the Infrastructure Delivery function, the wider business & with external Delivery Partners.
• Liaise and collaborate with:
  • CEO Office - Legal
  • Asset Management & Sustainability
  • COO - Asset Operations
• Be responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering against 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.
• Provide visible leadership for your team, coaching and developing them to achieve their full potential and deliver business objectives, promoting collaboration and highlighting the behaviours that are expected from everyone in the team.

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business, including but not limited to:
  • CEO Office - Legal
  • Asset Management & Sustainability
  • COO - Asset Operations
• 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.
• Other duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable
• A minimum of 3 years' Experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable and or relevant experience
• Experience in independently resolving customer challenges while maintaining high service standards.
• Experience in encouraging teamwork and knowledge sharing to enhance team performance. Evidence of motivating colleagues to achieve shared goals and improve outcomes
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and make improvement decisions that benefit the team/communities.
• Ability to proactively identify new areas of improvement and implement new ways to do things.
• Experience in taking ownership of safety responsibilities and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 26/06/2026.

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

Please be advised that if successful you will be placed on the salary range based on your skills and experience. The market reference point (midpoint) of the range is generally the upper end of the offer where someone is deemed to be fully competent to take on the duties of the role, and leaves room for the employee to progress through the pay range as their experience develops further.

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.