Electrician - RTÉ Electrical Services (Property Engineering)

Electrician - RTÉ Electrical Services (Property Engineering)

RTÉ is Ireland's national public service media organisation. Our Property Engineering function supports a diverse estate of corporate, production, technical, and broadcast facilities, including live operational environments where electrical reliability, compliance, and resilience are essential to continuity of service.

We are seeking a qualified Electrician to join RTÉ's in house Electrical Services Team. This is an opportunity to work within a technically strong team supporting a complex electrical estate that includes live studios, technical areas, plant, essential services, and broadcast support infrastructure. The role offers the chance to build experience in a structured environment with exposure to specialist systems, compliance frameworks, and critical operations.

This position will suit a capable and safety focused electrician who wants to develop their career in a technically advanced setting. While experience in every specialist area is not expected from the outset, full training and support will be provided to help the successful candidate develop in the role.

Meet the team

The Electrical Services Team provides in house electrical maintenance, inspection, fault response, and technical support across RTÉ's broadcast, production, technical, and corporate facilities. The team operates within a structured engineering, safety, and compliance framework to support the safe and reliable operation of RTÉ's LV electrical infrastructure in live and operationally sensitive environments.

The team's work includes planned preventative maintenance, reactive fault response, inspection and testing, outage coordination, minor works, and support for system upgrades across a varied estate. This includes technical and broadcast support environments where resilience, safe isolation, compliance, and quality of delivery are critical.

You will join an experienced in house team that works closely with supervisors, engineering managers, operations personnel, and approved specialist contractors to maintain standards across a technically demanding estate.

About the role

Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor, you will operate as part of RTÉ's in house Electrical Services Team, delivering electrical maintenance, inspection, and fault response across live broadcast, technical, and operational environments.

You will work across RTÉ's LV electrical systems and associated services, supporting safe operation, statutory compliance, and service continuity in facilities where loss of electrical systems can directly impact operations.

This role operates on a shift based roster working a seven days in fourteen pattern. Attendance may be required across any day of the week in line with operational requirements. Shift hours vary in accordance with the roster, and applicable shift related payments apply in addition to the basic salary.

This role offers hands on involvement in a broad range of electrical activities across a technically diverse estate, with opportunities to build experience in structured maintenance environments, resilience focused operations, and specialist electrical systems.

About the role

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, reactive works, and periodic inspections across RTÉ's LV electrical infrastructure, including office, production, technical, and broadcast support environments.
• Support the safe operation, resilience, and compliance of electrical systems serving operationally critical facilities, including essential power distribution, UPS supported circuits, generator backed supplies, and monitored electrical systems.
• Undertake inspection, testing, fault finding, and verification activities in line with statutory requirements, ET101 / I.S. 10101 Wiring Rules, Safe Electric obligations, and RTÉ electrical standards.
• Execute work within strict electrical safety and governance frameworks, including permit to work systems, isolations, lock out arrangements, control of hazardous energies, and change management within live environments.
• Support planned outages, resilience testing, minor upgrades, and system improvement works, ensuring activities are coordinated to minimise operational risk.
• Identify defects, non conformances, and emerging risks during maintenance and inspection activities, escalating findings appropriately through the supervisory structure.
• Maintain accurate technical records, inspection reports, and asset information, contributing to compliance assurance and continuous improvement across the electrical estate.
• Liaise effectively with Engineering Managers, Broadcast Operations, internal stakeholders, and approved specialist contractors to ensure works are delivered safely, compliantly, and efficiently.

About you

• Fully qualified Electrician holding a QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate Craft, Electrical, or National Craft Certificate.
• Good experience working on LV electrical systems in industrial, commercial, or technically structured environments.
• Strong practical understanding of electrical safety principles, isolation procedures, and safe systems of work.
• Ability to work methodically and safely in live environments with good attention to detail.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a structured team.
• Full clean driving licence, Class B (or working towards).

Desirable

• Experience working in broadcast, datacentre, utilities, manufacturing, or other operationally sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with critical power infrastructure, including UPS systems, standby generation, essential power distribution, and life safety electrical systems.
• Exposure to structured permit, compliance, or maintenance systems.
• Experience with inspection reporting, asset records, or maintenance management systems.
• Safe Electric Qualified Certifier status.
• Awareness of MV systems and interface procedures with authorised personnel and specialist contractors.
• Familiarity with computerised maintenance systems, electrical documentation control, and Microsoft 365 tools such as SharePoint or Power BI.

Training and development

RTÉ is committed to supporting the successful candidate with training and development in the specialist systems, procedures, and technical environments relevant to the role. This includes areas where prior direct experience may be limited, such as broadcast support infrastructure, resilience related systems, compliance processes, and RTÉ specific operational procedures.

This is an opportunity to join a technically strong in house team and develop your skills in a unique electrical environment.

This appointment will be made on the Craft Operational grade and is being offered on an ongoing full time employment contract basis. The salary scale for this grade is from €38,399 to €57,479 gross per annum.

Any contract offer will be subject to the applicant's legal permission to work in Ireland.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 21st October 2026

Cuirfear fáilte roimh iarratais ó dheá nhán go bhfuil dearcadh dearfach acu i leith na Gaeilge. Applications are welcome from people who have a positive outlook to Irish.

Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of what we do - both on air and behind the scenes. We are committed to building a more inclusive environment and tackling under representation while embedding inclusion at every stage of the employee journey.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, without regard to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, social experience, race and ethnicity, disability, civil and family status, religious belief and membership of the Traveler Community.

We are eager to provide reasonable accommodations for potential and existing employees with any kind of disability. Should you wish to request an accommodation for your interview, we encourage you to let us know when you apply.