Network Management Support Engineer - Kerry County Council

Network Management Support Engineer - Kerry County Council

The closing date for this vacancy is 05/11/2026, 15:00

Job summary

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is responsible for the provision of a safe and efficient network of national roads. While a lot of the associated construction and maintenance activities are carried out on its behalf by the Local Authorities, TII takes direct responsibility for the Road Signing and Delineation and various other functions on the national road network. TII is supported in this role by teams in a number of National Roads Offices around the country and through the provision of technical services by external consulting engineering companies.

Kerry County Council NRO is seeking to appoint a Network Management Support Engineer to lead the management and delivery of its Road Signing and Delineation and other Network Management activities as required on the national road network in the South West Region. The appointee will have direct responsibility for all aspects of the Road Signing and Delineation Programme in the South West Region, together with other Network Management activities as agreed, ensuring effective delivery and implementation and compliance with prescribed procedures and standards. The promotion of good, leading safety standards and practices on all TII works is a very important aspect of the role.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Management of the Network Management Support Team, including day-to-day resource allocation and development and mentoring of more junior staff.

Lead the delivery of the Network Management Support activities and programmes of work in the South-West Region, ensuring delivery of programme objectives and targets, and provision of regular reporting to the Senior Engineer, Kerry NRO and TII Network Management Engineering Inspector.

Manage the Road Sign Maintenance and Delineation Maintenance Contracts in the South Wes Region to ensure that they perform to the required levels and provide good value for money.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

Kerry County Council is the authority responsible for Local Government in County Kerry. The Council headquarters are located at Áras an Chontae, Rathass, Tralee County Kerry and there are five Municipal Districts Municipal District of Tralee, Municipal District of Killarney, Municipal District of Listowel, Municipal District of Kenmare and Municipal District of Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne . Kerry County Council has 33 elected members and approximately 1500 staff.

County Kerry has a population of approximately 156,500 people in an area covering 4,700 square kilometres and 3 peninsulas. Kerry County Council is responsible for the delivery of the full range of local government services in the county. Kerry County Council seeks to enhance the county's attraction as a place in which to invest, work, and live, and takes the lead role in shaping the strategic vision of the county. It provides a diverse, multi-layered and evolving range of services across a large geographic area, which includes the provision of housing, climate action, planning, development, environmental, roads and traffic, leisure, culture, economic development, and community services.

An opportunity now exists in Kerry County Council for the position of Network Management Support Engineer.

Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of Network Management Support Engineer is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

Local authorities are committed equal opportunities employers.