Your new company

Hays has been retained to recruit a Planning Engineer for our client, a Semi-State organisation within Ireland who manages multiple utilities and energy transmission throughout the country.

Your new role

This role is focused primarily in assisting with construction developers to track underground utilities, offer comments on planning applications and to oversee any queries related to these subjects.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage gas transmission, strategic mains and other critical activity enquiries received through email inboxes and telephone services, supporting the timely and adequate response to these enquiries.
• Manage the process for provision of GIS data to third parties, including provision of quarterly updates to existing approved recipients, and assessment and management of new requests.
• Source data and load into GIS, building functionality where required for reporting purposes.
• Review and analyse the National Planning Application Database (NPAD) and An Bord Pleanála (ABP) databases to determine the location of any new developments in the vicinity of organisation's infrastructure, analysing and reporting on those developments.
• Respond to planning applications which interact with organisation's infrastructure. This includes both email and hard copy applications.
• Support communication with developers who are planning to complete works in the vicinity of organisation infrastructure.
• Actively participate in review group meetings as required.
• Complete audits of data share recipients on an agreed frequency.
• Ensure that required policies are in place and regularly reviewed to define the process for the provision of GIS data to third parties.
• Support the co-ordination and implementation of third party damage prevention strategy initiatives.
• Measure and analyse third party damage prevention performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Make GIS changes/updates when required (i.e. addition of new objects).
• Provide GIS technical expertise to HSQ colleagues where required.
• Develop and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven technical competence is essential – Engineering degree or relevant third level qualification or equivalent, and 3 to 5 years relevant experience.

• Knowledge of GIS systems and ability to co-ordinate all aspects of GIS related asset data.

• Proficient in reading maps and interpreting drawings.

• Proficient in MS Excel.

• Excellent analytical skills coupled with ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions.

• Strong quality orientation and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.

• 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.

• Experience with identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas and implementing solutions.

• Ability to set own and others high standards of performance and delivering desired results.
  
  

What you'll get in return

Excellent salary and package on offer within an organisation with a great culture and work ethos.

What you need to do now

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