Abstraction Licence Technical Lead

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 Environmental Regulation function is responsible for the day-to-day management of environmental regulation and compliance. The function monitors the compliance of the water and wastewater network and treatment works, influences external environmental policy and manages environmental stakeholder relationships. Environmental Regulation provides expertise to the Uisce Éireann business on influencing environmental policy and managing stakeholders around environmental regulation affecting Uisce Éireann’s practices. The function provides regulatory expertise to the business, including the Senior Leadership Team, in all aspects of environmental regulation. The team provides support on legislative and regulatory changes that will affect Uisce Éireann policies in the future.

The Drinking Water Compliance Team is responsible for managing the provision of drinking water monitoring processes with the centralised focus of ensuring both statutory and operational requirements are met. The team develop and support a national strategy for monitoring, sampling, and analytical services across chemical, microbiological, virus and specialist parametric criteria.

Reporting to the HQ Drinking Water Compliance Manager, the Abstraction License Technical Lead is responsible for ensuring that Uisce Éireann’s water abstraction activities adhere to all legal obligations, regulatory requirements, and environmental standards. The role holder collaborates with internal teams, regulatory bodies, and external stakeholders to manage and maintain water abstraction licenses, ensuring sustainable water resource management and minimizing environmental impact.

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• Manage, review, and monitor water abstraction licenses to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
  
• Track all license expiration dates and renewal deadlines.
  
• Keep abreast of water abstraction regulations and stay updated on any changes or developments.
  
• Collaborate with governmental agencies, environmental organizations, and community stakeholders to communicate and coordinate water abstraction activities.
  
• Collect, analyse, and maintain data related to water abstraction activities and prepare reports and documentation for regulatory submissions.
  
• Work with the Drinking Water Safety plan and audit team to assist with the identification of potential risks with water abstraction practices and assist with the development of mitigations.
  
• Assist with any modifications to existing licences, ensuring that all necessary documentation is accurate and complete.
  
• Facilitate internal and external audits or inspections related to water abstraction compliance, addressing findings and implementing corrective actions as necessary.
  
• Stay informed about industry best practices and technological advancements related to water abstraction.
  
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and innovation within Uisce Éireann.
  
• Contribute to setting the team objectives and targets.
  
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders and integrating feedback into our plans.
  
• Managing internal and external resources.
  
• Perform other such duties in relation to work and asset management as Uisce Éireann may reasonably require.
  
• Provide reports and insights by collating and clearly presenting the relevant information in a timely manner.
  

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• 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.
  
• Other duties as required.
  

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• Relevant third level degree qualification, e.g. Engineering, Science, Environmental Management is desirable and or relevant experience.
  
• A minimum of 5 years’ Experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable.
  
• Ability to develop and maintain effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders internally and externally and offer guidance and support to make the right decisions.
  
• Experience in managing end-to-end processes to ensure delivery meets customer expectations.
  
• Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion along with the ability to communicate information to others.
  
• Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional and ethical standards with proven ability to deliver results.
  
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions.
  
• Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to change focus and direction in line with business strategy and requirements.
  
• Experience in contributing to a safe working environment by checking regularly that safety and wellbeing practices are being followed.
  

The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 16/03/2026. 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. Please note 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. xcfaprz 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.