Senior Executive Engineer

Job title: Senior Executive Engineer Employer: Monaghan County Council Location: Monaghan Closing Date: 3pm, Thursday, 5th November 2026 Salary: Starting at €80,680 About the Employer: Monaghan is a relatively small county, strategically located on the Donegal/Derry – Dublin corridor, adjacent to the M1 corridor. As a border county, it maintains strong connections to Northern Ireland, sharing county borders with Armagh, Fermanagh, and Tyrone along with neighbours Cavan, Louth, and Meath in Ireland. County Monaghan has a population of 65,288. Monaghan has a long and proud tradition of fostering indigenous enterprise and serving as a hub for innovation in business and agriculture at a national level. The county also boasts a rich architectural heritage, distinctive biodiversity, and renowned angling destinations. Monaghan County Council is the primary unit of Local Government in County Monaghan, delivering a wide range of services aimed at making Monaghan an attractive place to live, work, and visit. These services include housing, transportation, planning, infrastructure, environmental protection, recreation and amenity provision, community development and emergency services. The Council also plays a pivotal role in driving economic development across the county. Its administrative headquarters is located in Monaghan Town. About the Role: The Senior Executive Engineer will be required to lead a team or teams and to provide technical and managerial support across all local authority service areas and to liaise with external agencies and support the democratic process. The post holder will be required to report to their appropriate line manager, assist the management team as may be required and deal with the elected members in respect of their role in the County and to attend the full Council and Municipal District meetings. The successful candidate may also be required to deputise for the Senior Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for the efficient management of staff and the work programme of the directorates/department and function to which they are assigned. Managers at this level work within defined parameters relevant to the position, in accordance with the Local Authority’s vision and objectives and the role is interchangeable across directorates. The Senior Executive Engineer will be required to work closely with elected Councillors to deliver the full range of services and implement local policy decisions. The Senior Executive Engineer has responsibility for managing the service delivery and development of functions in their assigned area, with a focus on value for money. The role requires a clear knowledge and understanding of local authority services and its key stakeholders and relationships, local government structures and its democratic role and mandate, current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the sector, management and change. About You: The ideal candidate shall have the following Skills and Experience: • Demonstrate a strong track record and relevant management ethos and experience at a sufficiently high level, including strategic planning, management of change and project management. • The management and supervision of staff, ensuring the development of such staff. • Have capacity to work within and lead, multi-disciplined teams and have the ability to motivate, empower and encourage personnel under their control to achieve maximum performance while maintaining sound employee relations. • Have strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage successfully with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, elected representatives, the public and the media. • An ability to develop and implement processes/systems, set targets, and coordinate the resources necessary to support operational services, including systems to manage finance, budgets and ensure value for money as well as to provide information on the pattern of demand and activity and to schedule work programmes. • A good working knowledge (or the capacity to acquire same quickly) of the legal, regulatory and governance framework within which the Council operates and experience in adhering to corporate policies, protocols, and procedures. • Have good knowledge and awareness of statutory obligations of Health & Safety Legislation, the implications for the organisation and the employee and their application in the workplace. • Have experience of managing and scheduling a multiannual portfolio of projects within budget and on time to ensure value for money. • Have a strong, outward looking perspective and a track record of successful interagency collaboration and co-ordination. • The preparation of reports for submission to statutory agencies and other bodies where required. • Have an understanding of Monaghan County Council services and structures or have the ability to quickly acquire same. • Have good general ICT skills. The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday, 5th November, 2026. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.