Veolia Ireland is recruiting for 60 positions across engineering, waste management and technicians roles after seeing significant growth in demand.
The environmental services company will hire candidates from graduate to senior level for the jobs, which are located across the island of Ireland, with the firm having seen a 75% increase in enquiries from clients about implementing carbon reduction strategies.
Veolia, which employs 700 people in Ireland, said more than half the new roles had been created as a result of business growth powered by this uptick in interest, with clients seeking to deliver monetary and carbon savings over the next 10-15 years as they push to meet 2030 emissions reduction targets.
Ireland has set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030, and the state is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2050 under the government's Climate Action Plan.
The positions, which will be located across offices in Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny and Belfast, in addition to a number of site-based roles around the Republic of Ireland, include:
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Electrical, mechanical, and process engineering roles to develop client solutions to improve environmental performance through energy efficiency, water and wastewater treatment and operation process improvement.
Technician positions with responsibility for keeping specialist plant and equipment operational along the entire manufacturing chain, and jobs in waste management to help customers improve their recycling and recovery rates while managing waste in a fully compliant manner and working directly with customers or in Veolia's hazardous waste facility in Fermoy, Co Cork.
Commenting on the announcement, Donna Marie Masterson, Head of HR at Veolia Ireland, said: “We’ve seen a major shift in our clients’ mindsets as they look to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their environmental performance.
"It is timely, given Ireland’s push to reduce emissions by 51%. As we move towards a more circular economy, we’re looking for new recruits from entry level, including apprentices and graduates, to senior level interested in working at the forefront of innovative environmental solutions for businesses and industry.”
Veolia said salaries and benefits for the positions are "competitive", and that new recruits would have the opportunity to work across a broad range of environmental projects, from local to large-scale national developments.
"Veolia’s decision to expand its footprint in Ireland through the recruitment of 60 new positions is fantastic news. It is a strong endorsement of Ireland as a place to invest, to grow business and to create new employment opportunities in," said minister Damien English.
"The government is focused on working with the business community and industry to reach our carbon reduction targets and I encourage all companies to start their decarbonisation journey as soon as possible. These new roles by Veolia will help ensure Ireland has a greater pool of talent available to push towards a more circular economy.”
Veolia recently completed a major upgrade of the energy infrastructure at Dublin's Mater Hospital, helping to reduce the facility's carbon footprint by 81,000 tonnes nd deliver €26m in energy and operational savings.
Veolia is a subsidiary of Veolia Group, which employs almost 180,000 people worldwide. The latest accounts for the company show Veolia had turnover of €39m in 2020 and boked an operating profit of €7.7m.
Photo: Damien English (left), Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, with Donna Marie Masterson, Head of HR, Veolia Ireland and Fergus Elebert, Director – Energy and Facilities Management, Veolia Ireland. (Pic: Maxwells Dublin)
