Recruitment drive! Up to 100 train driver and 30 electrician positions available with Iarnród Éireann

Iarnród Éireann has launched a new recruitment campaign for train drivers and electricians, which will see a panel established to recruit up to 100 drivers and 30 electricians.

Investment in Iarnród Éireann’s network, fleet and customer service is set to see the role of rail expand significantly, as the backbone of Ireland’s sustainable transport network.

The Driver roles will be based at locations including:

Thirty electrician positions are available in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kerry.

The company is asking women to consider driving and electrician roles, with an increasing number of women in recent trainee classes.

It also highlighted the diverse range of backgrounds and careers from which recent driver recruits have come, from banking to airlines, from defence forces to archaeology and much more.

The company’s investment programme, part of the National Development Plan and funded by the National Transport Authority and Department of Transport, is set to see our rail services grow and customer service enhanced over the coming years, with investment including:

• A record fleet investment, with 185 carriages of the largest, most sustainable rail fleet investment in Irish history on order, and up to 750 carriages planned over the coming decade
• The DART+ Programme, set to treble the electrification and double the capacity of the Greater Dublin Area, with infrastructure works to extend the DART to Maynooth / M3 Parkway, Drogheda and Hazelhatch, allowing more people switch to rail for commuting
• Major investment confirmed in rail services for our regional cities, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford to expand services for customers
• An ambitious strategy to increase the number of freight trains five-fold
• Network investment to improve speeds and service frequency on the Intercity network

Speaking about the recruitment drive, Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann, Jim Meade said: “Iarnród Éireann is a dynamic organisation, which offers excellent progression opportunities. With the planned expansion of services as part of the National Development Plan, and the long term outlook set out in the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, it is an exciting time to become part of a growing organisation.

“We are also seeing great interest in careers in Iarnród Éireann from a range of backgrounds – we are a diverse and inclusive employer, and in particular we urge more women to apply for driver and electrician roles, and are encouraged by the increasing interest from women in recent recruitment drives.

“We don’t just offer jobs, we offer careers and opportunity.

“I myself joined the railway as an Apprentice, and with a European Railway and CIPD-award winning Talent Management function within Iarnród Éireann, we believe we stand alongside any organisation in enabling our people to make the most of their potential.”

Driver and electrician recruitment is now live at www.irishrail.ie/careers for information and applications, along with other current vacancies in Iarnród Éireann.