Executive Engineer

Description:

The Executive Engineer is currently the second level of the four tier engineering posts within Offaly County Council. These range from the entry grade of Assistant Engineer through to Executive, Senior Executive and Senior Engineer posts. An Executive Engineer works as part of a multi-disciplinary team within one of the previously mentioned Directorates to deliver key local authority services which include social housing; transportation infrastructure; environmental protection; water, wastewater, & solid waste, recreation and amenity provision and community development. Local Authorities also play a key role in supporting economic development and enterprise promotion at local level.
The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated person, with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services and shall demonstrate 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
• Key policies guiding the local government sector
• Fostering and maintaining wide ranging productive working relationship both internally and externally to the organisation
• Managing and implementing change
• Public Works Contracts
• Public Service values

The ideal candidate shall also have a proven ability in:

• Administering capital works projects
• Budget management and achieving efficiencies
• Managing and supervising employees
• Project management
• Negotiation skills
• Management of Health, Safety and Welfare in the workplace
• Administration and report writing
• Operation of ICT systems
• Planning and prioritisation of work effectively
• Acting on own initiative
• Decision making
• Implementing and supporting change management
• Contributing to strategic planning and policy making and translating it into operational planning and output
• Dealing effectively with conflicting demands
• Working under pressure to tight deadlines
• Communicating and delivering a difficult message to a range of target audiences