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Working at Centrica

  • Founded
    February 1997
  • Company employees
    20,000
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    70:30

Hiring in

  • Europe

Office locations

Join Bord Gáis Energy as a Shift Operations Technician in Athlone. This permanent, full-time role involves monitoring energy assets, ensuring safety compliance, and participating in a 24/7 rotating shift pattern and standby rota with a competitive salary and shift allowance.

Requirements

  • Qualification or extensive experience in Electrical, Controls, Process, Systems engineering, or Computer Science
  • Experience in an operations environment, control rooms, energy assets, or process environment
  • Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders
  • Experience in the operation of energy assets and SCADA control systems
  • Data analytical skills (PI Systems, Power BI, Excel experience beneficial)
  • No specific minimum years of post-qualification experience stated

Skills & Responsibilities

  • SCADA and asset operations: Monitor energy assets locally and remotely, controlling and dispatching them in line with local regulations and rules while maximizing operational efficiency.
  • Data analysis: Source, combine, analyze, and present large datasets using tools like PI Systems, Power BI, and Excel to produce asset availability and performance reports.
  • Safety and compliance culture: Engage with key teams to support a zero-harm safety and environmental culture, ensuring compliance with contractual, REMIT, permit, and license requirements.
  • Stakeholder communication: Provide professional, concise communications to internal business units and external stakeholders such as system operators and regulators.
  • Potential transition routes: People from control room operator, process technician, or electrical engineering backgrounds may bring relevant technical and operational skills, alongside meeting mandatory shift flexibility requirements.

Job description

Join us, be part of more.

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

About your team:

We’re the pride of Ireland. Bord Gáis Energy have been powering the nation’s homes and businesses for almost 40 years. But now, we’re so much more than just gas and electric. Through our unique combination of household heroes and energy assets, we’re at the heart of the energy transition in Ireland, strengthening the country’s energy security and helping customers get ready for a net zero future.

🚀 Shift Operations Technician

📍 Location: Athlone - On-Site with some travel required to other sites for training/meeting purposes

🕒 Permanent role

Competitive salary & shift allowance

Due to the nature of our 24/7 operation, this position requires participation in a rotating shift pattern and standby rota. Full flexibility regarding working hours and shift arrangements is essential.

Key Accountabilities

  • Engagement and collaboration with key teams to support the development of a Zero harm and continuous improvement safety and environmental culture and ensure Safety, contractual, REMIT, Permit & License compliance.

  • Monitoring energy assets both locally and remotely to highlight any issues

  • Maximise Asset operational efficiency in line with contractual, Licence & Permit requirements

  • Control, & Dispatch of Assets in line with local regulations and rules

  • Managing events and unforeseen issues and escalating as required to minimise the impact and support event investigations to deliver a continuous improvement culture

  • Providing professional, concise communications to a variety of internal and external stakeholders

  • Maintain accurate records of all tasks undertaken and ensure routines are completed in an accurate and timely manner

  • Ensuring a comprehensive and thorough handover takes place between shift teams to maintain continuity of safe operations and ensure ongoing knowledge of work activities.

  • Working efficiently in an SLA (Service Level Agreement) driven team environment

  • Producing reports detailing asset availability and performance patterns

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Centrica

Shift Operations Technician

Athlone
On-site
Competitive salary & shift allowance
  • Adhering to all applicable company policies, procedures and business ethics codes

  • Close collaboration with multiple internal business units such as Site teams, Asset Development, Operations, Trading, Finance, Regulation & DTS – providing technical advice and support services facilitating the success and growth of these areas

  • Engagement with external stakeholders such as system operators, transmission operators, regulators, compliance bodies and OEM’s

  • Take part in project teams or manage various projects as the business requires

  • Experience & Functional/Technical Skills required

    • Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders
    • Experience in the Operation of Energy Assets and SCADA control systems
    • Data analytical skills, beneficial if experienced on PI Systems, Power BI and Excel
    • Ability to source, combine, analyse and presentation of large datasets.
    • Experience in an Operations Environment or Control rooms or experience in Energy Assets or process environment

    Education and Certifications required to perform the role

    • Qualification or extensive experience in (e.g., Electrical, Controls, Process, Systems engineering or Computer Science)
    • Post qualification experience in a role involving Operations & Engineering work, in an energy related company is beneficial

    Desirable but not essential

    • Knowledge of energy markets and System Service markets and how energy assets interacts with these markets will be an advantage.
    • Experience of Operational environments and Control rooms
    • experience working with EDIL and Remit processes

    Why should you apply?

    We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.

    https://www.morethanacareer.energy/bordgais

    If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

    Help us, help you. We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.

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