Site Supervisor Electrical - Cork, Ireland

Company Description

Welcome to Kanadevia Inova, a global innovation leader in the waste infrastructure space, where we believe in creating a sustainable future through technology and innovation.

Transforming Waste into Value

At Kanadevia Inova, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of waste-to-X technology. We are not just waste managers; we are creators of value from what communities discard. Your role at Kanadevia Inova directly contributes to turning something once considered useless - waste - into something invaluable: energy, heat, hydrogen, fertilizer, and beyond..

Find out more about Kanadevia Inova at www.kanadevia-inova.com.

Job Description

As an Electrical Site Supervisor, you will be responsible for supervising and coordinating electrical installation activities on Kanadevia Inova’s Little Island Renewable Gas project in Cork. You will provide day-to-day leadership to electrical contractors and site teams, ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with project specifications, programme, budget and HSEQ requirements. Working closely with the Site Manager and wider project team, you will play a key role in the successful delivery, testing and completion of the electrical installation.

This is a contractor/agency worker position

Start: 01.10.2026

End: 30.09.2027

Job Role: Site Supervisor Electrical

Location: Little Island, Cork, Ireland

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise electrical site activities, ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with project specifications, programme, budget and contractual requirements. Provide day-to-day leadership to Kanadevia Inova and contractor teams and maintain close communication with the Site Manager.
• Take responsibility for HSEQ performance within the area of responsibility, ensuring all relevant HSEQ requirements are implemented and complied with. Review RAMS, identify and mitigate hazards, monitor safe working practices and stop work where safety may be compromised.
• Coordinate electrical contractors, subcontractors and consortium partners, ensuring effective planning, execution and coordination of installation works. Support the resolution of technical and site issues, coordinate interfaces with other disciplines and ensure work is progressed in line with project requirements.
• Oversee electrical installation, testing and completion activities, including planning and implementing installation testing procedures and ensuring compliance with relevant national and international technical standards. Follow up contractor performance, deviations, claims, change requests and the timely closure of punch-list items.
• Support successful project delivery and continuous improvement, proactively contributing to project objectives, providing technical and operational input, sharing knowledge with colleagues and specialist departments, and capturing lessons learned for current and future projects. Maintain effective communication with all stakeholders and provide clear, solution-focused leadership on site.

Qualifications

• Relevant electrical engineering qualification, apprenticeship or equivalent technical qualification, with significant practical experience in electrical construction and site supervision. An Electrical Engineering degree would be advantageous but is not essential where relevant experience is demonstrated.
• Proven experience as an Electrical Site Supervisor or Electrical Construction Supervisor on large-scale industrial, Renewable Gas, power generation or similar projects, with responsibility for coordinating contractors and site activities.
• Strong understanding of HSEQ requirements, relevant legislation and site safety management systems, with SSSTS, Safety Contractors Certificate or equivalent safety training.
• Proven experience with HV, MV and LV electrical systems, controls and instrumentation, including appropriate switching and training certificates and practical experience working with 11kV, 33kV and higher voltage systems.
• Good knowledge of relevant national and international electrical and technical standards, combined with strong planning, problem-solving, communication, negotiation and leadership skills. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and fluent English are required; additional languages are advantageous.

Additional Information

Start: 01.10.2026

End: 30.09.2027

Job Role: Site Supervisor Electrical

Location: Little Island, Cork, Ireland

For HR agencies: Please note that we do not accept applications coming from agencies. Thank you.