SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Practitioner
Location: Offices in Dublin (Inchicore), Athlone, Limerick Junction and Athenry (Hybrid working arrangements available, as per Remote Working policy)
Salary: €65k-€80k (Salary commensurate with suitable Qualification and Experience)
Contract Hours: 36-hour per week.
Contract Duration: Fixed Purpose & Fixed Term leading to permanency.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 25 days per annum, rising to 28 based on service.
*Additional Entitlements: Re-location packages (Applicable to residence outside of Ireland), Pension, Welfare Scheme, Credit Union, Further Education Assistance, Talent Development Programmes, Phone, Opportunities for career progression, Free/ discounted Bus and Rail, Irish Ferries and Rail in UK and some European countries, Employee discounts across various sectors, Food, Health & Fitness, Retail, Tech, and much more.
*Some entitlements dependent on employment status and length of service.
Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail are recruiting for SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Practitioner, Infrastructure Asset Management System Team within the Chief Civil Engineers (CCE) Department to join us for an exciting phase of growth within the railway sector.
We are looking for a SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Practitioner to join our team and support the design, optimisation, and continuous improvement of our infrastructure maintenance processes within SAP.
The main role of the SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Practitioner is to assist the various CCE departments in managing their asset register in SAP PM, Sharepoint, GIS and Power BI. The successful candidate will also be required to assimilate the system requirements and design solutions for asset management processes, design the asset register to the business needs and scriptwriting (form design) for work manager mobile application to capture data and integrate to asset register.
Essential:
- Qualified in a Business/Management/ Computing or Engineering discipline.
- SAP PM Experience
- Advanced in Microsoft Excel (filters, formulas, pivot tables, etc.)
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
- Self-motivated with an enthusiasm for problem-solving
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail
- Experience in project environments, including testing and change management
Desirable:
- Full driving license
- GIS & SQL Database data handling experience
- Administration of Sharepoint
- Power BI Reporting
- Microsoft Visio
- Personal Track Safety (PTS)
- A working knowledge of railway infrastructure and systems
- Understanding of Project Management Procedures
- Experience in applying business systems to manage data
- Experience in the management of company systems
- Certificate in Principles of Asset Management
Closing date for applications Wednesday 17th June 2026
A competency-based interview will form part of this selection process. Candidates will be shortlisted based on experience and CV. For mor information regarding the roles or if any applicants have special requirements, you can e-mail us at im_recruit@irishrail.ie
At Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail we are committed to ensuring diversity and inclusion in all that we do. This starts with how we recruit people into our organisation. We ensure our attraction and selection processes are designed with equal opportunity at the forefront of our minds. It is important to us that all individuals feel welcome to join our organisation and we take great care to create an environment that ensures an even playing field for all
In our hiring practices, we will strive to provide reasonable accommodation to all candidates where required and requested.
We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, ethnicity, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or disability.”