It is desirable that candidates demonstrate through their application form and at the interview that he/she has:
 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent team leadership skills
• An ability to work independently or within multi-disciplined teams
• Problem solving skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• A good understanding of safety management in the workplace including Health & Safety legislation and regulations.

Each candidate should be competent and have such training or experience considered acceptable by the Council to enable the person appointed to perform the duties of the post.

In particular, candidates should have satisfactory knowledge and at least two years satisfactory experience of the following matters:
 

1. civil engineering works, with particular emphasis on road building, road surfacing and road maintenance works;
2. civil engineering construction techniques, including road surfacing, footpath construction, leveling, pipe laying, fencing and block laying, together with a working knowledge of maintenance and repairs of roads, drains, open spaces and other services for which the Council has responsibility;
3. technical drawings, with the ability to translate working drawings into civil engineering works;
4. report writing and record keeping, with the ability to write clear and concise reports, and the capacity to accurately measure and record work carried out by those supervised; and supervisory skills, with the ability to manage, direct and motivate groups of operatives.

Applicants must at the date of applying hold a full valid Irish /EU licence, for Class B vehicles or a licence acceptable to NDLS for transfer to full Irish licence