Senior Executive Technician 2025/O/T/P/28

Professional and Technical

Senior Executive Technician

The current salary scale for the position €54,526 minimum of the scale to €65,673, maximum of the scale inclusive of LSI’s.

Advertised Date: 03 Jul 2025

Annual Salary

Kilkenny

To form a panel from which Permanent, Fixed Term, Specific Purpose and where applicable Acting-up

Closing Date: 24 Jul 2025, 04:00 PM

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JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Duties of the ROLE shall include:

The duties may include but are not limited to the following and the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

The actual duties of the post of Senior Executive Technician will depend on placement of the post, but in general they will include but are not limited to:

1. 1. Providing necessary information to Senior Management relevant to their area of responsibility;
  2. Management and supervision of staff and the co-ordination of duties of staff under their control;
  3. Ensuring the efficient delivery of services in their area of responsibility;
  4. Creation and monitoring of work procedures and document management;
  5. Co-ordinating the maintenance and management of I.T. systems in their area of responsibility;
  6. Providing technical services relevant to the area of responsibility to which he/she has been assigned, e.g. site inspection, site surveying, creation of drawings and graphics, report writing and such other duties associated with a drawing office;
  7. Operating the appropriate technology as required to carry out the work to which he/she has been assigned, e.g. CAD, Graphics, GIS Software such as ESRI/ArcGIS, Autodesk’s AutoCAD and / or Microstation CAD software, Microsoft Office Suite of Applications, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint,
  8. Knowledge of Planning and building Regulations; Building Standards, Codes of Practice, the Implementation of national standards and legislative requirements with regard to water and wastewater quality. Enforcement activities as per Environmental and Water Services Legislation and compliance with other statutory technical standards;
  9. Adherence to the Councils corporate health and safety systems and implementation of department and section health and safety controls, including those relating to risk assessments. A good knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety Legislation Regulations and their implications for the organisation and employees and their implication in the workplace;
  10. Liaising with other Departments, members of the public and external agencies in relation to operational aspects of assigned work;
  11. Functioning as a Team Leader, this includes prioritising work as determined by the Head of Department/Service, functioning as a facilitator and coordinator between team members and other departments and external agencies and being responsible for the allocation of work and ensuring task completion;
  12. Preparation of budgets and cost estimates;
  13. Preparation of public consultation display material and assistance at public consultations;
  14. Coaching and mentoring to Technicians Grade I, Grade II, Executive Technicians;
  15. Contributing to individual staff development, personal development and team development initiatives;
  16. Undertaking any course of training organized by Kilkenny County Council which he/she is designated to attend;
  17. Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

The above specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

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Kilkenny County Council
County Hall
John Street
Kilkenny

0567794000 human.resources@kilkennycoco.ie

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