Irish Rail is looking to hire train drivers with a very specific set of skills.
The national rail service is offering up to €60,000 per annum for the role.
You will have to work various shift patterns, including weekend work for between 39 and 48 hours a week.
Irish Rail is looking for people who have the following qualities:
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Calm in an Emergency
- Follow Rules and Procedures
- Conscientious
- Customer Focus
- Achievement Orientation
The new drivers will be based in different depots right around the country.
Applicants must meet European Train Driver Licensing requirements with a minimum of nine years full-time education and must be over the age of 20.
Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann, Jim Meade said: “Iarnród Éireann is a dynamic organisation, which offers excellent progression opportunities.
"With the planned expansion of services as part of the National Development Plan, it is an exciting time to become part of a growing organisation.
" We are also seeing great interest in careers in Iarnród Éireann from a range of backgrounds – we are a diverse and inclusive employer, and in particular we urge more women to apply for driver roles, and are encouraged by the increasing interest from women in recent recruitment drives.”
Irish Rail is hoping to recruit for a large number of positions over the coming years following an investment the network under the National Development Plan which includes:
- A record order of new trains, with the NDP envisaging fleet expansion of 300 carriages, an increase of almost 50% over the existing fleet numbers, and a tender process under way for up to 600 carriages
- The DART+ Programme will see the DART expanded, and service frequency enhanced to Maynooth/M3 Parkway, Hazelhatch and Drogheda, with service level increases
- Continuing speed improvements and service expansion on Intercity
