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Join our Graduate Programme

Our award winning and bespoke graduate programme launches you on a fast track to career success. A career with ESB will allow you to grow professionally and develop the necessary skills to help deliver Ireland's climate ambitions.

The deadline to apply for our programme is Monday October 21, 2024.

Find Your Path

 

Our graduate programme spans a diverse range of disciplines, ensuring that we cater to a variety of interests and career aspirations. Click on your chosen discipline below to learn more about our opportunities. 

You will be part of a dynamic & talented team driving the transition to a reliable, affordable, net zero carbon future by delivering major projects and innovative engineering solutions. Our diverse disciplines include Electrical, Civil, Structural, Quantity Surveying and Mechanical

Our people are the key to our success as an organisation, and our Human Resources function plays a fundamental part in ensuring we attract, retain and develop the best talent.

You will be given the opportunity to build your Human Resources expertise by working in different specialist areas across this business area.

You will design, deliver and support our extensive IT landscape. Our team operates one of the most technologically advanced IT and telecommunications infrastructures in the country, supporting hundreds of third party, custom and cloud applications, website and large-scale enterprise systems.

Our programme provides the pathway to three career opportunities including Functional, Project Management and Technical.

Can you imagine yourself developing the products that attract and retain customers, enabling ESB to maintain and grow market share in a highly competitive market place?

The focus is on developing your ability to problem solve, think critically, understand the balance between value and risk and will build your decision-making capability. The programme also develops effective communication and influencing skills, the building blocks of effective negotiation – critical to succeeding as a commercial business leader.

Our finance function shapes and delivers our strategy while protecting our financial strength. We do this by being a trusted partner that drives performance through business insights and drives value in commercial opportunities.

You will be supported to complete your ACA qualification throughout your structured rotations.

Life at ESB

 

Interested in learning more about our application process and life at ESB? Click into the expanding panels below to find out more.

Business Disciplines

  • 2 Year Programme consisting of rotations for IT, HR and Commercial
  • 3.5 Year Programme consisting of rotations and professional exams for Finance

 

Engineering and Quantity Surveying Disciplines

  • 2 Year Programme consisting of three rotations

  • 2.1 or working towards the same in a relevant degree
  • Level 8 Degree for Business Disciplines
  • Level 7/8 Degree for Engineering Disciplines

Nationwide

Business 

  • Applicants will have to complete an aptitude assessment, followed by a video and competency based interview.

 

Engineering

  • Applicants will have to complete an aptitude assessment followed by a competence based interview.

Sports & Social

Benefits & Supports

Employee Resource Groups

  •  Discounts Gym Membership
  •  Attractive compensation package
  • Gender
  •  Tag Rugby
  •  Pension plan with a competitive employer contribution
  • Cultural Diversity and Ethnicity
  •  GAA Club
  •  Annual performance bonus
  • Accessibility
  •  Badminton
  •  Life assurance and disability benefits
  • LGBT+
  •  Golf Society
  •  Reduced rate on electricity with Electric Ireland

  •  Soccer
  •  Flexible and hybrid working

  •  Hill-walking
  •  Work life balance

  •  Athletic Club
  •  Health and wellbeing supports

  •  Volleyball
  •  Employee referral scheme

  •  Cricket
  •  Wide variety of generous life and career leave

  •  Access to ESB insurance schemes

  • Commuter saver schemes (including Cycle to work and Easi travel)

* Your Benefits may vary depending on your role


Join ESB’s Graduate Programme and be part of a team that’s powering a sustainable future.

Apply now

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at ESB

At ESB, we are committed to working towards a more consciously inclusive workplace, creating an environment where all everyone is valued and feels valued, that they can achieve their potential and that their contribution counts.

Our goal is to build and sustain an increasingly diverse workforce and agile culture of inclusion and belonging, so that together we can make a difference and deliver a brighter, net zero, future for all.

Ethan McGarry, HR Graduate

"I chose ESB’s HR graduate programme because the structured rotations across the different HR Teams really appealed to me. It’s a fantastic way to expand my HR experience and knowledge, and I love the variety it offers!  I think what really makes ESB stand out as an employer is how much they invest in employee development. ESB genuinely care about helping graduates grow skills and progress in our careers, which makes working in HR at ESB especially rewarding!"

People of ESB

Our people are what set us apart and have built ESB to what it is today. As part of the ESB family our people create a positive caring work environment to ensure everyone has a great experience every day.

Read some of our employee experiences in these blog posts.

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