A full weekend of family fun is planned at Engineers Ireland’s headquarters at 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge on Saturday, 2nd and Sunday, 3rd March. The professional membership body for engineers in Ireland will open its doors to the next generation of engineers [….]
ESB Networks is now recruiting Electrical / Networks Technician apprentices to work with Ireland’s electricity network. The 2019 ESB Apprenticeship programme will open on Monday 18th February and close March, 25th 2019. ESB Apprenticeship The Apprentice Electrician/Network Technician programme offers you the [….]
On Friday 1 March, Engineers Ireland in collaboration with its South East Region Branch will present an Applied Artificial Intelligence Ireland Forum & Technical Conference in Kilkenny. This initiative involves exceptional companies and talent in Ireland that currently use advanced Machine Learning [….]
Time: 16 January 2019 6pm – 8:30pm Location: On-campus, UCD Belfield, UCD Sutherland School of Law UCD Engineering Open Evening Information: On Wednesday, 16th January 2019, UCD Engineering will welcome 5th and 6th year students, A-Level students, mature applicants, parents and teachers [….]
The very first CIF Health & Safety Summit was held in Croke Park on Wednesday 28th November 2018 against the backdrop of expansion in construction activity, The Health and Safety Summit looked to 2019 and beyond and featured speakers from multiple sectors. They [….]
Do you want to win a trip to the Netherlands to visit HZ University of Applied Sciences and the world-famous Storm Surge Barrier on the Eastern-Scheldt? All you need to do is take part in this civil engineering project with your physics [….]
The 2019 Generation Apprenticeship competition challenges apprentices to construct a three-dimensional letter A using craft and other materials. The competition aims to highlight the importance and value of apprenticeships as a route to skills development in 21st century Ireland. What is the [….]
Did you attend the Construction Industry Federation’s conference earlier this month? Here’s what you might have missed… The CIF Annual Conference took place on October 2nd in Croke Park with nearly 600 delegates and exhibitors in attendance. These were addressed by the [….]
Today, we speak with Paula Voiseux, Recruitment Manager of Glenveagh Properties PLC. They established in October 2017 and are current working on 12 active residential sites in the Greater Dublin area. They’re recruiting for quantity surveyors, engineers, site foremen, site managers and health [….]
We speak with Jude Byrne, MD of Cairn Homes, who tells all about the company, what projects they are working on at present and what type of talent they are seeking to recruit at the Construction Jobs Expo this weekend. Cairn has [….]
We are proud to have OPATSI (Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland) join Construction Jobs Expo. Meet their team this Saturday from 10 am at Croke Park’s Hogan Suite. History of OPATSI On the 13th of September 1893 the Regular [….]
We have a variety of great talks on this Saturday’s Agenda Stage. Here is the Construction Jobs Expo seminar list. Start Finish Topic Company Speakers 10:30 11:15 Build a Career with a Difference Grafton Merchanting Gareth McGrane & Marc Lucock 11:15 12:00 [….]
The Construction Industry requires more female workers to meet current demand for skills and to deliver Ireland’s urgent housing and infrastructure needs, say key construction leaders. The CIF launched its first Diversity and Inclusion Guidance Document for the Construction sector in a [….]
Time for the Construction Jobs Expo exhibitor list… We’re getting ready for Construction Jobs Expo at Croke Park’s Hogan Suite from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday. There’ll be a slew of companies recruiting at the event. In addition, we have [….]
FREE event – the first of its kind – features over 30 leading employers such as Cairn Homes, Glenveagh Properties, JJ Rhatigan, SIAC, Bennett Construction, Amazon and Bord Gáis Energy. Are you currently working in the construction industry or thinking about moving [….]
Glenveagh Properties PLC at Construction Jobs Expo As well as exhibiting and recruiting at Construction Jobs Expo, Glenveagh Properties PLC will also be sponsoring the seminar area. The seminars will be running from 10:30 throughout the day at our Agenda Stage. Glenveagh [….]
The Government has launched the Land Development Agency to build 150,000 new homes over the next 20 years. This new agency will manage the state’s own lands to develop new homes, and regenerate under-utilised sites. Further down the line, strategic sites from [….]
We are proud to have Women in Trades Network Ireland (WITNI) exhibiting at our forthcoming Construction Jobs Expo. You can find out more about them by dropping by Croke Park on 29th September. WITNI is the first Tradeswomen’s network in the Republic [….]
For a bunch of reasons (which we explored here previously – check it out), the construction industry in Ireland does not have enough women in their workforce. Even after a huge push to get ladies to study STEM, and active recruiting strategies, [….]
Opinion The construction industry is far from being synonymous with a robust female workforce. In fact, women make up an exceptionally low percentage of workers in this field, and without intervention, these stats show no sign of drastic change. There’s a multitude [….]