Vertiv

If you are an engineer with experience in electrical power distribution, switchgear manufacturing, or critical infrastructure, the current batch of jobs at Vertiv represents one of the most concentrated industrial hiring campaigns on HiringNow.ie. The company — which describes itself as the largest electrical switchgear manufacturer in the UK and Ireland — is actively recruiting across 45 positions, with the majority based at its manufacturing facilities in Letterkenny and Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, and a smaller number in Dublin and at cross-border sites.

The core of Vertiv's hiring centres on its LV and MV switchgear manufacturing operations. On the factory floor, roles such as Electrician, Panel Wirer, Welder/Fabricator, Mechanical Fitter, and Industrial Electrician reflect a company scaling up hands-on production capacity. These are skilled-trade positions assembling switchgear and control panels from engineering drawings and production schedules, including current-injection testing and thermal-imaging inspections. Moving into the engineering office, Manufacturing Engineers develop and optimise production routings, conduct time studies, and maintain comprehensive process documentation, while Mechanical Engineers work with SolidWorks on 3D modelling, sheet-metal design, and bills of materials for new product development.

At a more senior level, a Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (NPDI) is responsible for introducing new products and technologies across Vertiv's Ireland plants — supporting prototype builds, training local teams, and managing make-or-buy analyses. Senior Electrical Design Engineers in Burnfoot use electrical-design software to create schematics, single-line diagrams, and control-panel layouts for custom power-distribution solutions at projects ranging from data centres to commercial and industrial sites. An Electrical Design and Control Engineer and a Presales Electrical Engineer round out the technical design roles.

The product management side is equally active. An MV Switchgear Product Manager (IEC) and an IEC Skids Product Manager each own their product-line lifecycle from new-product development through growth and phase-out, including roadmap strategy, R&D prioritisation, pricing, and coordination with other IEC regions worldwide. These roles target candidates with a deep background in power distribution, data centres, AI infrastructure, and edge computing.

What about field-based work? A Field Service Engineer (Thermal/Refrigeration) and a UPS Field Service Engineer cover Ireland-wide service calls, while a CSA Engineer provides customer-site support. On the project side, a Project Planner coordinates multiple projects from order receipt through handover, and a Project Scheduler and Project Administrator support scheduling and documentation. A Digital Engineering Lead and Graduate BIM & Digital Engineer are building out the company's Building Information Modelling capabilities.

On the corporate side, Vertiv is hiring an HR Generalist to support its growing manufacturing workforce across all three Ireland/Northern Ireland sites, a Senior Manager for Labour Relations & HR Compliance, and an EMEA Plant Recruitment Manager to lead a team of six recruiters across plants in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Croatia, and Slovakia. Three Plant Recruitment Partner 6-month contracts are also live for high-volume industrial hiring. Whether you are a qualified electrician looking for switchgear assembly work in Donegal or a product manager with a background in power-distribution systems, browsing jobs at Vertiv will show a company investing heavily in its Irish manufacturing footprint.