Sonas Technical recruits construction, engineering, pharma and energy staff for employers across Cork city and county. Permanent, executive search and contract hiring.
Cork hires differently to Dublin. The pharma and biopharma corridor sets the pay benchmark, and construction and engineering employers compete against it for the same technical people. If you are hiring in Cork and pricing the role against a Dublin salary, you will lose candidates.
We work the Cork market specifically, not as an afterthought to a Dublin desk.
What is driving hiring in Cork
- Pharma and biopharma. The Ringaskiddy, Carrigtwohill and Little Island cluster, with capital projects, plant upgrades, validation and commissioning running continuously.
- Cork Docklands. Long term regeneration generating civils, residential and commercial demand.
- Roads and transport. The national road programme across Munster, including the Cork to Limerick corridor.
- Energy and offshore wind. Port and grid related work, with MEICA and electrical engineering demand.
- Water and wastewater. Treatment and network schemes across the county.
- Public estate. Health and education capital work.
Roles we fill in Cork
MEICA engineers, project engineers, quantity surveyors, site engineers, site managers, construction project managers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, civil and structural engineers, validation and commissioning engineers, estimators, health and safety officers and facilities managers.
Current Cork vacancies are on our job board.
How we work with Cork employers
We map the market for your role, approach people directly, screen against your brief and shortlist. You interview three relevant people rather than reading twenty CVs.
- Permanent recruitment. A search commencement fee, then a placement fee when your hire starts. Committed search time, a mapped market and a shortlist rather than a pile of CVs.
- Executive and senior search. Confidential, mapped and fully managed, for roles you cannot advertise.
- Contract and temporary staffing. An hourly or daily charge rate with pay, employer PRSI, holiday pay, insurance and payroll inside it.
See our fees page for detail.
Public sector hiring
We are a CPSA approved recruitment agency and one of four Tier 1 suppliers on HSE24802 Lot 2 Maintenance and Technical. Public and semi-state clients include the HSE, the OPW, SEAI, ESB, Irish Rail and the Housing Agency. See public sector recruitment.
What you get
85% of our business comes from repeat clients and referrals. Our network runs to more than 46,000 engineers, managers and technical professionals. Clients include Johnson & Johnson, Janssen, Sisk, Murphy Group, the HSE, the OPW, SEAI and ESB.
Hiring in Cork?
Tell us the role, whether it is permanent or contract, and when you need someone. You will hear back within 24 hours.
Send us your requirement or call 01 443 3917.
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