Sonas Technical recruits construction, civil engineering, energy and advanced manufacturing staff for employers across Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. Permanent, executive search and contract hiring.
Dublin is the tightest technical labour market in Ireland. Main contractors, consultancies, utilities, pharma sites and public bodies are all hiring from the same pool, and most of the people worth hiring are not applying for anything. They are working, and they answer a direct approach rather than a job advert.
That is the job we do.
What is driving hiring in Dublin
- Transport and infrastructure. MetroLink, BusConnects, rail upgrades and the road programme across the GDA. See our MetroLink guide for where that hiring sits on the timeline.
- Data centres. Ongoing build and fit-out work across north and west Dublin, heavy on M and E, commissioning and QA.
- Pharma and life sciences. Capital projects and plant upgrades across the Dublin sites, with validation and process engineering demand alongside the construction trades.
- Residential and social housing. Sustained delivery pressure, with quantity surveyors and site management in short supply.
- Water and utilities. Network upgrade and treatment work generating steady civil and MEICA demand.
- Public estate. Health, education and state property programmes.
Roles we fill in Dublin
Quantity surveyors, site engineers, site managers, project managers, contracts managers, civil and structural engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, design engineers, estimators, health and safety officers, BIM coordinators, building surveyors, facilities managers and commissioning engineers.
Current Dublin vacancies are on our job board.
How we work with Dublin employers
We do not send CVs from a job board. We map the market for the role you are hiring, approach people directly, screen them against your brief and send you a shortlist you can actually interview.
Three ways to engage:
- 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.
Detail on each is on our fees page.
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. We have a network of more than 46,000 engineers, managers and technical professionals across Ireland. Our clients include Sisk, Murphy Group, Johnson & Johnson, the HSE, the OPW, SEAI, ESB, the Housing Agency and Irish Rail.
Hiring in Dublin?
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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