Mechanical Project Manager Application Deadline: 12 May 2026 Department: Contracts Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Dundalk Reporting To: Head of Operations Description Team Overview The Contracts department oversees the delivery and execution of projects from initial mobilisation through to completion and handover. Acting as the bridge between design, commercial, and on‑site teams, the department ensures that all contractual obligations are met while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and efficiency. With a focus on planning, resource coordination, and problem‑solving, the Contracts team plays a key role in ensuring our projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the satisfaction of our clients. Role Overview The position will be a full time role based at our new and developing Offices and Offsite facilities in Dundalk. The Mechanical Project Manager will lead the planning, execution, and site delivery/completion of mechanical installations across our Data Centre Projects within the UK/Ireland Region. This role combines deep technical knowledge with strong leadership and project management expertise to ensure successful delivery of capital and improvement projects within scope, budget, and schedule. Job Details Job Title: Mechanical Project Manager Location: Dundalk Hours: Monday–Thursday 8am–5pm and Friday 8am–3pm Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience Responsible to: Head of Operations What You’ll Be Doing Responsible for planning and executing mechanical projects by developing and managing scopes, schedules, and budgets for on‑site installations and upgrades, ensuring alignment with plant operations and business objectives. Provides technical oversight, including input into equipment selection, system design, and layout, as well as reviewing and approving engineering drawings and vendor documentation, while ensuring all installations meet safety and quality standards. Works closely with procurement and supply chain teams to source equipment and services, prepare technical specifications and tender documents, evaluate bids, and monitor supplier performance and project spend. Manages subcontractors and third‑party partners, ensuring effective coordination, strong performance in safety and quality, and timely delivery, while resolving interface issues and leading progress meetings and inspections. Monitors project costs, schedules, and risks, implementing mitigation strategies and maintaining high‑quality standards across all deliverables. Collaborates with cross‑functional teams including operations, maintenance, production, EHS, and quality to support seamless integration and continuous improvement. Ensures full compliance with relevant codes and standards and maintains comprehensive project documentation, including drawings, test records, change orders, and commissioning reports. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Mechanical Design Engineer Apprentice Application Deadline: 5 May 2026 Department: Design Employment Type: Apprentice Location: Dundalk Reporting To: Building Services Manager Description Team Overview The Design department is responsible for developing innovative, practical, and fully coordinated mechanical and electrical building services solutions tailored to each project. Working closely with clients, project teams, and the BIM department, the design team transforms concepts into detailed, build-ready technical designs that meet regulatory standards, client specifications, and sustainability goals. Their work underpins the technical accuracy and efficiency of our installations, ensuring seamless integration from planning through to construction. Role Overview We are seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer Apprentice to provide practical, real-world mechanical engineering experience within the rapidly growing alternative energy and low-carbon heat sector. You will be supported by an established mechanical and electrical design team and will gain exposure to mechanical design, coordination, site activity and commissioning, helping you understand how projects move from concept through to operation. Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer Apprentice Location: Dundalk, Co. Louth Hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience Responsible to: Building Services Manager What You'll be Doing This role involves preparing comprehensive mechanical design proposals, including detailed installation drawings, plant selection, and technical schedules, alongside performing heating and hot water load calculations to ensure accurate system sizing. It includes developing project-specific BMS control panel designs and operation descriptions, conducting site surveys of existing and new property services to identify suitable heating solutions, and producing reports based on findings. The position also requires attending design meetings, collaborating closely with contracts managers and commissioning teams to support system commissioning and optimize BMS performance, and working within an established design team using advanced AutoCAD and MEP 3D design software. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Alternative Heat Ltd is hiring a Quality Control Manager in Dundalk, Ireland. The successful candidate will lead QC efforts in an ISO environment, ensuring that all prefabricated modules meet design and regulatory standards. Responsibilities include managing inspections, developing quality procedures, and collaborating with various teams to resolve quality issues. Candidates should have a strong background in ISO standards, inspection techniques, and quality control leadership. Competitive salary based on experience is offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Alternative Heat Ltd is offering a Mechanical Design Engineer Apprentice position based in Dundalk, Ireland. This role provides hands-on experience in the innovative alternative energy sector, assisting in mechanical design tasks, site surveys, and project coordination. Candidates will be supported by a skilled design team and gain valuable insights into mechanical design. The position offers competitive pay based on experience, structured working hours from Monday to Friday. If you're looking to kickstart your career in engineering, this is the opportunity for you. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Alternative Heat Ltd is looking for a People Business Partner based in Dundalk. This role involves acting as a strategic advisor to operational leaders and aligning people practices with business goals. You will engage in talent management, employee relations, and culture embedding. The ideal candidate thrives in dynamic environments, understands scaling challenges, and values collaboration. This full-time permanent position expects regular travel within ROI to build strong relationships and ensure alignment among teams. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Application Deadline: 8 May 2026 Department: Design Employment Type: Full Time Location: Dublin Reporting To: Associate Director Description The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in the UK’s & Ireland’s commercial decarbonisation sector. At Alternative Heat, we are at the forefront of innovative, sustainable building solutions. As a leader in the design, development, and delivery of off‑site prefabricated energy systems, we take pride in offering groundbreaking decarbonisation solutions throughout Ireland, UK and Europe. As part of our mission to drive the transition to renewable and low‑carbon energy solutions, we are excited to announce an opportunity for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to join our team. This pivotal role will shape the future of sustainable energy delivery across a diverse portfolio of public and commercial sectors. Team Overview: The Design department is responsible for developing innovative, practical, and fully coordinated mechanical and electrical services solutions tailored to each project. Working closely with clients, project teams, and the BIM department, the design team transforms concepts into detailed, build‑ready technical designs that meet regulatory standards, client specifications, and sustainability goals. Their work underpins the technical accuracy and efficiency of our installations, ensuring seamless integration from planning through to construction. Role Overview: As a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, you will play a key role within our growing Design Team, based at our Dublin Office. You’ll take ownership of mechanical designs from concept through to commissioning, working closely with fabrication, project management, and commissioning teams to ensure seamless delivery. You’ll be involved in the design of commercial decarbonising solutions across a diverse portfolio of sectors, while also mentoring junior engineers and helping to shape best practice within the team. Job Title | Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location | Dublin Office Hours | Monday‑Thursday 8am‑5pm and Friday 8am‑3pm Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience Responsible to | Head Of Design What You'll be Doing Managing the design delivery for decarbonising a range of commercial projects. Delivering mechanical designs including schematics, calculations, plant selections, bills of materials, and project specifications. Developing and validating BMS control strategies, from design through to on‑site verification. To apply please click on the link provided or reach out to Nicola Hyland (Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist) - Nicolahyland@alternativeheat.co.uk #J-18808-Ljbffr
People Business Partner - ROI Application Deadline: 8 May 2026 Department: People and Talent Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Dundalk Reporting To: Head of People and Talent Description Overview of the team you’ll be joining: You will join a dynamic People and Talent team who believe collaboration and a one team approach is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive for continuous growth and innovation to achieve excellence in all areas whilst building strong relationships with our colleagues across the business. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a team that values your dedication and input, then come and join us. Role This is not your typical HRBP role. We need someone who thrives in a dynamic, multi-site environment and understands the unique challenges of a scaling business. You’ll play a key role in embedding our culture, aligning people practices, and supporting satellite teams across Dundalk and Dublin as they grow. You will be part of a collaborative People & Talent team that’s as focused on people as it is on performance – and you'll help shape the future of our organization as we expand further across the UK, ROI and Europe. You will serve as the strategic and operational People lead for new and emerging locations, working closely with regional leadership, site teams, and the central People & Talent Team. Your key focus will be to support and embed our core values, drive cultural consistency, and ensure our People practices and ways of working are aligned across the business. You will act as a trusted advisor to managers and site leads, ensuring that people, performance, engagement, and growth remain a top priority as we scale. What You’ll be Doing Act as a strategic People business partner to operational leaders across ROI, aligning People strategy with business goals through trusted advisory support on workforce planning, culture, talent, and employee relations. Embed company values and a consistent, inclusive culture across all People touchpoints, while supporting engagement, wellbeing, and performance initiatives. Provide expert guidance on ER matters, policy implementation, onboarding, and regional talent needs, using data and People metrics to drive insight and continuous improvement. Support the rollout of People initiatives across regional teams and sites, operating in a field-based role with regular travel to build strong relationships and ensure alignment across the business. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Alternative Heat Ltd is looking for a Mechanical Project Manager based in Dundalk, Ireland. This full-time role involves planning and executing mechanical installations for Data Centre Projects across the UK and Ireland. You will ensure projects meet time, budget, and scope requirements while maintaining high quality and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership capabilities and technical knowledge in mechanical project management. The position includes competitive pay based on experience and a supportive work environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Overview Team Overview: The Quality department is committed to maintaining the highest standards across all aspects of our products and services. Through rigorous inspection, testing, and continuous improvement processes, the team ensures compliance with industry regulations, client specifications, and internal quality benchmarks. Their focus on excellence supports reliable, safe, and high-performing solutions, reinforcing Alternative Heat’s reputation for delivering outstanding mechanical and electrical systems. Role Overview: The Quality Control Manager is a key role, leading QC execution within an ISO environment, ensuring that all prefabricated modules are produced safely, consistently and in compliance with design, regulatory and Client requirements. The focus of the role is on execution: effective inspection and test, corrective action implementation, root cause analysis, defect prevention, risk-based decision-making and driving continual improvement in factory performance. Job Details Job Title: Quality Control Manager Location: Dundalk Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5pm and Friday 7:30am-3pm Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience Responsible to: Quality Systems Manager What You'll Be Doing Factory QC Leadership: Lead day-to-day QC activities in the Dundalk manufacturing facility, directing Engineers and Inspectors and aligning priorities with production schedules. Ensure all QC activities are carried out in accordance with relevant ISO standards, existing AH-IMS policies, procedures, work instructions etc. Act as the primary site point of contact for all quality control matters, collaborating closely with Operations, Design, Commercial teams etc to resolve quality issues and support continual improvement initiatives. Inspection and Testing: Review project documentation and technical specifications to develop detailed inspection checklist and quality control plans. Develop and maintain quality procedures and work instructions to standardise inspection and testing activities. Develop, implement and maintain Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) to ensure structured, traceable and compliant verification of works. Ensure incoming, in-process and final inspections are performed, including dimensional checks, visual inspection and other functional tests (as applicable). Use Field View (FV) to plan, execute and record inspections, including checklists, photographs etc (ensuring full traceability and alignment with key milestones). Verify that assemblies comply with approved drawings, specifications, standards and client requirements before release from the factory, control release documentation and factory quality records in FV (and any linked systems). Support and lead acceptance tests with Clients and third parties, ensuring all observations and results are captured. Nonconformity, Containment and Improvement: Identify and clearly document nonconforming products arising from factory operations, ensuring it is segregated, labelled and controlled in line with existing procedures. Participate in and support structured root cause analysis. Contribute to the definition of corrective actions and support implementation and verification on the shop floor, even where ownership of the action sits with other functions. Regularly review FV data and other quality metrics to identify patterns, risk areas and improvement priorities. Proactively highlight defect prevention opportunities by analysing trends in Nonconformity reports (NRs), rework and failures. Support FMEA/process risk reviews by providing defect data and practical feedback from inspections and NRs. Performance Measurement and Monitoring: Use existing data sources (e.g. FV, test records, NRs, rework/scrap data etc) to measure and monitor factory quality performance on an ongoing basis. Develop, track and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) including defect rates, nonconformities (NRs) and inspection performance metrics. Prepare and present quality performance reports to senior management, highlighting trends, risk and corrective actions. Escalate significant negative trends or risk indicators identified through measurement and monitoring to the relevant owners and support them with evidence for decision making. Team Communication and Engagement: Plan and deliver regular quality-focused toolbox talks and short quality briefings to promote awareness and accountability across QC and other teams. Work with key stakeholders to ensure these toolbox talks align with current risk, project priorities, NRs, audit findings and improvement themes. Encourage open reporting of issues and suggestions during briefings, feeding relevant points into improvement activities or escalations as appropriate. Welding Quality Execution: Oversee the implementation of welding-related controls in line with ISO 3834 etc and direction from the Welding Quality Manager, ensuring use of approved Welding Procedure Specification (WPS), correct materials and qualified welders. Escalate welding issues to the Welding Quality Manager and QA for investigation and potential system-level change. Compliance with Existing ISO 9001/14001/45001 Controls: Ensure QC staff follow all documented procedures, risk assessments, controls and safe systems of work. Support internal and external audits in the factory by providing evidence of QC implementation from FV records and other sources, ensuring findings related to QC execution are addressed. Promote compliance culture on the shop floor, reinforcing expectations on documentation, identification, cleanliness, segregated nonconforming product and environmental/safety controls. Conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with the AH-IMS and project requirements. Stakeholder and Client Interface: Act as the main QC representative for factory visits, Client inspections and coordination with site quality teams, resolving product quality issues prior to dispatch. Demonstrate use of FV to Clients and stakeholders where required, to evidence inspection coverage, defect management and closure. Collaborate with Design/BIM, planning and production teams to clarify quality requirements, buildability issues and inspection points. Team management and competence: Line manage Engineers, Inspectors: allocate work, clarify priorities, review inspection outputs and support development of technical competence. Develop training plans for QC Inspectors, providing structured technical development, onboarding and continuous upskilling to enhance team capability. Ensure all QC staff are competent in the use of FV, providing coaching and arranging formal training, as needed. Identify wider training needs (inspection techniques, welding quality, reading drawings, procedures etc) and arrange coordination with HQ Quality and Learning and Development. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Alternative Heat Ltd is looking for a Planning Manager to oversee operational planning for data centre solutions in Dundalk. You'll coordinate end-to-end project execution across engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing to ensure timely delivery that aligns with customer commitments. The role demands expertise in operational processes, resource management, and KPI monitoring. The ideal candidate will bring strong problem-solving abilities and cross-functional coordination skills. A competitive salary based on experience is offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr
