Senior Mechanical Engineer – Building Services Design
Breagh Recruitment
Cork City, Ireland Full-time EUR80k–80k
5d ago View
Green careers in Ireland Green Jobs in Ireland — Europe's Atlantic Wind Corridor Is Just Getting Started
The Celtic Sea has offshore wind potential that dwarfs Ireland's current grid. Building it needs people who know what they're doing.
13
Open jobs in Ireland
100%
Free for job seekers
€
Local salary ranges
Browse by sector
Find Ireland green jobs by sector
28 categories across 8 sectors — from renewable energy to green finance.
Energy
Renewable Energy · Energy Storage & Grid · Energy Efficiency
Climate
Climate Tech · Carbon Markets & Offsetting · ESG & Sustainability Reporting
Land & Nature
Conservation & Biodiversity · Sustainable Agriculture & Food · Forestry & Land Use · +1 more
Built Environment
Green Building & Construction · Smart Cities & Urban Planning
Mobility
Clean Transportation & EV · Sustainable Aviation & Shipping
Economy & Finance
Green Finance & Investment · Circular Economy · Waste Management & Recycling · +1 more
Policy & Society
Environmental Policy & Law · Environmental Justice & Community · Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality · +1 more
Science & Tech
Environmental Science & Research · Green Chemistry & Materials · Climate Data & Analytics · +3 more
Overview
Why Ireland — and why now
Ireland has always been shaped by its weather and its coastline — and it turns out the Atlantic winds that battered its western shore for centuries are now among its most strategically valuable economic assets. The Maritime Area Planning Act has opened the Celtic Sea to offshore wind development on a scale that will dwarf anything Ireland has built before. Simultaneously, the EU's CSRD has sent every substantial company operating here — including thousands of multinational subsidiaries headquartered for EU access — into an urgent search for sustainability reporting professionals. GreenHired Ireland lists those roles with salaries included, because that should not be a mystery anywhere in 2025.
For job seekers in Ireland
Everything you need, free.
Local salary ranges, direct recruiter chat, and no cost to you.
Verified green jobs
Every Ireland job is sorted into a climate category and given a green score, so you only see real green work.
One-click Easy Apply
Apply with your saved profile and resume. No repeated forms across employers.
Direct recruiter chat
Message Ireland hiring teams directly and keep every conversation in one place.
Job alerts
Get an alert as soon as a Ireland job matches your skills and salary.
Save and track
Save jobs for later and follow each application from submitted to shortlisted to hired.
Privacy by default
You choose who sees your profile. Two-factor sign-in, encrypted data, and we never sell your data.
For employers hiring in Ireland
Hiring in Ireland? Post your job. Free.
Reach candidates already looking for green work in Ireland. No credit card and no paywall. Applicant tracking, candidate search and chat are included from day one.
- Unlimited free job posts
- Built-in applicant tracking pipeline
- Search a pool of green professionals
- Direct chat — no email back-and-forth
Market context
Why Ireland’s green economy is hiring right now
What makes Ireland's green jobs moment genuinely compelling is that it is arriving in multiple sectors simultaneously and each is creating a different kind of opportunity. The offshore wind pipeline alone — projects like Codling Wind Park, North Irish Sea Array, and the emerging Celtic Sea floating wind development zone — will require an entirely new indigenous workforce of marine engineers, environmental impact assessors, consenting specialists, project managers, and grid engineers. Most of this expertise simply does not exist in Ireland at the required scale today, which means the opening for professionals with transferable experience from oil and gas, construction, environmental consulting, or the UK offshore sector is real and immediate.
Layer the CSRD compliance wave sweeping through Irish corporates on top of that, and then add the clean agriculture transition that rural Ireland has been delaying for a decade and can delay no longer, and you have a green jobs market at a genuine inflection point. The question is less whether the roles will exist than whether people with the right skills will be available when they do.
AI help for both sides of hiring
Job seekers get match scores and cover letter drafts. Recruiters get job description drafts and salary advice tuned to Ireland.
Tuned for Ireland · salary in € AI Match Score
See how well your profile fits each Ireland role before you apply: a match score, your top three matching skills, and the two gaps to work on.
Learn moreCover Letter Draft
Get a cover letter draft from your profile and the job description in seconds, then edit it your way.
Learn moreAI JD Writer
A structured, inclusive job description draft from a title and seniority. Ready to polish, not start from scratch.
Learn moreSalary Advisor
Salary range suggestions in € for Ireland hires, based on the local market, not a global average.
Learn more- No personal data is sent — emails and phone numbers are removed before any AI call
- Not used to train models — all calls go through our private API
- Recruiters can turn AI off company-wide; job seekers can ignore suggestions
Security & trust · Ireland Built for Ireland green talent. Secure by default.
Every login, profile and application from Ireland is encrypted and handled under EU GDPR. Read the security page for the full picture.
AES-256-GCM at rest
Resumes, two-factor secrets and session tokens are encrypted before they are stored.
Two-factor sign-in, free
Authenticator-app sign-in with hashed recovery codes on every account. No paid tier.
Never sold, never shared
Your Ireland profile is never sold to data brokers and is shared only with recruiters at companies you apply to.
EU GDPR
Built to follow the EU GDPR + Irish Data Protection Act 2018 for users in Ireland, plus other laws that apply.
Full audit trail
Every sign-in, role change and admin action is encrypted and logged. Export all your data on demand.
AI without personal data leaks
Names, emails and phone numbers are removed from AI prompts before they leave our servers.
Questions
Green jobs in Ireland — FAQ
The questions candidates ask us most about working in Ireland.
What green jobs are most available in Ireland?
Offshore wind development, consenting, and project management roles are the fastest growing and most in-demand. CSRD and sustainability reporting specialists are urgently needed across Dublin's corporate sector, particularly at multinationals with EU headquarters here. Environmental consultants for planning, EIA, and Natura screening are consistently in demand nationally. Clean agriculture and food sustainability roles are growing in rural areas. Clean tech — particularly energy storage and heat pump technology — is also expanding.
How much do green jobs pay in Ireland?
Junior sustainability analysts and environmental graduates earn €32–45k. Mid-level ESG managers and renewable energy project managers earn €60–90k. Senior offshore wind project directors and sustainability heads at major companies earn €95–150k in Dublin. Environmental consulting firms outside Dublin pay 10–20% below capital city levels but benefit from lower living costs. CSRD-specific expertise commands a significant premium right now due to the acute shortage of qualified professionals.
What is CSRD and why is it creating Irish green jobs?
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires large companies — and eventually SMEs — to produce detailed, externally audited sustainability reports covering climate, biodiversity, social, and governance topics. Any company operating in Ireland that meets the size thresholds is affected, including thousands of US multinational subsidiaries that use Ireland as their EU headquarters. Compliance requires sustainability managers, data analysts, materiality assessment specialists, and third-party verifiers — none of whom most affected companies currently employ.
Are there green jobs available outside Dublin in Ireland?
Growing every year and increasingly significant. Offshore wind operations and maintenance will be based in coastal towns in Wexford, Waterford, Wicklow, and Cork. Agricultural sustainability roles span the entire country. Environmental consulting firms operate nationally from Cork, Limerick, and Galway offices. Cork is developing its own clean tech cluster. Government regional enterprise plans specifically target green job creation in rural and coastal communities as part of a national effort to distribute economic growth more evenly.