Gas Networks Ireland operates and maintains Ireland’s €3bn, 14,725km national gas network, which is considered one of the safest and most modern renewables-ready gas networks in the world.
Almost 725,000 Irish homes and businesses trust Ireland’s gas network to provide efficient and reliable energy to meet their heating, cooking, manufacturing and transport needs.
The gas network is the cornerstone of Ireland’s energy system, securely supplying more than 30% of Ireland’s total energy and over 40% of the country’s electricity generation.
Gas Networks Ireland is aiming to deliver a repurposed, resized and fully decarbonised gas network by 2045. Its “Pathway to a Net Zero Carbon Network” envisions transforming the existing gas network into two separate systems carrying 100% renewable gas, one dedicated to biomethane and the other to green hydrogen, with the potential to carry approximately 30% biomethane and 70% green hydrogen, as well as offering significant long term energy export opportunities.
Gas Networks is an organisation with a very strong legacy and a culture founded on pride in our purpose, to keep Irelands energy moving, and commitment to our vision, to be at the heart of Irelands energy future. Our organisational values demonstrate what is important across the organisation including building on our experience across our organisation to build towards our sustainable future, doing what's right for each other and for the people and communities that we serve and finally energised for the change of our future towards a renewable energy landscape. Throughout your career in Gas Networks Ireland, you will be part of an organisation that has a strong commitment to supporting and developing our workforce today and into the future. You will also have an opportunity to get involved in our ambitious iBelong programme ensuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for us all to thrive. Finally, our Time to Talk Mental Health programme and our wellbeing initiatives ensure we provide support across many areas as you work in our organisation.
The Role:
The Supply Chain team is responsible for the procurement of goods and services to support the business of Gas Networks Ireland. Supply Chain is supported by the legal team in respect of contracts and procurement matters.
Reporting to a senior Supply Chain Lawyer on the legal team, the Supply Chain Lawyer will be working on a wide variety of agreements to procure goods and services. The Supply Chain Lawyer should ideally have a working knowledge of procurement legislation and strong commercial contract law experience.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supporting the legal team and the business of Gas Networks Ireland in providing in-house legal advice for all Supply Chain contract and procurement matters, including construction contracts.
- Drafting, negotiating, reviewing and updating various tender documents, standard form and bespoke contracts.
- Managing and supporting third party specialists, including external lawyers to deliver required business outcomes.
- Identifying areas of potential legal risk, developing reporting structures in relation to those risks and conducting reviews where required.
- Promoting legal awareness and communicating to the business when legal input should be sought.
- Delivering in-house training on areas of interest to the wider business.
- Monitoring relevant construction, contracts law and procurement legislative changes and case-law affecting the conduct of the company’s business.
- Ensuring that continuing professional development is maintained and that professional knowledge remains current, by participating in appropriate training / courses / seminars.
- Attendance at various internal committees related to contract approvals.
- Other duties as required from time-to-time.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Qualified Solicitor with circa 5 years post qualification experience, including at least 2 years in commercial contracts – experience of construction and/or health and safety laws advantageous but not essential.
- Knowledge of public procurement procedures and legislation desirable.
- Knowledge of standard form construction contracts and legislation desirable.
- Ability to deal confidently and professionally on day-to-day issues and handle complex issues with limited supervision.
- Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.
- Solution-orientated, i.e. ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than a purely 'academic' approach to legal issues.
- Ability to set own high standards of performance
Applications, including current Curriculum Vitae, should be emailed to the following address stating the job title and reference number in the subject line of your email: recruit@gasnetworks.ie
The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the 13th of June 2025.
Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.
Gas Networks Ireland is an equal opportunities employer
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.
GNI will only hold your data for as long as necessary. By providing a CV to GNI you are agreeing for GNI to process this information about you. If you have any question about how GNI processes your data please see our Privacy Notice. If you have further questions, you can contact us at DataProtection@gasnetworks.ie
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Degree or equivalent in Information Systems or IT discipline with 10 years IT experience with a minimum of 5 years IT security experience.
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing cross-functional teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity technologies, including firewalls, SIEMs, EDR, network security, and AI/ML-based threat detection tools.
- Knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., NISD, GDPR, NIST, ISO 27001, Cyber Fundamentals Framework, ISA 62443).
- Strong understanding and experience with securing cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), including architecture, security controls, and best practices for cloud-based security operations.
- Expertise in incident response, vulnerability management, and cyber resilience planning.
- Proven ability to assess, mitigate, and manage cybersecurity risks and complex issues at an enterprise level.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
Applications, including current Curriculum Vitae, should be emailed to the following address stating the job title and reference number in the subject line of your email: recruit@gasnetworks.ie
The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the 30th April 2025.
Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.
Gas Networks Ireland is an equal opportunities employer
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.
GNI will only hold your data for as long as necessary. By providing a CV to GNI you are agreeing for GNI to process this information about you. If you have any question about how GNI processes your data please see our Privacy Notice. If you have further questions, you can contact us at dataprotection@gasnetworks.ie