Graduate Programme

Are you an ambitious, driven and motivated graduate? If so, that’s great, and just what we are looking for. How about joining an award winning, and Engineers Ireland CPD approved graduate programme in the Mechanical and Electrical sector?

Our Graduate Programme offers graduates the chance to work on prestigious projects, ranging from data centres to life sciences and renewable energy, both in Ireland and across Europe, while implementing cutting-edge technological advancements. We ensure that our graduates receive challenging work assignments and quality personal, management, technical and commercial training that will benefit you throughout their entire career journey.

Within Kirby, you will be part of a multi-skilled and adaptable team, ready for any challenge and prepared to take on a wide variety of national and international engineering projects.

Kirby provides a limited number of places each year in the Electrical Engineering Graduate Programme. During the two-year graduate programme, you will be assigned a mentor to develop your technical skills for your Electrical Engineering career.

You will complete reports on 10 electrical systems and short placements and assigned to a project where you will manage one to two packages to improve your managerial skills.

Throughout the period, you will complete several short placements working as an Electrical Engineer with the Estimating, Quality, EHS, Planning and Quantity Surveying teams.

On successful completion of the programme, you will be promoted to Electrical Project Engineer.

Entry Requirement:
Minimum Level 7 degree in Electrical Engineering, excellent communication skills and strong work ethic.

Locations where you could be based include Galway, Limerick, Dublin, Sweden, Milan, Netherlands, UK, Scotland, and South Africa.

The Mechanical Engineering Programme offers a limited number of places each year. A mentor will be assigned to each graduate for the two-year period to assist in career progression and provide advice on experience.

As a graduate, you will complete reports on 10 mechanical systems and short placements. During this time, you will be assigned to a project and given responsibility for managing one or two work packages to help develop your managerial skills.

Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Programme, you will also complete several short placements working as a Mechanical Engineer within the Estimating, Quality, EHS, Planning and Quantity Surveying teams.

Upon successful completion of the programme, you will be promoted to Mechanical Project Engineer.

Entry Requirement:
Minimum Level 7 degree in Mechanical Engineering, Excellent communication skills and strong work ethic.

Locations where you could be based include Galway, Limerick, Dublin, Sweden, Milan, Netherlands, UK, Scotland, and South Africa.

Each year, Kirby awards a bursary to female students to encourage women to pursue careers in engineering. The bursary programme is part of Kirby’s ongoing commitment to advance gender diversity within the evolving worlds of engineering and construction.

The bursary programme is open for applications from women studying Electrical, Mechanical or Building Services Engineering.

• Screening.
• Round 1 of interviews.
• Round 2 of interviews.
• The Senior Management Team finalises the list of winners scored against specific criteria and competencies.

• Full scholarship to cover the academic year.
• Paid professional engineering placements on some of Kirby’s cutting-edge projects.
• Professional mentorship with experienced senior engineers.
• The opportunity to become Kirby’s Ambassador at their third level institution.

There are a limited number of places each year on the Kirby Structural Engineering Graduate Programme. Over the two-year programme, you will be assigned a mentor to shadow and assist in developing your skills.

Throughout the programme you will complete…