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December 2011/January 2012 www.esb.ie/em
Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards
CONGRATULATIONS TO LOUISE Connolly of ESBI Engineering, who was named Chartered Engineer of the Year 2011 by Engineers Ireland. Louise, who, is the first female to win this award, was announced the winner at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards on Friday November 4th.
Each of the six finalists was interviewed by an adjudication panel and made a presentation to a public meeting of Engineers Ireland on their showcase engineering project. Louise’s project related to the gas pipeline to the Carrington Power Plant, Manchester, UK.
Congratulations also to ESB Human Resources Leadership and People Development Manager Michael Loughnane, who was named Engineers Ireland Volunteer of the Year for his for his voluntary services to Engineers Ireland. Pat O’Doherty addressed the awards ceremony, his first official function as CEO designate of ESB.
If you are interested in becoming a Chartered Engineer, please contact ESB Energy International’s coordinator, Greg Hanna.
ESB’s Participation in the Government’s National Internship Scheme - JOBBRIDGE
ESB IS DELIGHTED to participate in the Government’s National Internship Scheme, JobBridge. JobBridge is a key element of the Government’s Jobs Initiative. JobBridge, which consists of 5,000 places, will give individuals on the Live Register for at least three months the opportunity to undertake a quality internship in an organisation in the private, public, community or voluntary sectors for a six/nine month period. Interns will receive an allowance of £50 per week in addition to their existing social welfare entitlement. This allowance will be payable for the duration of the internship. As the Department of Social Protection is paying the weekly £50 allowance to interns, there will be no direct cost to participating organisations.
JobBridge is open to jobseekers that are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after training or education or as unemployed workers seeking to learn new skills.
ESB has committed to taking on 200 interns throughout the company by 30th June 2013. To date ESB have advertised 68 internships on the JobBridge website and a number of interns have taken up internships with ESB in a cross section of roles throughout the company.
For more information check out www.jobbridge.ie.
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ESB ecars Key Partner in a Smart Energy EU Project
ESB ECARS IS a partner in an EU project called Future Internet for Smart Energy (FINSENY) which is part of the European Commission’s Future Internet Research programme. The project is looking at how the internet will, in the future, impact on and help develop electro-mobility and smart transport, smart houses and smart grids. It will also study the reverse impact of these technologies - how they will themselves drive changes in the way the internet works. To identify these requirements, key organisations from both the energy and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) sectors have teamed up to jointly develop new solutions.
ESB ecars is one of 35 companies in the £5million Euorpean project. The Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG), a centre for excellence for ICT research and innovation based in Waterford Institute of Technology, is also involved. The third Irish partner is Intune Networks, a home grown Irish company that has become the world leader in optical switches for ICT systems. Its patentedoptical packet switch & transport (OPST) developments allow ultra-fast switching of computer network communications allowing vast amounts of data be used much faster than ever before.
ESB ecars Chief Technology Officer Senan McGrath said, “ESB ecars is committed to helping Ireland achieve its environmental targets and is tasked with making this a reality by rolling out a nationwide charging infrastructure including the supporting IT systems. We are also very pleased that our project gives opportunities for leading-edge Irish companies and we are delighted to work with them.”
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Work Life Balance Photo Competition
SERVICES & ELECTRIC IRELAND Equality & Diversity Group are running a photography competition for staff on the theme of Work –Life Balance
WHO MAY PARTICIPATE? This competition is open to all staff, retired staff and to their children and partners. You do not have to be an experienced photographer to enter. All you need is a digital camera, a bit of a creative flare and the desire to win some lovely prizes from ESB Electric Ireland Online Store.
JUDGING The photographs will be judged by an independent panel of judges on the following criteria:
- Communications of Work-life Balance theme
- Originality of the picture idea
- Composition and presentation
THE PRIZES There will be a number of prizes awarded from our On Line Store, with a special prize for the best picture by children U16.
HOW TO ENTER To enter this competition, all you need to do is to is submit your picture with a caption by email to: caitlin.neary@esbelectricireland.ie
All staff & retired staff should provide their staff number. Entries from children and partners should include the name and staff number of the staff member, and children U16 should include their age. Closing date for entry is January 11th 2012
Finalists will be notified by email or by telephone.
