Manufacturing is at the heart of the Irish engineering sector. Pharma, medical devices and food & drink companies all enjoyed a good 2014 and the outlook for 2015 is healthy.
The government has put a major focus on foreign direct investment while a number of expansion programs are underway by companies already based here.
Overall there will be continued growth in this marked and an increase in employment in the specialised engineering levels.
| Engineering & Operations | Production & Manufacturing | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| General Manager | 90,000 – 120,000 | 80,000 – 110,000 |
| Operations manager | 70,000 – 100,000 | 60,000 – 85,000 |
| Production manager | 45,000 – 70,000 | 45,000 – 65,000 |
| Engineering manager | 60,000 – 85,000 | 55,000 – 80,000 |
| Maintenance manager | 45,000 – 75,000 | 45,000 – 70,000 |
| Process improvement manager | 60,000 – 80,000 | 50,000 – 80,000 |
| NPD manager | 50,000 – 70,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| Technical manager | 50,000 – 70,000 | 45,000 – 70,000 |
| Quality manager | 50,000 – 75,000 | 40,000 – 65,000 |
| H&S manager | 40,000 – 65,000 | 35,000 – 65,000 |
| Project manager | 40,000 – 65,000 | 40,000 – 65,000 |
| Design manager | 45,000 – 70,000 | 45,000 – 70,000 |
| Project engineer | 35,000 – 50,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 |
| Lean six sigma engineer | 45,000 – 65,000 | 40,000 – 60,000 |
| Process improvement engineer | 45,000 – 70,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 |
| Process engineer | 35,000 – 55,000 | 30,000 – 55,000 |
| Design engineer | 35,000 – 55,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| Quality engineer | 30,000 – 50,000 | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Health & Safety engineer | 30,000 – 40,000 | 25,000 – 45,000 |
| Environmental engineer | 25,000 – 45,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| NPD technologist | 30,000 – 40,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| QA / QC technician | 35,000 – 50,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| Commissioning / Validation engineer | 45,000 – 65,000 | 40,000 – 60,000 |
| Controls / automation engineer | 45,000 – 65,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 |
| Maintenance engineer | 35,000 – 55,000 | 30,000 – 45,000 |
| Maintenance technician | 30,000 – 45,000 | 28,000 – 40,000 |
| Engineering & Operations | Technical Services | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Service manager | 45,000 – 55,000 | 40,000 – 55,000 |
| Service engineer | 35,000 – 40,000 | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Facilities manager | 40,000 – 55,000 | 35,000 – 55,000 |
| Facilities technician | 30,000 – 35,000 | 28,000 – 35,000 |
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