Kirby Group Engineering

Construction · Engineering Services
14open roles
4countries with offices
Btruth index, 75 of 100
1000+people

Overview

Kirby Group Engineering is a mechanical and electrical engineering contractor headquartered in Limerick, Ireland, that delivers electrical, instrumentation, piping, HVAC and high-voltage services for data centre, life sciences, industrial and power projects. Founded in 1964 by Tom and Michael Kirby, it has offices in Dublin, Galway, London, Glasgow, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Cape Town, and reported annual turnover of 636 million euros in 2023. The company hires mechanical, electrical and civil supervisors, commissioning and protection and control design engineers, project planners, quantity surveyors, contracts managers and EHS advisors.

How Kirby Group Engineering hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Kirby Group Engineering scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Jobs

In office · 6+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Cape Town
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In office · 1+ year exp · Bachelor's Degree · Cape Town
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In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Ireland
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In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Ireland
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In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Glasgow
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In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dublin
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In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Inverurie
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In office · Full-Time · Inverurie
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In office · Full-Time · Sweden
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In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Dublin
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In office · Full-Time · Ireland
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In office · Full-Time · Glasgow
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
119
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~13 hours
11/07/2026
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
53% ▲
Field & Service
16% ▼
Hardware
12% ▲
Management
5% ▲
Administrative
4%
Operations
4%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+33 in 30 days)

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Kirby Group Engineering over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
10
Postings analysed
22
Stack modernity
62/100
Languages
Python9%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI9%
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
6
Countries
4
Busiest office
Glasgow
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Limerick Ireland
HQ
Glasgow United Kingdom
Plant / site
12 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Administrative
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Cape Town South Africa
Plant / site
10 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 10% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Administrative
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Dublin Ireland
Plant / site
8 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Hardware
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Inverurie United Kingdom
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Galway Ireland
Support & operations
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Support, Administrative, Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Milan Italy
Plant / site
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Administrative, Industrial Engineering
seen since Nov 2026 job postings