{"id":166272,"date":"2026-10-02T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=166272"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:00:44","slug":"socotec-set-double-irish-workforce-by-2030-part-huge-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/socotec-set-double-irish-workforce-by-2030-part-huge-investment\/166272\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCOTEC set to double Irish workforce by 2030 as part of huge investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services, SOCOTEC, today announced an accelerated investment in the Irish market, committing to doubling its workforce over the next four years and launching a dedicated Ireland website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socotec.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socotec.ie<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A new local recruitment drive looks set to massively expand the existing team of technical engineers that will support an expanded range of Irish-specific services spanning engineering, fire safety, environmental, monitoring, surveying and laboratory testing will also be delivered to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The move builds upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/socotec-uk-ireland-strengthens-infrastructure-capabilities-strategic-acquisition-lstc-group\/162175\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOCOTEC&#8217;s recent activity in Ireland<\/a>, including its acquisition of infrastructure firm Lloyds Datum Group, the opening of a new Dublin office focused on structural and fire engineering, drawing on the firm\u2019s established engineering facility in Letterkenny, which has long served clients across Ireland with specialist fire engineering services, as well as future investment in its air and emissions office in Naas, County Kildare.<\/p>\n<p>Dependent upon the demand for certain other services such as water flow monitoring and hydrographic surveys, there could let be more services and investment to come in SOCOTEC\u2019s Irish operations.<\/p>\n<p>The new socotec.ie website will, for the first time, bring together the full scope of SOCOTEC&#8217;s Irish capabilities, breaking everything down into professional, technical and laboratory services, giving interested parties a direct line to SOCOTEC&#8217;s Irish teams.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the digital investment, SOCOTEC is launching a dedicated recruitment drive to grow its Irish workforce with new roles aiming to bring in talent across engineering, fire safety, environmental, monitoring, surveying, testing and technical in order to support the country&#8217;s growing demand for integrated compliance, risk and testing services.<\/p>\n<p>The move reflects SOCOTEC&#8217;s ambition to build long-term local capability, ensuring Irish clients are better served by locally-based service lines with staff who understand the regional regulatory landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Dillon, Managing Director of LDG Lloyds &amp; LDG Datum, heads up SOCOTEC\u2019s Ireland operations, said of the move: \u201cWhat we&#8217;re seeing is a changing demand from clients who want a single partner that can cover consultancy, engineering, monitoring and testing, without having to piece it together themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s exactly what this next phase of investment into Ireland is designed to deliver. We&#8217;re not only focused on engineering; we&#8217;re building out a genuinely holistic technical consultancy offering for the Irish market, and we need more subject matter technical experts who can help bring that to life for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SOCOTEC UK &amp; Ireland CEO, Matthew Marriott, said: \u201cOur investment in Ireland, from the expansion of the Dublin office and the Lloyds Datum Group acquisition, through to our new website and recruitment drive, is a clear signal of intent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen combining our engineering expertise with the environmental and laboratory services available at SOCOTEC, we can offer Irish clients a complete range of technical consultancy solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about building a lasting, locally-led operation in Ireland, not just a presence.\u201d<br \/>\nSOCOTEC&#8217;s expansion into Ireland aligns with its Group&#8217;s global growth strategy, which already operates across 26 countries, serving more than 200,000 clients worldwide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SOCOTEC Irish investment will see a doubling in workforce over the next four years as well as the launching of a new website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":166273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[464,172727,172892,172839],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[173022],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-166272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-contributor-profile","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-recruitment","12":"stakeholder_rel_tag-socotec"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SOCOTEC set to double Irish workforce by 2030 as part of huge investment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SOCOTEC Irish investment will see a doubling in workforce over the next four years as well as the launching of a new website\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/socotec-set-double-irish-workforce-by-2030-part-huge-investment\/166272\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOCOTEC set to double Irish workforce by 2030 as part of huge investment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SOCOTEC Irish investment will see a doubling in workforce over the next four years as well as the launching of a new website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/socotec-set-double-irish-workforce-by-2030-part-huge-investment\/166272\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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