Careers

What We Look For

• Care about the work. We want people who take pride in doing septic tank services properly, not just quickly.
• Straight talk with customers. You will be in someone's home or business explaining what you found. Plain language beats jargon.
• Reliability. Showing up when you said you would matters more here than any single line on a resume.
• Respect for the property. Protecting the space, cleaning up, and leaving it better than you found it.
• Safety, every time. Following safe practice is part of the job, not an extra.

Experience in septic tank services or a related trade helps. If you have the attitude and not yet the trade experience, say so, because we do train.

Roles We Hire For

We are a small team, so openings come and go with the work. These are the roles we hire into.

Groundworks Operative

Work alongside the site team on septic tank installations, replacements, excavation, pipework and reinstatement across Galway. The role suits somebody comfortable with physical outdoor work who understands that a customer's garden or yard still needs to be treated with care.

Qualifications

• Previous groundworks, drainage, construction or agricultural experience is useful.
• Comfortable working safely around excavation and machinery.
• Reliable, practical and able to follow site instructions.
• Able to work respectfully on occupied residential properties.

Benefits

• Varied work across Galway.
• Hands-on experience with septic and wastewater projects.
• Small-team working environment.
• Opportunity to build broader groundwork skills.

Plant Operator

Support excavation and reinstatement work on septic tank and wastewater projects, with particular attention to restricted residential and rural sites where careful machine handling matters.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience operating excavation or groundwork machinery.
• Good awareness of underground services and restricted working areas.
• Able to work closely with ground staff and follow agreed excavation plans.
• A careful approach to gardens, driveways, walls and property access.

Benefits

• Work on a range of rural and residential sites.
• Regular involvement in complete projects rather than repetitive single tasks.
• Supportive small-team environment.
• Opportunities to develop wastewater installation experience.

Drainage and Septic Technician

Help investigate septic and drainage problems, carry out agreed repairs and support replacement or upgrade projects. This role is suited to somebody who enjoys fault-finding as much as installation work.

Qualifications

• Experience with drainage, pipework, septic systems or related groundwork is preferred.
• Practical problem-solving ability.
• Comfortable explaining basic findings clearly to customers.
• Willing to work outdoors in changing conditions.

Benefits

• Mixture of investigation, repair and installation work.
• Opportunity to develop specialist septic-system experience.
• Direct involvement with customers and site decisions.
• Work throughout the Galway service area.

Customer Service and Scheduling Coordinator

Help customers describe their septic problem, collect useful site and access information, organise bookings and keep communication clear between customers and the field team.

Qualifications

• Clear and friendly telephone and written communication.
• Good organisation and attention to detail.
• Comfortable learning basic septic and wastewater terminology.
• Able to manage changing schedules calmly and practically.

Benefits

• Local Galway-focused customer work.
• Close contact with a small operational team.
• Opportunity to learn how septic and groundwork projects are planned.
• Varied enquiries rather than scripted call-centre work.

How to Apply

Email contact@septictanksgalway.com with "Careers" and the role in the subject line. Include:

• A short note about the kind of work you have done
• Your resume, or simply a list of previous jobs and dates
• The area you can reliably get to
• A phone number and the best time to reach you

We read every application. If there is a fit, expect a short phone conversation first, then a meeting and a ride-along on a job so you can see the work before you commit to it.

We do not always have an opening posted. Send your information anyway. We keep applications on file and reach out first to people who already introduced themselves when a spot opens.

Septic Tanks Galway considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Questions about this page?

Prefer to talk? Call 087 915 6655 or email contact@septictanksgalway.com and we will get back to you.