Canadian-Irish engineering firm to expand in Cork creating 100 jobs

The positions announced will be in a range of engineering fields

Waterman Tecsar Engineering Alliance is expanding with plans to hire 100 people over the next three years. Pictured at the new location just off the Bandon Road Roundabout, Cork are Conor MacSweeney, Business Lead and Eric Waterman, Founder of Waterman Consulting Engineers. Picture: Alison Miles, OSM Photography

Industrial engineering firm Waterman Tecsar Engineering Alliance is to create 100 jobs over the next three years from its base in Cork City as it expands its operations here.

The company was formed by two engineering companies, Canadian firm Tecsar Engineering Inc and Cork-based Waterman Consulting Engineers.

Tecsar, located in Sarnia, Ontario has been operating in Canada for more than 45 years and currently employs more than 100 people. Waterman was established in 1996 with an office on Union Quay in Cork City.

Conor MacSweeney of Tecsar approached Eric Waterman and the two businesses officially aligned at the end of 2023. The positions announced today will be in a range of engineering fields including Process Piping, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Civil Structural Engineering.

Waterman Tecsar Engineering operates as a multi-disciplinary firm that offers a wide array of services within the chemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and refinery sectors and encompasses all phases of an industrial project, from initial idea through various gates to implementation, construction and commissioning.

Some of their clients include BASF, DuPont, Dow, Cork Plastics, Shell, Ineos Styrolution and NOVA Chemicals.

“My parents were both born and raised in Cork, moved to Canada and started Tecsar Engineering 45 years ago," Business Lead Conor MacSweeney said. "We wanted to return to their roots and were really excited when an opportunity for this alliance arose with Waterman Consulting Engineering. Both companies shared the same principles of client first with preparation being key to the success of every project we undertake."

"I am really looking forward to expanding our services both in Canada, USA, and Ireland but also in Europe which I believe will be a strong possibility thanks to this union.”

The hiring process has already begun with 25 engineers working at the new Cork office near the Bandon Road Roundabout.

Mr MacSweeney added: “The alliance formally cements a good working relationship that has developed over the past number of years, whereby each company has provided services to the other. The Irish industrial market needs additional quality engineering options, and we are prepared to service it.”