8 ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • The SCES fleet of vehicles ce S ears nd m very when re so n ed s e of per, n this - Don’t stop asking questions (you will never know everything about the electrical industry, and neither will any of us, so always seek information). - If you are working within a progressive company with good mentors, don’t chase the next 50c or euro by jumping to another company where you won’t get that training and experience. - Invest in your tools from very early on. Buy once and buy right. I still have my very first multimeter I bought in first year in 2007, and it continues to work perfectly. - In my personal opinion, the electrical trade is one of the best apprenticeships out there. The options you have once you qualify are endless. Your trade will be invaluable to you forever. How do you think the global drive towards energy efficiency is affecting the industry in Ireland? It is definitely going in the right direction. You can see that by the vast number of renewables that people and businesses are putting in. We have installed solar photo voltaic and storage on our own offices and stores to try and curtail the spiraling costs of energy. We are entering a different era with regards renewable energy and energy efficiency and that can only be a good thing for our industry as we will all need to diversify with it and learn more about how best to do it. Installation by Shane Casey 2/27/2023 12:34:31 PM What aspects of your job do you enjoy most? I love a challenge. Tell me I can’t or won’t be able to do it, and I will go for it and make it happen! I love building a team around me where we all have to common goal to do the best for each other and for the progression of the SCES brand. We have a fantastic team working with us and they are the main reason why we can drive the company on to where we are today. And we are always looking for like-minded talent to join our team. Every day is a school day. There is no day that you don’t take away another bit of information or learn something. The mayhem and the chaos… I love it! What do you value most about Hager? The product is just fantastic, you know when you are using Hager that you have a quality piece of kit in your hands. You literally can feel the difference from its competitors in your hands. The support that I get from the guys and girls in Hager Ireland is brilliant, if I’m out on site I can pick up the phone and talk to Brendan or Luke in Dublin, and that is invaluable to me and my foremen as contractors. The range they carry is second to none. If you can think of it, they will have a solution for it! And of course… those blue Hager screwdrivers! Do you believe smart homes/building automation will eventually become standard for new builds? In short yes. I think 90% of houses, even now, have some form of smart home device in it, be it a smart speaker or a smart heating thermostat. I think the full smart home systems are still out of reach for most homeowners, but it’s definitely a question that is coming up more and more. On the commercial side, building automation and BMS systems are integral to the running and monitoring of these buildings, and it will only get better as time moves on. What has been your most challenging project to date, and why? I will say it was probably my first large commercial project in 2017, we did a large two-story extension onto a factory in West Cork. I was thrown in at the deep end, and we had a lot of new things to learn, see and do. But we got on with it and got it done on time and on budget. After that, each project has its own challenges, more so because of the scale of the projects that we now undertake. Skilled labor is probably our number one challenge at the moment and that is across the board I would say. Placeholder for image What aspects of your job do you enjoy most? I love a challenge. Tell me I can’t or won’t be able to do it, and I will go for it and make it happen! I love building a team around me where we all have to common goal to do the best for each other and for the progression of the SCES brand. We have a fantastic team working with us and they are the main reason why we can drive the company on to where we are today. And we are always looking for like-minded talent to join our team. Every day is a school day. There is no day that you don’t take away another bit of information or learn something. The mayhem and the chaos… I love it! What do you value most about Hager? The product is just fantastic, you know when you are using Hager that you have a quality piece of kit in your hands. You literally can feel the difference from its competitors in your hands. The support that I get from the guys and girls in Hager Ireland is brilliant, if I’m out on site I can pick up the phone and talk to Brendan or Luke in Dublin, and that is invaluable to me and my foremen as contractors. The range they carry is second to none. If you can think of it, they will have a solution for it! And of course… those blue Hager screwdrivers! hager.ie customer.service@hager.ie technical.service@hager.ie @HagerIr land @hagerireland Do you believe smart homes/building automation will eventually become standard for new builds? In short yes. I think 90% of houses, even now, have some form of smart home device in it, be it a smart speaker or a smart heating thermostat. I think the full smart home systems are still out of reach for most homeowners, but it’s definitely a question that is coming up more and more. On the commercial side, building automation and BMS systems are integral to the running and monitoring of these buildings, and it will only get better as time moves on. What has been your most challenging project to date, and why? I will say it was probably my first large commercial project in 2017, we did a large two-story extension onto a factory in West Cork. I was thrown in at the deep end, and we had a lot of new things to learn, see and do. But we got on with it and got it done on time and on budget. After that, each project has its own challenges, more so because of the scale of the projects that we now undertake. Skilled labor is probably our number one challenge at the moment and that is across the board I would say. Placeholder for image Placeholder for image What aspects of your job do you enjoy most? I love a challenge. Tell me I can’t or won’t be able to do it, and I will go for it and make it happen! I love building a team around me where we all have to common goal to do the best for each other and for the progression of the SCES brand. We have a fantastic team working with us and they are the main reason why we can drive the company on to where we are today. And we are always looking for like-minded talent to join our team. Every day is a school day. There is no day that you don’t take away another bit of information or learn something. The mayhem a d the chaos… I love it! What do you value most about Hager? The product is just fant stic, you know when you ar using Hager that you have a quality piece of kit in your hands. You literally can feel the difference from its competitors in your h nds. The support that I get from the guys and girls in Hager Ireland is brilliant, if I’m out on site I can pick up the phone and talk to Brendan or Luke in Dublin, and that is inv luable t me and my foremen as contractors. The range they carry is sec nd to none. If you can think of it, they will have a solution for it! And of course… those blue Hager scre drivers! hager.ie customer.service@hager.ie technical.service@hager.ie @HagerIreland @hagerireland Do you believe smart homes/building automation will eventually become standard for new builds? In short yes. I think 90% of houses, even now, have some form of smart home device in it, be it a smart speaker or a smart heating thermostat. I think the full smart home systems are still out of reach for most homeowners, but it’s definitely a question that is coming up more and more. On the commercia side, building automat on and BMS systems are integral to the running and monitoring of these buildings, and it will only get better as time moves on. What has been your most challenging project to date, and why? I will say it was probably my first large commercial project in 2017, we did a large two-story extension onto a factory in West Cork. I was thrown in at the deep end, and we had a lot of new things to l arn, ee and do. But we got on with it and got it done on time and on dget. After that, each project has its own challenges, more so because of the scale of the projects that we now undertake. Skilled labor is prob bly our number one challenge at the mome t and that is across the board I would say. Placeholder for image Placeholder for image
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