Jobs boost for Limerick as software integration firm announces expansion plans

LIMERICK has received a boost with the announcement by SL Controls that it is to create 100 new highly-skilled over the next two years.

The company, which has offices at The National Technology Park in Plassey, says it expects huge growth as its global expansion continues.

SL Controls, which was acquired by global service provider NNIT group in July 2021, says its turnover is expected to reach over €20m by the end of 2025.

The new jobs, announced this Thursday, will be created across country, with many being ‘location independent’.  More than 30 people are currently employed by SL Controls in Limerick and a number of the new jobs will be based in locally.

Commenting on the jobs announcement, SL Controls CEO and co-founder Keith Moran said: “We are delighted to be able to announce a further 100 jobs for Ireland today as well as setting out our strong strategic growth plans. Joining forces with NNIT has further enhanced our service offering to meet our customers’ global requirements for fully integrated solutions across the Operational Technology and Information Technology layers. This has led to an increase in both clients and the level of work across Ireland, the U.S. and Europe. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the SL Controls team who have enabled this strong growth and we look forward to welcoming new team members over the coming months."

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Between 2020 and 2022, the company increased its turnover by 43% to €12.6m. It is projected to increase by another 68% over the next three years with the aim to reach €21m turnover for 2025. 

SL Controls, which has strategic plans to expand across Europe and the Unites States, t has been building its workforce steadily over the past decade and the new jobs will bring the workforce to a total of 220.

The new jobs will be in the engineering field and will be based across Ireland with many of the roles ‘location independent’ to meet the needs of the company’s clients who are located across the globe. 

SL Controls has offices in Limerick, Sligo, Dublin, Galway and Florida and the roles will be a mix of remote and hybrid where workers can combine working from home with working from one of its offices.  

The company is looking for people to fill both project management and technical roles. The technical positions will include: Software Developers, Senior Automation Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, Validation and Compliance Engineers as well as Senior and Intermediate MES Engineers.

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SL Controls is an international provider of equipment system integrated solutions that facilitate the production of cutting-edge healthcare products and technologies that benefit patients around the world. 

The company works with a range of global brands primarily in the pharmaceutical, medical device and technology industries helping them modernise and digitally transform their manufacturing operations. 

SL Controls has been supported by Enterprise Ireland for many years but, following the integration with NNIT, it will be transitioning over to become an IDA client during 2023.