NDT Inspection Management Software for Inspection Companies in Ireland

Short answer: The Atlantis ERP solution is a fully customized ERP for NDT and inspection companies working in Ireland. It keeps PCN and other EN ISO 9712 certificates next to ASNT SNT-TC-1A and CP-189 records with automatic expiry status, controls instrument calibration, dispatches crews to pharma sites, the refinery, power stations and fabrication yards, captures reports offline and runs quoting through invoicing on one system. Implementation is remote and typically takes 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff, depending on how clean your existing records are. Affordable. Accessible. Fully customizable. Ask for an Ireland demo.

Inspection companies in Ireland have an unusual client mix. A large share of the work comes from US-owned pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and semiconductor plants that bring American codes and American quality expectations with them, while the refinery, the power stations, the gas network and the fabrication shops work to European standards and Irish regulations. One technician may hold a PCN certificate for European work and an employer certification under an SNT-TC-1A written practice for a US client in the same month. The software you run the business on has to cope with both without anyone keeping a second spreadsheet. This page explains where the work is, what clients and regulators ask for, what the Atlantis ERP actually does, and what to check before you choose any system.

The Ireland inspection market: where NDT companies find work

Direct answer: NDT demand in Ireland clusters around Cork Harbour (refining, pharma, power), the Shannon Estuary (alumina, power, aviation), the greater Dublin area (pharma, data centres, semiconductors, power and gas), the Corrib gas terminal in Mayo, and fabrication and engineering shops spread across the midlands and the west. Each cluster brings its own codes, clients and document packs.

Cork Harbour. The Whitegate refinery, owned and operated by Irving Oil, is Ireland's only oil refinery, and it generates turnaround and in-service inspection work on vessels, exchangers, piping and storage tanks. Around the harbour, Ringaskiddy, Little Island and Carrigtwohill host one of Europe's densest clusters of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Those plants run stainless process piping, clean steam systems, reactors and pressure vessels, and their capital projects and shutdowns produce steady visual, borescope, penetrant, radiographic and ultrasonic work. Gas-fired power stations and the port add their own maintenance demand.

Shannon Estuary and the mid-west. The Aughinish alumina refinery near Askeaton is a large heavy-industry site with digesters, tanks, pressure equipment and structural steel. Moneypoint, ESB's large station on the Clare side of the estuary, and the Tarbert site across the water have long been sources of boiler and pipework inspection. Shannon Airport and the surrounding industrial zone support aircraft maintenance, component repair and engineering firms, and Ireland's role as a global aircraft-leasing centre means a steady flow of aircraft records and inspection work when aircraft move between lessees.

Greater Dublin and Leinster. Pharma and medical-device plants run from Dublin out to Kildare, Meath and Louth. The semiconductor campus at Leixlip and a long pipeline of data-centre projects need structural and piping weld inspection during construction. Dublin Bay has gas-fired generation at Poolbeg and Ringsend, and Dublin Port handles fuel and bulk cargo with tank farms that need periodic inspection.

West and offshore. The Corrib gas field feeds the Bellanaboy terminal in County Mayo. Gas Networks Ireland's transmission pipelines and the interconnectors to Scotland need integrity work. Offshore wind is at an early stage: Arklow Bank Phase 1 off Wicklow has operated for two decades, and larger east-coast and south-coast projects are moving through consenting and auctions, which should bring foundation, tower and port fabrication work over the coming decade.

For an inspection company, that map means mixed codes, travel between clusters and clients who each specify their own report format. The software problem is not writing one report. It is proving, for any job on any date, that a certified person used a calibrated instrument under an approved procedure, and then billing for it correctly.

What clients in Ireland ask NDT vendors for

Direct answer: Irish clients ask for current personnel certificates (usually PCN or another EN ISO 9712 certificate, and ASNT-based employer certification for US-owned sites), approved procedures, calibration certificates for every instrument, method-specific reports in their own format, safety documentation for site access, and often ISO/IEC 17020 or 17025 accreditation through INAB.

US-owned pharma and device manufacturers tend to run supplier qualification the way their US parent does. Expect requests for certification records with method, level, expiry and eye-test dates; procedure numbers and revisions on every report; equipment serial numbers matched to calibration certificates; and change control on anything that touches a validated system. Process piping on these sites is often built to ASME BPE and ASME B31.3, so ASME Section V references and ASNT-based certification come up regularly, even though the technician may also hold a PCN certificate.

The refinery, power stations and gas network tend to ask for EN ISO 9712 certification, procedures referencing EN and ISO standards, written schemes of examination for pressure systems, and permit-to-work and induction records before anyone is allowed through the gate. Fabricators building pressure equipment for the European market need NDT personnel who satisfy the Pressure Equipment Directive, which for category III and IV equipment requires NDT personnel to be approved by a recognised third-party organisation.

Accreditation matters too. Many Irish laboratories and inspection bodies hold ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation from the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB), and some clients only buy from accredited providers. An ERP does not make you accredited, but it holds the evidence an assessor asks to see: competence records, calibration traceability, procedure control and report review. Atlantis itself runs an ISO 9001 quality system, so the document-control habits built into the ERP come from the same discipline.

What the Atlantis ERP does for NDT companies in Ireland

Direct answer: The Atlantis ERP covers technician certification tracking, NDT equipment and calibration control, crew dispatch, offline field reporting, procedure control, quoting, timesheets and invoicing. The table maps typical Irish needs to built-in features; anything not listed is configured during implementation.

Each app is described on the ERP apps page, including certificates, asset management, procedures and NDT reports. The full product overview is on the Atlantis ERP page, and this feature list explains how the pieces connect.

Certification tracking for PCN, EN ISO 9712 and ASNT side by side

Direct answer: Each certificate is a separate record with its own scheme, level, method, certifying body and dates, so a PCN UT Level 2 certificate and an SNT-TC-1A employer certification for the same technician sit side by side with separate expiry tracking. Vision tests are recorded separately with their own expiry.

Ireland does not run a national NDT certification body of its own in the way some countries do, so Irish technicians commonly hold PCN certificates issued through BINDT or certificates from other EN ISO 9712 certification bodies elsewhere in Europe. Technicians who work for US-owned clients, or who have worked in the United States, often also hold employer certification under an SNT-TC-1A written practice or a CP-189 programme. CSWIP welding inspection certificates are common on fabrication and construction work. The ERP records all of these; it does not certify anyone and it does not decide which scheme a client will accept.

Each certificate record holds the scheme, level (trainee, I, II or III), method, certifying body, industry sector, issue, expiry and renewal dates, OJT hours, training hours, whether the exam was passed, and the scanned certificate as an attachment. Certificate templates per scheme hold the validity period in months, whether a vision test or exam is required, and the minimum OJT and training hours, so a new record follows the rules you set for that scheme. Vision tests are recorded with near vision (Jaeger J1/J2), far vision, colour perception, contrast, examiner, clinic, certificate file and expiry.

For employer-based certification under SNT-TC-1A, the ERP also stores examination sheets with general, specific and practical scores against a passing score, so your Level III can see the exam evidence behind each certification. The employee NDT profile shows the highest level held, the methods certified, radiation safety training, radiation badge number and medical fitness expiry. That last group matters in Ireland because radiography work is licensed by the EPA and clients want to see dose monitoring and training records before a source arrives on site.

If your company needs help writing or updating an SNT-TC-1A written practice for US-client work, that is a consulting service rather than an ERP feature; see employer certification programmes and written practice development. Atlantis training is ASNT SNT-TC-1A based only; we do not train toward PCN or other ISO 9712 certificates, but the ERP stores them.

Compliance, regulators and data questions in Ireland

Direct answer: Industrial radiography in Ireland is authorised by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Radiological Protection Act 1991 and the Ionising Radiation Regulations 2019. Pressure systems in use fall under the Health and Safety Authority's general application regulations, and new pressure equipment under the EU Pressure Equipment Directive. GDPR applies to every technician record you hold.

The EPA is the national regulator for ionising radiation and uses a graded system of registration and licensing; higher-risk practices such as industrial radiography need a licence, and transport of radioactive sources must also be authorised. An inspection company's radiation protection paperwork lives partly outside the ERP, but the ERP can hold the parts that change with people and equipment: radiation safety training and badge numbers on each employee profile, source-related equipment by serial number with movement records, and vehicles flagged as able to carry radioactive sources with transport licence numbers and expiry dates in the fleet app.

The Health and Safety Authority enforces the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations, which include the pressure systems requirements for written schemes and examinations by a competent person. NDT companies usually support those examinations rather than act as the competent person, so the useful ERP features are the references captured on each report (work order, request, drawing, procedure and standard numbers) and the ability to pull every report for one asset or one client quickly when an examination is due. The Pressure Equipment Directive governs equipment placed on the market, and fabricators need NDT personnel approval records for higher-category equipment; the certificate register keeps those approvals with their certifying body and dates.

Data protection is a real question in Ireland, where the Data Protection Commission is the regulator and many clients have strict supplier rules. Technician records include personal data such as eye tests, medical fitness dates and dose badge numbers. Where your data is hosted, who can access it, and retention rules are discussed during scoping, and the access rights for each role are configured during implementation. We do not promise a particular hosting location on this page; ask the question on your demo call and get the answer in writing.

VAT invoicing is set up for your company during implementation. Taxes, payment terms and reminders are configured per country, so invoices carry the details your accountant and Revenue expect; confirm any specific e-invoicing format a public-sector client requires during scoping.

Equipment, calibration and field reporting across Irish sites

Direct answer: Every flaw detector, probe, yoke, thickness gauge and source-related item is tracked by serial number with its calibration status, the person it is issued to and its condition. The offline field app lets technicians write reports where there is no signal and sync later.

Irish NDT companies often run a modest pool of instruments across a lot of sites, which is exactly when kit goes missing or goes out on a job a week past its calibration date. In the asset management app, each item carries its equipment type, assigned person, condition, asset tag, firmware, accessories, lifecycle stage (new, active, in calibration, in repair, rented out, retired or disposed), calibration frequency and status. Equipment is issued and returned through a workflow with supervisor and manager approval, and condition is recorded both ways. Reservations prevent two crews booking the same phased-array set for overlapping jobs, and inbound and outbound movements are recorded.

Calibration records hold the provider, certificate number, standard, range, uncertainty, whether the lab is accredited, the result and the next due date, and the calibration certificate register holds the lab's accreditation number and the PDF with valid, expiring and expired status. When a supervisor assigns a gauge that is out of calibration to a job, the team assignment shows a warning. Consumables such as couplant, penetrant, developer, magnetic ink and PPE are tracked with reorder levels and a low-stock flag.

On site, technicians use the installable offline app: pick the method, enter readings, take photos, sign on screen and preview the PDF. Drafts and photos stay on the device until there is a connection. The ERP supports 17 report types, including UT, RT, MT, PT, VT, ECT, IRIS, PAUT, MFL, TOFD, PMI, hardness, UT thickness, ferrite, holiday/coating and computed radiography, each with its own numbering. Reports move from draft to in progress, review, approved and sent, with inspector, reviewer and approver signatures and a field for a third-party or authorised inspector. For more on report design, see Digital Twin Reporting Software and where Excel reporting breaks.

Implementation for an Irish inspection company

Direct answer: Implementation is remote and typically takes 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff. The main variable is how clean your existing records are: technician certificates, instrument lists with calibration dates, client lists and report templates. Atlantis configures the system to your process rather than asking you to change it.

A typical sequence looks like this. First, a scoping call to agree which apps you need, which certification schemes you hold, which report formats your top clients demand, and how you invoice. Second, data collection: a spreadsheet of technicians and certificates, an instrument register with serial numbers and calibration dates, a client and site list, your procedure index and sample reports. Third, configuration: certificate templates per scheme, alert recipients and look-ahead days, report templates with your logo, quotation and invoice layouts, and VAT and payment settings. Fourth, a short training session for office staff, supervisors and technicians, followed by a first live job with support on hand.

If your certificate records are scattered across email attachments and three different spreadsheets, cleaning them up is the slowest step, and it is worth doing anyway. If you already have tidy registers, the 2-week end of the range is realistic. Larger companies with several divisions or complex integrations take longer; that is agreed during scoping, not discovered later. See the implementation timeline page for a more detailed plan.

Local-language interface questions do not usually arise in Ireland because work is done in English, but if you run crews with other first languages, the options are discussed during scoping.

Integrations with SAP, Maximo, NetSuite and QuickBooks

Direct answer: The Atlantis ERP has an open REST API and integrates with SAP, Maximo, NetSuite, QuickBooks or any system that accepts API connections. Each integration is scoped per implementation, so you build only the connections you actually need.

The common integration requests from Irish inspection companies fall into three groups. The first is accounting: some companies keep their existing finance package and want approved invoices or timesheet totals pushed across. The second is client systems: large pharma and energy clients often run SAP or Maximo for work orders, and an inspection company may want to receive work-order numbers or return report references automatically rather than retyping them. The third is field devices: the ERP's REST API for field devices exposes the jobs assigned to a technician, the equipment issued to them, report submission and sync. Integrations are scoped, built and tested during implementation. See the integration matrix for what is typically exchanged with each system.

Spreadsheets vs generic ERP vs Atlantis ERP

Direct answer: Spreadsheets cost nothing to start but fail at certification and calibration control. Generic ERP systems handle finance well but need heavy customisation for NDT. The Atlantis ERP starts with NDT records built in and is configured to your process.

If you are comparing specialist vendors, ask each one the same questions: can it hold several schemes per technician, does it block expired certificates at dispatch or timesheet, does it link calibration to assignment, and can it produce your client's report format without manual editing. For a broader view, read NDT ERP vs generic ERP, NDT software vs field service software and the 2026 buyer's guide.

Atlantis ERP near Ireland and across Europe

Direct answer: The Atlantis ERP is delivered remotely, so it serves companies anywhere in Ireland, from Cork and Limerick to Dublin, Galway and Sligo. Related pages cover neighbouring markets in the UK and northern Europe.

Many Irish inspection companies also work in Great Britain, and many British contractors cross the Irish Sea for shutdowns. If that describes you, read NDT ERP in the UK and NDT ERP in Scotland, plus city pages for London, Glasgow and Aberdeen. For continental Europe, see the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway. If your work includes ships or marine structures, the marine report mode merges the classification-society certificate, the inspector's Level II certificate and the calibration certificate into one PDF; see marine and offshore NDT. To see inspection data in 3D, see Atlantis Digital Twins.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best ERP for an NDT company in Ireland?

The best fit is a system that holds PCN, EN ISO 9712 and ASNT certificates per technician, links calibration to job assignment, produces your clients' report formats and invoices the work without retyping. The Atlantis ERP is built for that, and a demo on your own data is the fastest way to judge it.

Can the ERP track PCN certificates?

Yes. PCN is one of the schemes in the certificate record, alongside SNT-TC-1A, CP-189, ISO 9712, CSWIP and other. Each certificate has its own method, level, certifying body, dates and attachment, and its status updates automatically.

Can one technician hold both a PCN certificate and an ASNT-based certification?

Yes. Each certificate is a separate record, so a technician can hold a PCN Level 2 in UT and an SNT-TC-1A employer certification in UT at the same time, each with its own expiry and alerts.

Does it work for US-owned pharma sites in Cork and Dublin?

Yes. The certificate register, procedure control, calibration records and approval workflow on reports produce the evidence those clients ask for during supplier audits. Report templates can follow each client's format.

Can we record EPA radiation licence details?

The ERP stores radiation safety training and badge numbers on each employee profile, source-related equipment by serial number, and fleet vehicles that can carry radioactive sources with transport licence numbers and expiry. Your EPA licence document itself can be stored as a company certification with alert days.

Is our data stored in the EU?

Hosting location, access control and data retention are discussed during scoping so they match your GDPR obligations and your clients' supplier rules. Ask for the answer in writing before you sign.

How long does implementation take?

Typically 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff, delivered remotely. It depends mostly on how clean your existing certificate, instrument and client records are.

Does it handle Irish VAT on invoices?

Taxes, payment terms and reminders are configured per country during implementation, so your invoices carry the VAT treatment your accountant sets.

Does the ERP do plant integrity engineering?

No. The ERP manages your company: people, equipment, procedures, jobs, reports and billing. Integrity engineering and inspection planning for the plant belong to the owner's own systems and engineers; your reports feed them.

Can it connect to a client's SAP or Maximo?

Yes, through the open REST API, scoped per implementation. Typical exchanges are work-order numbers in and report references out.

Can technicians write reports offline?

Yes. The installable field app stores drafts and photos on the device without signal and syncs when a connection returns, with on-screen signatures and PDF preview.

How much does the ERP cost in Ireland?

Quote on request. Scope depends on the apps you need, the number of users and any integrations. The Atlantis ERP is affordable, accessible and fully customizable.

Get an Ireland NDT ERP demo

Tell us how your company runs today: how many technicians, which certification schemes, which clients and which report formats. We will show the Atlantis ERP doing that work and send a written quote. Book a demo for your Irish inspection company, request a quote, or ask about moving your certificate records. If you also need Level III support, see NDT consulting.

More Atlantis NDT services in Ireland

• Level III consulting in Ireland
• Practical NDT simulator in Ireland