Opportunity
Civil Project Engineer
We are an engineering consultancy business specialising in renewable energy and sustainability projects. Our project base includes onshore wind, solar PV, energy storage, and grid infrastructure projects. We also continually monitor related sectors such as offshore wind, hydrogen, renewable heat, and transport to expand our services.
About the Role
We require a civil engineer to work on the delivery of wind farms, solar farms, energy storage, and power grid infrastructure projects. The role involves civil engineering design reviews, site assessments, reporting, and providing technical support to the project management team during pre-construction and construction phases. Most of our projects are located in Ireland with some in the UK.
Responsibilities
* Provide civil engineering support on renewable energy projects from planning to construction stages.
* Review designs of civil and structural engineering elements of renewable energy projects including roads, drainage, geotechnical design, wind turbine foundation, solar PV piling and mounting structures, and other related infrastructure.
* Review designs of substation buildings, compounds, and equipment plinths against ESB, EirGrid, and Building Regulation requirements.
* Attend construction meetings on site and remotely.
* Carry out site visits to monitor and review general progress and quality of contractors' construction works.
* Carry out site visits for building inspections and steel and concrete inspections.
* Provide input for Employer's requirements and other technical documents for inclusion in construction contracts.
* Support the PM team in reviewing tender documents from civil contractors.
* Support the PM team in managing construction interfaces between contractors and other project stakeholders.
* Assist the civil engineering and project teams with project cost estimates and tendering for design services.
* Liaise with clients, contractors, site investigation companies, and statutory bodies such as Inland Fisheries, OPW, or TII.
* Become familiar with the Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) and Principal Designer (PD) roles.
* Support the team in health and safety and quality documentation, including carrying out design risk assessments and on-site risk assessments and site audits.
* Assist with desktop studies of proposed and existing wind farm, solar farm, battery storage, and substation projects.
* Assist with preparing tenders and specifications for various engineering contracts for renewable energy projects.
* Support in preparing civil engineering, site layout, and route survey drawings by the CAD team.
Person Requirements
* Educated to degree level (minimum Level 8) in civil engineering.
* Minimum 3 years' experience in civil engineering roles.
* Civil engineering experience of renewable energy or civil engineering infrastructure projects is advantageous.
* Working towards chartered membership of a professional body.
* Hold a current driving license.
* Safe Pass and manual handling training.
* Enthusiastic, self-motivated, strong interpersonal skills.
* Able to work effectively and flexibly within a small team environment.
* A keen interest in renewable energy and sustainability is desirable.
* Able to work from our Dublin office (hybrid working possible).
* Flexibility in relation to travelling and working on sites across Ireland.
* Legally entitled to work in Ireland.