Principal Bridge Engineers – Dublin and Leeds
Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit principal bridge engineers with a minimum of 10-15 years’ experience for permanent positions within our expanding bridge teams in Dublin and Leeds.
Job type: Permanent, with full-time, part-time or flexible working options available
Location: Sandyford, D.18, Ireland; Woodford, D. 17, Ireland; and Otley, Leeds, UK
The opportunities
* Provide specialist and technically demanding input to bridge and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects
* Work with a dynamic, talented team on an exciting range of bridgeworks projects
* Develop your skills to the highest industry standards
* Work closely with new and existing clients
* Help grow our business by supporting our bid team
* Advance your career under the guidance of our senior management team
Role responsibilities
* Work with both existing and new bridges and civil structures across a range of materials and forms, superstructure, substructure and articulation elements
* Get involved at the early project stages: scoping, specifying and interpreting surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering, scheme design
* Detailed design: modelling, calculations, overseeing drawing production
* Document preparation, including authoring technical reports, such as AIPs, specifications and contract documents
* Review the work of others: cat 3 checking, as a client representative and designer’s site representative
* Interface with clients from local and national authorities, consultants, and D&B contractors amongst others
* Support the development of our junior staff towards gaining professional qualifications
* A degree in civil/structural engineering to master’s level or equivalent
* Minimum 10-15 years’ professional experience
* Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) or equivalent
* Ability to work within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
* Strong technical knowledge and engineering skills/knowledge of bridge engineering software (analysis and design)
* Flexible, motivated and focused
* Excellent attention to detail
* Ability to produce quality design outputs
* Good organisational skills
* A strong work ethic
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Fluent/highly proficient in spoken and written English
* Detailed knowledge of and experience in the use of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and other standards and legislation including Eurocodes in the field of bridge/structural design
* Multidisciplinary consultancy or contracting experience from allied civil engineering disciplines, such as highways, structural, geotechnics, rail or water
* A willingness and aptitude for understanding and contributing to colleagues’ work in areas beyond transportation infrastructure projects
* Interest in developing a business, liaising directly with clients and working on bids and tenders
About Roughan & O'Donovan
Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is expert in planning, designing and managing major infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients across Ireland and the UK. An independently owned firm, we employ a team of more than 200 people, of over 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin and UK offices.
When you join ROD, you will become part of a team recognised for outstanding technical skill and passion for excellence. You will have access to the exceptional training opportunities our award-winning CPD programme provides and enjoy a workplace that supports growth, flexibility and creativity.
We offer health and wellbeing packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.
We are a friendly team with an active social committee. From surfing weekends to tag rugby, cycling challenges to five-a-side, you'll find lots of ways to get involved.
How to apply
Address your cover letter to Human Resources
Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.
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