Senior Bridge Engineers – Dublin and Leeds

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking for senior bridge engineers with a minimum of 8-15 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.

Salary: Competitive

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
Support 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

Essential

A degree in civil / structural engineering to master’s level or equivalent. For example, in the Republic of Ireland, a five-year undergraduate degree (Level 9 to the Irish National Framework of Qualifications or Level 8 for those qualified before 2013)
Minimum eight to 15 years’ professional experience
Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) or equivalent, or demonstrably close to achieving chartership.
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 focussed
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

Desirable

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
A readiness to liaise directly with clients and work 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.

Our portfolio features:

bridges, including cable-stayed and moveable bridges
highways, roads, public transport and greenways in Ireland and the UK
residential, health, education, office and retail developments
asset management
research and development
environmental services

Current and recent projects include:

What to expect when you join ROD

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.

To apply

Address your cover letter to Human Resources

Apply by clicking the link: https://bitly.cx/Lkyj

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.

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