Associate Civil Engineer (Wastewater Networks) - Cork City

ProSource Group; Cork; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Flexible working

Work from abroad allowance

City centre office

Job summary

ProSource Group in Cork seeks an Associate Civil Engineer to lead a strong portfolio with Uisce Éireann and other stakeholders. The role involves managing a growing team and delivering wastewater network projects while expanding the consultancy’s presence in water infrastructure.

The successful candidate will bring a civil engineering honours degree, 10+ years’ experience, and strong leadership and client-facing abilities to shape the future of the water division in a client-focused design

Qualifications

• Honours Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in civil or water engineering.
• Experience delivering wastewater networks, utilities or water infrastructure.
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent desirable.
• Strong project leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as relationship manager and primary contact for Uisce Éireann.
• Lead wastewater network projects and feasibility studies.
• Manage projects from scoping through design and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and oversee outputs quality.
• Manage client expectations, programmes, budgets and resources.
• Lead and develop an initial team of up to six engineers.
• Support recruitment and expansion of the water engineering team.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and review technical reports, feasibility assessments, designs and tender documentation.
• Identify opportunities to expand commissions and strengthen frameworks.
• Support senior management with workload planning and strategic growth.

Skills

Relationship management

Client-facing

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Honours Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered Engineer status desirable

Job description

• Civil Engineer
• Cork

Salary: €85,000 - €90,000

ProSource are looking for an Associate Civil Engineer on behalf of their client, a growing design consultancy, for a position in their Cork office. This is a client-facing role with the opportunity to lead and manage a strong portfolio of existing long-term work with Uisce Eireann and other stakeholders without having to built up networks from scratch, whilst also providing you with the opportunity to grow the team of junior and senior engineers that will be reporting in to you.

Responsibilities

As an Associate Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Acting as a relationship manager and primary point of contact for Uisce Éireann.
• Leading the delivery of wastewater network projects and feasibility studies.
• Managing projects from initial scoping and feasibility through design and delivery.
• Providing technical leadership and overseeing the quality of engineering outputs.
• Managing client expectations, project programmes, budgets and resources.
• Leading, mentoring and developing an initial team of up to six engineering professionals.
• Supporting the recruitment and long-term expansion of the water engineering team.
• Coordinating with internal disciplines, external consultants and project stakeholders.
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports, feasibility assessments, designs and tender documentation.
• Identifying opportunities to expand existing commissions and strengthen the consultancy’s position on Uisce Éireann frameworks.
• Supporting senior management with workload planning, commercial performance and strategic growth.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Honours Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience within civil or water engineering.
• Strong experience delivering wastewater network, utilities or water infrastructure projects.
• Previous experience operating within Uisce Éireann frameworks.
• A consultancy background is preferred, although candidates from contractors with substantial technical design experience will also be considered.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary projects and engineering teams.
• Strong client-facing, relationship-management and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Excellent technical knowledge of feasibility studies, wastewater networks and civil infrastructure design.
• Experience managing project programmes, budgets, resources and technical deliverables.
• Chartered Engineer status, or an equivalent professional qualification, is highly desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

What’s on Offer?

• Salary €85,000–€90,000 DOE
• Ownership of established Uisce Éireann relationships and a secured project pipeline.
• Leadership of an existing team of up to six professionals.
• Significant scope to recruit and expand the team as workload increases.
• The opportunity to shape the future development of the company’s water and wastewater division.
• Industry-leading private health insurance scheme
• Flexible working and work from abroad allowance
• City centre office location

ProSource Group is a specialist Irish recruitment company whose primary focus is recruiting within the Construction and Civil Engineering industries throughout Ireland and Europe.