Bridge Inspection and Assessment Engineer

Uniting Holding; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Roughan & O’Donovan is seeking a Bridge Inspection and Assessment Engineer with five to seven years of experience, including one year in bridge structural inspections. This permanent position involves undertaking complex inspections, supporting project delivery, and working with various materials. A Level 8 degree in civil/structural engineering and chartered status are essential. The role is based in Dublin or Cork, with numerous significant projects across Ireland and the UK. Opportunity for professional development is provided under experienced mentors.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years' relevant post-qualification experience in bridge inspection, design or construction.
• Chartered status with a recognised professional body.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Undertake bridge and structural inspections.
• Input to scopes, specifications, and interpretations of surveys.
• Support the delivery of projects and assist in the production of drawings.

Skills

Bridge inspection

Structural analysis

Capacity assessment

Technical reporting

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Honours degree in civil/structural engineering

Job description

Bridge Inspection and Assessment Engineer

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a bridge inspection and assessment engineer with five to seven years’ relevant experience for a permanent position within our award-winning bridge engineering team

Job type: Permanent

Location: Sandyford, D.18, Woodford, D. 17 or Cork City

Salary: Competitive

About the role

You will join a talented bridge team with a reputation for delivering complex bridge asset management projects across Ireland and the UK.

You will provide specialist, technically demanding input to bridge and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects. The role will provide you with the opportunity to deepen your technical knowledge whilst advancing your professional development under the guidance of experienced mentors.

From award‑winning cable‑stayed bridges to small footbridges and culverts, our bridge team’s portfolio of infrastructural asset management is wide‑ranging. Our services cover the entire bridge cycle from initial planning, preliminary and detailed design through to inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation.

Current and recent projects include:

• DART+ West
• Narrow Water Bridge
• George’s Dock Bridge, Dublin
• Whitegates to Athlone Castle Cycleway
• Humber Bridge Maintenance Operation
• A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe Dualling scheme
• TII Eirspan – Cavan Bridges
• Samuel Beckett Bridge Operation

Responsibilities

• Undertake bridge and structural inspections
• Undertake structural analysis, capacity assessment and forensic investigations into deterioration of infrastructural networks
• Input - from early project stages - to scopes, specifications and interpretations of surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering and scheme design
• Undertake preliminary and detailed design of bridge refurbishment schemes
• Support the delivery of projects
• Work with bridges and civil structures across a range of materials and forms
• Assist in the production of drawings
• Contribute to documents, including authoring technical reports, such as AIPs, specifications and contract documents
• Support graduate engineers as they progress towards chartership

Essential

• Honours degree in civil/structural engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• Five to seven years' relevant post‑qualification experience in bridge inspection, design or construction including a minimum of one year’s experience of undertaking bridge structural inspections
• Chartered status with a recognised professional body
• Working knowledge of inspection and assessment codes and standards in the bridge engineering field (i.e. Eirspan Bridge Management System, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Irish Rail, Network Rail, etc.)
• A strong work ethic
• Flexible, motivated and focused
• Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English
• Full, clean driving licence

Desirable

• Previous experience as a TII Bridge Inspection Team Leader
• Have completed the Department of Transport LASNTG Bridge Engineering Inspection course
• Ability to undertake bridge structure analytical modelling, such as construction stage and finite element analysis
• Experience in bridge durability assessment and testing
• Knowledge of bridge structural health monitoring and deterioration mechanisms
• Experience of working independently
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.

Roughan & O'Donovan will retain, for at least one year, all records arising through the recruitment process for compliance purposes in line with the Employment Equality Acts, 1998-2015.

Roughan & O'Donovan is not accepting unsolicited CVs from search firms. CVs submitted by search firms without a valid written search agreement, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the sole property of Roughan & O'Donovan, and no fee will be paid in the event of candidate(s) being hired.