Lead Senior Engineer - Bridges

Amey; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits

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Job summary

Amey is seeking a permanent Lead Senior Structural / Bridge Engineer to join the Consulting Structures team in Dublin. You will lead bridge engineering projects, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team across Ireland and the UK, with flexible hybrid working options and a modern Docklands office.

The role emphasizes ownership of deliverables, strong technical leadership, and a focus on safety, quality, and client liaison within national infrastructure programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience in Structures field, likely at Senior Engineer level or equivalent.
• Knowledge of structural design processes and procedures.
• Ability to produce or oversee technically sound engineering solutions meeting standards.
• Takes ownership for deliverables and checks to a high standard.
• Proficiency in relevant software and analytical tools (e.g., LUSAS, Autodesk SBD).
• Demonstrates commercial awareness and risk management.
• Understands interface management and alignment with other disciplines.
• Chartered status with Engineers Ireland, ICE or IStructE desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and deliver bridge engineering projects from start to finish.
• Produce or review designs, calculations, and drawings to meet quality, cost, and schedule.
• Perform structural assessments and inspections as required.
• Mentor junior staff and support professional development.
• Coordinate with clients and suppliers and participate in progress meetings.
• Drive health, safety and welfare practices within the team.
• Support bid preparation and work-winning activities.

Skills

Bridge engineering

Structural analysis

Team leadership

Project management

Safety compliance

LUSAS

Autodesk Structural Bridge Design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related subject

Tools

LUSAS

Autodesk Structural Bridge Design

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Lead Senior Structural / Bridge Engineer to join our Consulting Structures team in Dublin.

With our network of offices across the UK and now Ireland, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

Located in Dublin's thriving Docklands, our new office at The Freight Building is at the heart of our expansion in Ireland. It provides a modern, flexible workspace designed for collaboration and innovation. You will join avibrant team of engineers, project managers,data analysts, commercial experts, safety specialists and operatives working together to support national and regional infrastructure priorities.

Amey’s growth in Ireland is supported by strong partnerships with transport authorities such as Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Iarnród Éireann through various infrastructure frameworks. These include projects to improve strategic road and rail networks, enhancing safety, strengthening resilience, and improving connectivity for communities across Ireland.

What you will be doing

Our Lead Senior Structural Engineers play an important part within Consulting Structures team. As a Lead Senior Structural Engineer, you will provide effective support and assistance to your Technical Director on a variety of Structures public transport schemes, whilst taking the lead on projects and mentoring junior engineers and technicians. As part of our Dublin team, you’ll work on local projects and support initiatives in Ireland and the UK remotely. Responsibilities include:

• Leading a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions.
• Taking ownership and leading bridge engineering projects from start to finish, from preparing the quotation all the way to handover, including:
• Structural assessments
• Principal Inspections / Special Inspections
• Feasibility and other technical reports
• Preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions.
• Contributing to the professional development of junior staff.
• Liaising with Client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, and responding to queries.
• Managing a small, locally based single discipline technical team and taking responsibility for delivery of their workload.
• Contributing to the preparation of bids and general work winning function.
• Drive effective Health and Safety practices within the team.

We want to hear from you if you have

• Developedexperience and expertise within Structures field, probably gained in a Senior Engineerroleor equivalent.
• Comprehensive knowledge of structural design processes and procedures.
• An ability to produceor oversee the production of technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and Client’s requirements.
• Takes ownership for the preparation and checking of deliverables and can check deliverables to a reasonable standard.
• Very good working knowledge of relevant software and similar analytical tools (e.g LUSAS, Autodesk Structural Bridge Design).
• Demonstrates good commercial awareness.
• Has a good understanding of Safety, Health & Welfare and risk assessment.
• Substantially experienced in the management and communication of hazards and risks on projects and ensures appropriate risk mitigation and transference has been applied.
• Demonstrates a good understanding of interface management, and ensures own deliverables align with deliverables produced by other disciplines.
• Incorporated or Chartered status with Engineers Ireland, ICE or IStructE. or an equivalent professional licence gained through the professional institution to which the individual is aligned is desirable and may be essential on particular contracts.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an appropriate subject or demonstrable equivalent further learning.

What we can offer

Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

Some of our benefits include:

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits scheme, including the option to buy additional annual leave and insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership
• Our Save with Amey programme gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey

Who we are Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

What we do We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out more visit our websiteamey.co.uk/careers

Application Guidance

Diversity and Inclusion

We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams andwelcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.