Road Engineer

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Ireland is seeking an Engineer with post‑qualification experience in the design and project management of road and active travel schemes. Base locations include Dublin, Limerick or Naas, with a growing team and strong client-facing opportunities.

You will lead concept to detailed designs for major schemes and mentor staff, contributing to tender packages and overall project delivery while complying with health, safety and QA standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design and project management of road/public transport schemes.
• Chartered membership of a relevant engineering institution is essential.
• Knowledge of design standards such as DMURS and TII/NTA guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects to coordinate multi-disciplinary inputs of varying scale and value.
• Liaising with clients, building trusted relationships, and managing expectations.

Skills

Project management

Road infrastructure design

Active Travel schemes

Client management

Civil3D/Open Roads

DMURS understanding

Education

Chartered engineer

Tools

Civil3D/Open Roads

WinDes

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

The Ireland Roads team is seeking an Engineer with relevant post‑qualification experience in the design and project management of road schemes and active travel schemes to be based from either our Dublin, Limerick or Naas offices. The team is growing and offers excellent opportunities for the right candidate.

The successful candidate will lead and help grow a team undertaking concept, preliminary and detailed designs for major national road schemes including the N/M20 Cork to Limerick Project, Public Transport schemes (including Cork BusConnects and MetroLink) and active travel schemes for the National Transport Authority and Local Authorities. The role will primarily be client‑facing and requires a track record of delivery of schemes in the local, regional or national transport arena.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects to ensure coordination and compatibility of multi‑disciplinary inputs on projects of varying scale, complexity and value.
• Liaising with our clients, developing strong trusted relationships, proactively managing their expectations and comprehensively advising them.
• Undertake project technical lead and reviewer roles.
• Using your technical ability and experience to develop our staff.
• Prepare fee proposals and manage budgets for individual projects.
• Be responsible for the development and delivery of discrete and overall project solutions.
• Lead and manage other staff members in the delivery of design drawings, standard construction details, specifications and bill of quantities, supporting the preparation of tender packages.
• Responsible for compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and in‑house quality assurance standards/processes.

Qualifications

• Project management and technical delivery lead experience of Road or Public Transport/Active Travel schemes, with experience of Transport Infrastructure Ireland/National Transport Authority/Local Authority procedures essential.
• Experience of contract document preparation or contract administration/site supervision using Public Works Contracts.
• A chartered member of a relevant engineering technical institution.
• Experience or knowledge of alignment and drainage design software packages such as Civil3D/Open Roads and WinDes preferred, but not essential.
• Good communication, client management and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Excellent IT skills including MS Project.
• A thorough understanding and application of current design standards including Urban Street and/or Active Travel Design (i.e. Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets – DMURS, The Traffic Signs Manual, the Cycle Design Manual, etc.), Highway Geometric Design (i.e. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) Publications) and also TII and NTA Project Management Guidelines.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.