Senior Bridge Engineer - Dublin or Cork

Uniting Holding; Cork, Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniting Holding is seeking a Senior Bridge Engineer to join their team in Cork. This permanent position requires a minimum of seven years of relevant experience in bridge design.

The role involves managing projects, providing technical support, and supervising design engineers. Ideal candidates will have a degree in civil engineering and chartered status.

Flexible work and competitive salary offered. Join us in delivering significant infrastructure projects across Ireland.

Qualifications

• Minimum of seven years' post-qualification experience in detailed design of bridges.
• Ability to manage bridge structure analytical modelling.
• Excellent understanding of bridge structural detailing.

Responsibilities

• Work with bridge and civil structures across various materials.
• Undertake and manage preliminary and detailed design work.
• Support the team to deliver projects within agreed timeframes.
• Interface with clients and support senior team members.

Skills

Structural analysis software

Bridge design

Analytical modelling

Team management

Technical report writing

Fluent in English

Education

Honours degree in civil or structural engineering

Chartered status with Engineers Ireland, ICE or IStructE

Tools

Finite element analysis software

Job description

Senior Bridge Engineer - Dublin or Cork

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a talented senior bridge engineer with a minimum of seven years’ relevant experience for a permanent position within our bridge and civil-structural engineering team.

Job type: Permanent

Location: Dublin or Cork

Salary: Competitive

About the role

As an experienced senior bridge engineer, you will play an integral role in our bridge team and provide input to bridge and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects. You will be supported throughout by senior members of our bridge teams in Ireland and the UK.

Current and recent multidisciplinary projects include:

• A DART+ West, Ireland
• Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project, Ireland
• Narrow Water Bridge Project, Ireland
• George’s Dock Bridge, Ireland
• Herring Bridge, Great Yarmouth, UK
• Renfrew Bridge, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Whitegates to Athlone Castle Cycleway, Athlone, Ireland
• A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe dualling scheme, Northern Ireland

Main duties and responsibilities

• Work with existing and new bridge and civil structures across a range of materials and forms, superstructure, substructure, foundation and articulation elements
• Participate in early project stages, including scoping, specifying and interpreting surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering and scheme design
• Undertake and manage preliminary design and detailed design work, including structural analytical modelling, calculations etc.
• Review drawings
• Prepare documents, including technical reports, specifications and contract documents
• Support the team to deliver projects within agreed timeframes
• Undertake independent design checking and provide construction stage technical support
• Interface with clients from local and national authorities, consultants and design‑and‑build contractors amongst others
• Support other senior members of the bridge team in preparing bids/tenders
• Supervise bridge design engineers

Essential requirements

• Honours degree in civil or structural engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• Chartered status with Engineers Ireland, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) or equivalent
• A minimum of seven years' post-qualification experience in the detailed design of bridges
• Experience of working on detailed bridge design
• Experience of managing teams working on detailed bridge design
• Ability to undertake and manage bridge structure analytical modelling, including construction stage and finite element analysis
• Good knowledge of structural analysis software including finite element analysis software
• Excellent technical knowledge of bridge design
• Excellent understanding of bridge structural detailing
• Flexible, motivated and focused
• A strong work ethic
• Experience of written and in-person interaction with external parties
• Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English

Desirable

• Good knowledge of and experience in the use of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and other standards and legislation in the field of bridge/structural design
• Excellent knowledge of Eurocodes in the field of bridge design
• Excellent numerical and analytical skillsExperience of working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience of working to tight deadlines

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.