Senior Civil & Structural Design Assurance Lead (Europe)

Ethos Engineering Ltd; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Fridays

9-day fortnight

Pension scheme

Health insurance

Training & development

Job summary

Ethos Engineering Ltd is seeking a Senior Civil & Structural Design Assurance Lead in Dublin to provide independent technical review across data centre projects Europe-wide. You will assess deliverables at gateways, evaluate design strategies, and ensure alignment with client governance and standards.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners, sharing findings, escalating risks, and guiding the design to a secure, compliant outcome across multiple accounts.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or closely related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years’ professional Civil & Structural design experience.
• Experience reviewing technically complex Civil & Structural designs.
• Strong background in multidisciplinary building and infrastructure design.
• Data Centre, mission-critical or manufacturing experience desirable.
• Chartered Engineer status desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent technical review and assurance of Civil & Structural engineering designs.
• Review design information at relevant RIBA/HOAI stages and client design gateways.
• Review Civil & Structural strategies and systems including grids, framing, foundations, and interfaces.
• Assess ground and site development, earthworks, drainage, and infrastructure.
• Review specifications, reports, drawings, calculations, and schedules; coordinate with other disciplines.
• Ensure designs meet project stage deliverables and client requirements.
• Conduct structured technical peer reviews and provide engineering judgment.
• Identify design gaps, inconsistencies, risk, and non-conformances.
• Communicate actions clearly while maintaining collaboration with designers.
• Understand client governance, requirements, codes, and standards.
• Ensure proper design reviews and gateways addressed before progression.
• Work with Programme Management to integrate QA into delivery schedule.
• Provide visibility of major technical concerns and risks to Client Partner.

Skills

Design process

QA processes

Review drawings and calculations

Identify design risk

Technical peer review

Cross-project coordination

Strong written and verbal comms

Stakeholder engagement

Independent reviewer

Multidisciplinary design reviews

Education

Civil/Structural Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer status desirable

Job description

Ethos Engineering Ltd is seeking a Senior Civil & Structural Design Assurance Lead in Dublin to provide independent technical review across data centre projects Europe-wide. You will assess deliverables at gateways, evaluate design strategies, and ensure alignment with client governance and standards.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners, sharing findings, escalating risks, and guiding the design to a secure, compliant outcome across multiple accounts.