Senior Engineer - Water Services

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing packages

Flexible working arrangements

Active social committee activities

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in Cork seeks a Senior Engineer - Water Services. This role involves preparing applications for the Office of Public Works, conducting flood risk assessments, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of eight years' experience, a degree in civil or environmental engineering, and strong communication skills. Join a multidisciplinary team involved in significant water engineering projects while enjoying a supportive work culture and career development.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years' relevant experience.
• Full driving licence required.
• Chartered membership of a recognized professional body.

Responsibilities

• Prepare applications for approval to Office of Public Works.
• Conduct climate change adaptation strategies.
• Perform flood risk assessment.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Mentoring

Education

Honours degree in civil/environmental engineering

Master’s degree in civil/environmental engineering

Job description

Senior Engineer - Water Services

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a civil/environmental engineer with a minimum of eight years’ relevant experience for a permanent role within our expanding water engineering team.

Job type:Permanent

Location: Dublin, Cork or Leeds

Salary: Competitive

About the role

You will join a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team with experience and expertise across a range of technical disciplines, including environmental science, ecology, hydrology, hydrogeology and planning.

Our team has successfully delivered over €3 billion worth of projects for both public and private sector clients across Ireland and the UK.

Our portfolio features:

• flood alleviation schemes
• sustainable flood risk management planning and policy development
• climate change adaptation strategies
• bridges, highways, roads, public transport and greenways
• residential, healthcare, education, commercial and retail developments

Current and recent projects include:

• DART+ West
• WATCH – Water Management in the Face of Climate Change
• Narrow Water Bridge, Omeath, Co. Louth
• Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project
• Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) Programme
• A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe Dualling scheme, Northern Ireland
• Ballycullen Flood Defence Scheme
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessments
• Stormwater management strategies
• Water Framework Directive catchment pressure assessments

Duties

• Prepare applications for approval to Office of Public Works (OPW) and Department for Infrastructure (DfI) rivers
• Climate change adaptation strategies
• Catchment analysis and pressure assessment
• Flood risk assessment
• Network drainage design and specification
• Watermain and foul sewer design and specification
• Advise structures, earthworks/alignment and drainage teams on the sizing of bridge openings, culvert arrangements, road levels and outfall arrangements
• Assist in the preparation of the brief of evidence for Oral Hearings
• Provide support at Oral Hearings
• Coach and mentor graduates, design engineers and senior design engineers

Essential

• Honours degree in civil/environmental engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• Eight+ years’ relevant experience
• Ability to work in a team and/or independently
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Experience of mentoring junior engineering staff in all aspects of design
• Good understanding of ethical issues in engineering design, including safety
• Full driving licence
• Chartered membership of a recognised professional body
• Fluent/highly proficient in spoken and written English

Desirable

• Master’s degree in civil/environmental engineering (Level 9 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• Experience of surface water, foul drainage, wastewater treatment and water supply infrastructure design, from planning stage through to construction for rural roads (to TII/DMRB standards), urban roads and development sites
• Experience of Section 50 applications to the OPW
• Experience of hydrological estimation methodologies
• Experience of 1D-2D flood modelling (rivers and watercourses)
• Experience of strategic flood risk assessment
• Experience of site-specific flood risk assessment
• Experience in the design of site-specific SuDS (sustainable drainage systems) strategies
• Knowledge of national, regional and local drainage policy
• Knowledge of Appropriate Assessment (AA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) processes
• Experience in the preparation of contract documents for infrastructure and development projects

About Roughan & O'Donovan

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is expert in planning, designing and managing major infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients across Ireland and the UK. An independently owned firm, we employ a team of more than 260 people, of over 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin, Cork and UK offices.

Our people are the heart of our business, and we invest heavily in their personal and professional development through all stages of career development. We are an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer and operate an Institution of Civil Engineers training scheme.

We offer health andwellbeing packages, flexible working and life‑event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.

We are a friendly team with an active social committee. From surfing weekends, ski events and comedy clubs to tag rugby, cycling challenges and five‑a‑side, you'll find lots of ways to get involved.

To apply

• Address your cover letter to Human Resources
• Apply by clicking the link: https://shorturl.at/y8PkA

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunities 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.