Senior Structural Engineer - Life Sciences

Jacobs; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Job summary

Jacobs in Ireland is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to lead a team delivering GMP facilities, process structures, cleanrooms and large-scale industrial buildings. You will apply Eurocodes and Irish standards, provide technical leadership and ensure safe, on-time deliverables within budgets.

The role emphasises project controls, cost management, schedule performance and mentoring engineers and designers within a global engineering network.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Civil / Structural Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day direction, mentorship and oversight to structural engineers and designers to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Serve as the structural SME for pharmaceutical projects, ensuring compliance with Eurocodes, Irish standards and industry best practice.
• Coordinate the structural team and align design activities across disciplines for timely delivery.
• Establish and manage design schedules and package releases with the broader project team, ensuring budget-conscious delivery.

Education

BSc or MSc in Civil / Structural Engineering

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

As part of the largest professional services provider to the biopharmaceutical sector, our clients benefit from Jacobs’ strong local presence in Ireland combined with the depth of our global technical network. We deliver fully integrated design, engineering and construction services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers worldwide, with an uncompromising focus on technical excellence, compliance, and value creation across every project phase.

Role Overview

In this senior position, you will provide technical leadership, structural engineering expertise and disciplined project delivery across complex pharmaceutical and advanced manufacturing facilities. Operating as the senior structural engineer, you will oversee and direct a team of engineers and designers, ensuring that all structural deliverables are completed safely, accurately, on schedule and within agreed budgets.

You will act as a technical specialist for sophisticated structural engineering assignments, applying extensive experience in the design and delivery of GMP regulated facilities, process structures, cleanroom environments and large scale industrial buildings. Success in this role requires strong command of project controls, including cost management, schedule performance and quality assurance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Project leadership Provide day to day direction, oversight and mentorship to structural engineers and designers, ensuring coordinated, high quality outputs.
• Technical guidance Serve as the structural SME for pharmaceutical projects, resolving complex engineering challenges and ensuring compliance with Eurocodes, Irish standards and industry best practice.
• Team coordination Manage and align the activities of the structural team, maintaining clear communication and efficient workflow across all design disciplines.
• Schedule management Establish and agree design schedules and package release dates with the wider project team, ensuring timely delivery of all structural work.
• Client engagement Understand and anticipate client expectations, consistently striving to exceed agreed performance, quality and delivery commitments.
• Budget accountability Deliver structural services within approved man hour and cost budgets, applying project controls to monitor progress and maintain performance.

Here’s what you’ll need

• BSc or MSc in Civil / Structural Engineering
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Ideally, you will also have

• Eurocode & Irish standards expertise. Strong working knowledge of Eurocode, BSI and Irish design codes, including application within regulated pharmaceutical environments.
• Irish Building Regulations. Demonstrated experience applying Irish Building Regulations to complex industrial and process driven facilities.
• Process industry structural design. Familiarity with structural methods, practices and techniques specific to GMP facilities, cleanrooms, utilities buildings and large scale manufacturing assets.
• Estimating & scheduling. Proven capability in estimating structural engineering hours, developing schedules and assessing progress and quality.
• Large industrial project experience

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With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

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