Senior Structural Precast Engineer

COWI; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Hybrid working

24 days annual leave

Mentoring system

CPD and training

Annual summer event

Job summary

Punch Consulting Engineers, a COWI company, invites a Senior Structural Precast Engineer to lead precast design for major building projects across Ireland. You will drive technical excellence from concept through construction, directing teams of engineers and technicians and coordinating with architects and clients to achieve successful outcomes.

You will bring an honours degree, chartered status with ICE, and strong experience in Tekla Structures and relevant software, plus a proactive

Qualifications

• Honours degree in Civil/Structural Engineering required.
• Chartered Engineer status with ICE preferred.
• Experience in precast concrete design, ideally with a precast manufacturer.
• Proficient in Tekla Structures and other design software (REVIT, AutoCAD, ROBOT, ETABS).

Responsibilities

• Lead the structural design and engineering of precast concrete elements for buildings.
• Take technical responsibility from concept to construction, reviewing drawings and calculations.
• Coordinate engineers, technicians and project teams, managing deliverables and risks.
• Collaborate with architects, contractors and clients, representing the technical team.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to graduates and junior engineers.
• Act as senior technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders.
• Attend design meetings and provide precast engineering advice.
• Ensure compliance with quality, health & safety and consultancy procedures.

Skills

Leadership

English communication

Mentoring juniors

Team coordination

CPD commitment

Education

Honours degree in Civil / Structural Engineering

Tools

Tekla Structures

REVIT

AutoCAD

ROBOT

ETABS

SCIA

STRP

TEDDS

Job description

Do you want towork on the design of major structural projects? Can you lead a team of engineers? Are you experienced with Precast materials? Then, shape a sustainable and liveable world with us.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

Towork within our Building division in either Limerick, Dublin or Cork, we are looking for a Senior Structural Precast Engineer to join us. Working on the delivery of major structural projects involving precast concrete design and detailing, you’ll be responsible for the technical, managerial and commercial success of our projects.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead the structural design and engineering of precast concrete elements and systems for building projects in accordance with relevant Eurocodes.
• Take technical responsibility for allocated projects from concept design through to detailed design and construction, including reviewing and approving drawings, calculations, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Coordinate structural engineers, technicians, and other project team members, managing deliverables, resources, programmes, technical risks, and overall quality.
• Work collaboratively with architects, contractors, contractors’ designers, clients, and other engineering disciplines and representing the technical team at design meetings.
• Provide technical leadership through reviewing the work of engineers and technicians, mentoring graduate and junior engineers, and ensuring compliance with relevant technical, quality, health and safety, and consultancy procedures.
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Attend design meetings and provide specialist precast engineering advice to clients and project teams.
• Ensure all work complies with the consultancy's quality management and health and safety procedures.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you'll have:

• Honours degree in Civil /Structural Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status with the ICE
• Experience in the design of precast concrete elements, ideally with a precast concrete manufacturer.
• Experienced in the use of Tekla Structures.
• Significant IT skills including Teckla Structural Designer, REVIT, AutoCAD and structural design software such as ROBOT, ETABS, SCIA, STRP, TEDDS etc
• Leadership skills to plan, manage and direct members of the team.
• Strong communication skills in English both oral and written.
• Commitment to CPD and competence.

A place to work and so much more Punch Consulting Engineers, a COWI company, was founded in Limerick in 1973 with a commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality engineering solutions. Over the past five decades, PUNCH have grown into a leading consultancy with offices across Ireland and the UK, including Dublin, Cork, Galway, Macclesfield and Glasgow.

The engineering consultancy provides a comprehensive range of services across a diverse portfolio of sectors, with expertise spanning buildings, infrastructure, energy transition, ports and marine, and health and safety.

Since May 2026, PUNCH has been part of COWI, a global engineering consultancy. Together with COWI PUNCH is shaping a future where people and societies can thrive by combining local knowledge with global expertise to provide innovative and inspiring engineering solutions that improve quality of life for people today and for generations to come.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a more sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK & Ireland, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer: To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include:

• Competitive remuneration package, commensurate with experience
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• 24 days annual leave
• A highly valued mentoring system in one of Ireland’s most experienced consultancies
• Training and continued professional development CPD
• Active Sports and social and annual summer outing

Equal opportunity employer. COWIprovidesequal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin,ageor disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.