Senior Structural Precast Engineer Ireland Dublin, Limerick, Cork Application Deadline 13 October 2026

COWI A/S; Dublin, Limerick, Cork; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Flexible & hybrid

24 days annual leave

Mentoring system

CPD

Annual summer outing

Job summary

Punch Consulting Engineers, a COWI company, is seeking a Senior Structural Precast Engineer to lead precast design for major building projects in Ireland. You’ll drive technical, managerial and commercial success, from concept through detailed design and construction, coordinating engineering teams and ensuring quality.

We value Chartered Engineer status, strong leadership and experience with Tekla Structures and other design tools.

Qualifications

• Honours degree in Civil/Structural Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status with the ICE.
• Experience in design of precast concrete elements, ideally with a precast concrete manufacturer.
• Experience using Tekla Structures and other design software (REVIT, AutoCAD, ROBOT, ETABS, SCIA...).
• Strong leadership and English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the structural design and engineering of precast concrete elements for building projects.
• Take technical responsibility from concept design through detailed design and construction.
• Coordinate engineers, technicians, and project team members.
• Work with architects, contractors, clients and other disciplines at design meetings.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor graduate and junior engineers.
• Act as senior technical point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Attend design meetings and provide precast engineering advice.
• Ensure compliance with quality and health & safety procedures.

Skills

Leadership

English communication

Team coordination

Mentoring

Education

Honours degree in Civil/Structural Engineering

Chartered Engineer (ICE)

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’llhave:

• 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 primarilylocatedin the Nordic region, the UK & Ireland, NorthAmericaand India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring theirexpertisein engineering, architecture,energyand 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.

• 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

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Sarah Murphy at [e-mail].

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.