Bridge Design Engineer - Dublin or Cork

Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a talented bridge design engineer with three to seven years' relevant experience for a permanent position within our bridge and civil-structural engineering team.

Job type: Permanent

Location: Dublin or Cork

As an experienced bridge design engineer, you will provide input to our bridge and multidisciplinary civil-structural engineering projects. You will be supported throughout by senior members of our bridge teams in Ireland and the UK.

• Work with existing and new bridge and civil structures across a range of materials and forms, superstructure, substructure, foundation and articulation elements
• Participate in early project stages, including scoping, specifying and interpreting surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering and scheme design
• Undertake preliminary design and detailed design work, including structural analytical modelling, calculations etc.
• Assist in the production of drawings
• Prepare documents, including technical reports, specifications and contract documents
• Support the team to deliver projects within agreed timeframes
• Undertake independent design checking and provide construction stage technical support
• Interface with clients from local and national authorities, consultants and design-and-build contractors amongst others
• Honours degree in civil/structural engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• A minimum of three years' post-qualification experience in the detailed design of bridges
• Ability to undertake bridge structure analytical modelling, including construction stage and finite element analysis
• Good knowledge of structural analysis software including finite element analysis software
• Good technical knowledge of bridge design
• Excellent attention to the detailing of bridge structures
• Experience of written and in-person interaction with external parties
• Flexible, motivated and focused
• A strong work ethic
• Fluent orhighly proficient in spoken and written English
• Good knowledge of and experience in the use of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and other standards and legislation in the field of bridge/structural design
• Working knowledge of Eurocodes in the field of bridge design
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Experience of working independently on detailed bridge design
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience of working to tight deadlines

Roughan & O'Donovan is an equal opportunity 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, .