Senior Resident Engineer

Posted 4 days 12 hours ago by Uniting Holding

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Job Description
Senior Resident Engineer

Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a senior resident engineer for a 24-month contract position on the N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road scheme in Rosslare, Co. Wexford.

Location: Rosslare, Co. Wexford

Job type:Fixed-term contract

Duration:24 months

Salary: Competitive

About the role

TheN25 Rosslare Europort Access Road scheme is located in Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, and involves improvements to the existing road network and the construction of a new road corridor to provide enhanced access to Rosslare Europort.

As senior resident engineer on theproject, you will lead the site-based team responsible for supervising the construction of 1.45 km of new and improved carriageway.

Key features include the construction of a new rail over bridge, installation of two access underpasses, 1.45km of new road construction to include pedestrian and cycle facilities, drainage, earthworks, signage local road tie-ins and associated works.

Duties
  • Assist the employer's representative in the performance of his/her duties

  • Administer the public works contract for civil engineering works designed by the employer (PW-CF3)

  • Manage the site-based team and monitor the execution of the works in accordance with the contract requirements

  • Review the contractor's submissions, including method statements, temporary traffic management plans and environmental management plans

  • Review technical queries and liaise with the design team onany design-related matters

  • Liaise with stakeholders and utility providers

  • Carry out daily site inspections of workmanship, witness testing and record daily site activities

  • Raise and agree close-out of non-conformance reports

Essential
  • A degree in engineering (Level 8 qualification in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)

  • At least eight years' satisfactory post-graduate experience as a senior resident engineer in the delivery of road and bridge projects, including:

    • three years' site-based experience on a road project with a construction value of at least €3 million

    • greenfield scheme greater than 1km in length

    • scheme involving temporary traffic management

    • a railway overbridge or underbridge structure

  • Experience of administering the public works forms of contract (PW-CF3)

  • Experience in the supervision of works in a railway environment

  • A high standard of technical training and experience, including administrative experience of contracts, the roles and duties of the respective parties, contractual obligations and timeframes

  • Experience in implementing procedures and systems for accurate record-keeping and claim management

  • Experience of monitoring the contractor for compliance with health and safety regulations, temporary traffic management plans and environmental commitments

  • Good organisational skills

  • A strong work ethic

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

  • Fluency/high level of proficiency in spoken and written English

Desirable
  • Chartered engineer status (CEng MIEI or equivalent)

  • Personal Track Safety training

  • Knowledge and awareness of health and safety legislation and regulations

  • Knowledge of dispute management procedures under civil engineering construction contracts

  • Experience in the assessment and approval or otherwise of value engineering proposals

  • Experience of supervising engineering teams involved in the construction stage of civil engineering projects

  • Experience in implementing procedures and systems for quality control on site

  • Experience of preparing clear and concise reports

About Roughan & O'Donovan

Roughan & O'Donovan is one of Ireland's leading civil, structural and environmental engineering consultancies. We plan, design and manage major infrastructure projects, nationally and internationally.

An independently owned firm, we employ a multidisciplinary team of over 260people, of 20 different nationalities, in our Irish and UK offices.

Current projects:

  • Cork Area Commuter Rail Phase Two

  • Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project

  • enhancing Motorway Operation Services

  • Narrow Water Bridge, Omeath, Co Louth

  • BusConnects Cork

  • BusConnects Dublin

  • DART+ West

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, .