Senior Bridge Engineer

Atkins Ireland is a member of SNC-Lavalin, one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.

We are seeking a Senior Bridge Engineer with 10+ years of experience to join our Cork office. We have a large amount of Bridge design work secured and a significant pipeline of interesting projects. This is an excellent opportunity to take on significant responsibility and to develop your career with support from our senior management team.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as Senior Bridge Engineer as part of Multidiscipline Design Teams.
• Design input and overseeing the delivery of Structural aspects of projects.
• Design of Bridge Rehabilitation works.
• Project Management of small and medium sized projects bridge projects.
• Preparation of project reports (Planning, Design, Tender & Construction Stage).
• Preparation of fee proposals and quality submissions for design opportunities with public and private clients.
• Communication with internal and external parties (Clients, Stakeholders etc.).
• Preparation of design drawings and review of drawings prepared by others.
• Report writing.
• Mentoring and developing junior members of the team.
• Assisting in undertaking duties of the PSDP.

Desirable skills/attributes:

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, hardworking, flexible, willing to take responsibility and comfortable working as part of team.
• Ability to take responsibility for leading projects from a technical perspective.
• Knowledge and experience in Bridge design, Inspection, Assessment and Rehabilitation.
• Knowledge of Eurocodes.
• Knowledge of structural analysis software (MIDAS Civil or LUSAS).
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and Revit.
• Experience in the design of concrete, steel and masonry structures.
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams.
• Good communication skills (particularly written English).
• Experience on road, rail and active travel projects.
• Experience in Client facing roles.

Requirements:

• Bridge design experience and Project management experience on bridge projects.
• Bridge inspection experience desirable.
• Chartered Bridge Engineer.
• Permanent full-time position.
• Based in Cork Office.
• Third Level Qualification (Level 8 or higher).
• Chartered Engineer.
• 10+ years of experience.

About Us:

At Atkins we put Sustainability at the heart of our business strategy. We possess a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience for the ultimate benefit of our clients. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. Together with our clients, we’re always striving to find better ways to get things done. We are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland and we were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021.