Our client is one of Ireland’s largest Irish owned consultants with centres of excellence in Sustainable Infrastructure, Waste & Resource Management and Renewables. Our client provides design and contract management services for the construction of infrastructure projects such as roads, greenways, active travel, bridgeworks, rail, solid waste facilities, renewable energy, drainage, water and wastewater treatment facilities, airports, tunnels and gas pipelines.
Our client is looking to recruit a Senior Project Geotechnical Design Engineer to join their Infrastructure team in our Cork, Dublin or Carlow offices. The post will suit candidates with a Civil Engineering or Geology Degree and a Masters in Geotechnical Engineering keen to apply their professional skills and gain experience in a busy and dynamic civil, structural, geotechnical and environmental engineering practice.
Role Responsibilities
- Geotechnical engineering design including roads, highways, active travel and greenways, earthworks, slope stability, retaining structures and structural foundations
- Peat assessment and stability
- Planning and managing CAD documentation, working closely with CAD Technicians
- Working closely with other Engineers and Graduates
- Attend onsite meetings with the client and other professionals
- Ensure projects are delivered to the timescales, quality and costs agreed with the client
- Ensure compliance with our Quality Assurance and Management Systems Environmental Management Plans
- Ensure compliance with the relevant Health and Safety legislation
Skills / Qualifications
- Degree in Civil Engineering or Geology with a Masters in Geotechnical Engineering
- 5 years in post graduate experience in Geotechnical Engineering
- Working towards Chartered Engineer status
- Experienced in the geotechnical design of Infrastructure projects
- Familiar with AutoCAD
- Working knowledge of geotechnical design software
- Experience working in a Consulting Engineering firm or similar company
- Excellent communication, management, analytical and organisational skills required
- Experience working and coordinating with technical specialists and engineers
- Efficient work methods, functioning both as part of team and on own initiative
- Experience organising and delivering complex tasks involving multiple parties within a short timeframe
- The ability to adopt and work to new procedures and systems quickly
- Must be prepared to travel to site visits and client meetings
- Full Driving licence