Join Us in Leading the Future of Bridge Engineering
At RPS Tetra Tech, we're shaping the next generation of transport infrastructure across Ireland and the UK. As a Senior Bridge Engineer, you'll take a leading role in delivering complex and innovative bridge projects—from major highways and rail schemes to urban regeneration and greenway developments. You'll combine technical excellence with leadership, mentoring emerging talent, and driving quality and digital innovation across multidisciplinary teams. If you're passionate about engineering solutions that connect communities and want to advance your career within a global consultancy, we'd love to hear from you.
Purpose & Scope of the Role
As a Senior Bridge Engineer within our Transport and Civils division, you will lead the delivery of complex bridge projects across Ireland and the UK. This role involves managing design packages for major highways, rail, and urban infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with Irish and UK standards, and maintaining technical excellence throughout the project lifecycle. You will act as a technical lead within multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior engineers, and uphold quality assurance and BIM procedures. With RPS rebranding to Tetra Tech in March 2026, this position offers opportunities for global collaboration and career progression within an international consultancy.
Your Impact in this Position
In the short term, you will deliver design packages for large-scale transport projects, mentor designers, and support project management and resource planning. Over the medium term, you will take ownership of new projects, managing them through inception, design, construction, and handover, while driving innovation and maintaining compliance with the latest standards. Longer term, you will progress into senior leadership within the Transport and Civils sector, shaping strategy, identifying new opportunities, and strengthening client relationships through a portfolio of successfully delivered projects.
Core Capabilities
Bridge Design Standards and Structural Analysis:
The candidate should have excellent knowledge of the structural Eurocodes and Irish and UK bridge design standards (DMRB) and a strong background and understanding of the analysis of bridges and structures.The candidate should be able to demonstrate their proficiency using structural analysis software for analysis and design/assessment purposes. Experience in the use of Midas Civil would be beneficial.
Bridges & Structures Design Expertise
The candidate should bring deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience in the design / assessment of a variety of bridges and civil structures, including reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and steel / steel composite bridges. The candidate should be able to mentor junior colleagues and provide guidance and assistance in relation to the technical delivery of bridge designs.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
The candidate will be a technical lead for the bridge team in internal multi-disciplinary design teams. This will involve the coordination of their design package with other disciplines and teams, both internal and external to RPS. The candidate will also act as a technical contact for clients, local authorities, and external consultants — taking the lead in design meetings, resolving technical queries, and translating complex engineering concepts into clear, actionable outcomes. Therefore, the Candidate should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Technical Documentation And Contract Knowledge
The role requires the production of high-quality technical documentation (e.g. technical acceptance, approval in principle) and reports that meet internal standards and external regulatory requirements. The candidate will have a good working knowledge of typical contract forms and in particular the GCCC suite of Public Works Contracts. You will have considerable experience in the preparation of contract documents for transportation infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on bridge design / rehabilitation projects.
Qualifications And Experience
* Level 8 Honours Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
* Minimum of 7 years' relevant experience in bridges and structures engineering.
* Working towards Chartered status (CEng, MIEI, MICE, MIStructE or equivalent). Desirable: Level 9 Master's in Civil/Structural Engineering, Chartered Engineer status, experience in bridge inspections, project management, and knowledge of NEC contracts.
Submit your application today and discover what's possible at Tetra Tech RPS Consulting.
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Why join Tetra Tech RPS?
At Tetra Tech RPS, our people are our success. We thrive on solving the problems that matter—whether in urbanisation, natural resources, or sustainability. With a collaborative culture, agile working, and access to some of the brightest minds in the industry, we empower our teams to deliver exceptional outcomes while building fulfilling careers. In 2023, RPS became part of Tetra Tech, a global leader in consulting and engineering with 30,000 employees across 550 offices in 120+ countries. Together, we combine deep local expertise with global reach, delivering science-led solutions to complex challenges in water, environment, infrastructure, and clean energy. Join us and be part of a connected, forward-thinking community that's shaping a better future. The advert could benefit from reference to our approach to Sustainability, Modern Methods of Construction, BIM. These are becoming industry standard terms and we want to show that we are at the forefront.
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