Principal Project Manager – Highways and Active Travel
Principal Project Manager – Highways and Active Travel
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Fehily Timoney and Company (FT) is one of Ireland’s largest indigenous consultancies specialising in Sustainable Infrastructure, Circular Economy, Environment, Energy and Renewables.
FT provides design and contract management services for the construction of infrastructure projects such as roads, greenways, active travel and public transport across the project lifecycle from concept and feasibility through to construction and handover.
FT is recruiting a Principal Project Manager Highways and Active Travel to join our Sustainable Infrastructure team in Cork, Dublin or Carlow. We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 12 years of experience in highways and active travel or related infrastructure projects.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established consultancy and further expand your skills and experience across a variety of projects. The successful candidate will work on a diverse project portfolio including national roads, greenway, active travel, and major highways design and build schemes. The role offers a clear path for career progression with opportunities to advance to Associate and Director-level positions within the company.
What would my main responsibilities be in this role?
* Leading multi-disciplinary design teams, ensuring projects are delivered to the required timescales, quality and budgets
* Supervising and mentoring senior and junior staff within the Sustainable Infrastructure sector
* Preparation of technical reports and tender documents
* Planning and managing design work, working closely with Engineering Discipline Leads and Technicians
* Ensuring compliance with our quality assurance and management systems and relevant health and safety legislation
* Coordinating his/her work with other members of the project and Sustainable Infrastructure team
* Managing the client relationship and communications for his/her projects
Am I the right person for the role?
* Degree in Civil Engineering or related field with Chartered Engineer status
* 12 years post-graduate experience in the design and project management of highways, greenway and infrastructure schemes, including delivering projects in Ireland
* Delivery of highway or greenway projects in accordance with TII Project Management Guidelines Phases 0 to 7
* Experience in the delivery of design and build projects
* Multi-disciplinary design management experience
* Experience engaging with clients, external stakeholders and subconsultants
* Experience in creating and managing budgets
* Candidate should be a high-energy professional with excellent communication, organisational and analytical skills
* Flexible and a good team player
* Works efficiently and on own initiative
* Must be prepared to travel to site visits and client meetings
Is FT the right fit for you?
Ready to take the next step? Does FT sound like the right fit for you? Reach out to us at careers@ftco.ie today. Your application will be handled with complete confidentiality and will be considered immediately upon receipt.
Why Join FT?
Join our team and enjoy a premium benefits package that features:
Continuous Professional Development
We’re passionate about helping you grow, providing resources and training opportunities for ongoing professional development and to encourage your creative thinking. Team members have 5 CPD learning days per year. FT’s commitment to CPD is recognised through our CPD Accredited Employer standard.
Employee Experience
When you join FT, you’re becoming part of a vibrant community – not just a workplace – where continuous learning, personal growth and development are at the core of what we do. We are committed to offering clear careers paths, goal setting support and meaningful opportunities for achievement. Beyond professional development, we also provide a diverse and enriching experience, including chances to get involved in climate action and sustainability, fundraising and volunteering. We offer sports and social events throughout the year.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
In FT, we don’t just talk about equality—we live it through our vibrant culture that celebrates diversity, promotes inclusion, and prioritises your wellbeing with dedicated programs. FT is proud of our commitment and is accredited for inclusive and diverse practices.
Family Benefits
We view employees as individuals with full and busy lives outside of the workplace. We aim to celebrate life’s joyful moments and provide support during challenging times. That’s why we offer leave for important personal milestones such as getting married, buying a house and flexible parental leave. We also provide compassionate leave and paid sick leave when needed. In recognition of special occasions, FT offers gifts to employees celebrating their nuptials and welcoming a new baby.
FT offer competitive compensation packages, full support for professional membership fees, and gifts each year to show our appreciation for all staff contributions. Complimentary parking is available at each of our offices.
We believe that true wellbeing encompasses both physical and mental health. To support this, we offer a variety of wellbeing benefits including a health and lifestyle contribution that can be used to meet your personal and family health needs – recognising that wellbeing looks different for everyone.
Employees in our Dublin office can enjoy complimentary gym membership, and all staff have access to flu vaccines and regular health screenings. We also offer a bike to work scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme, and support from our inhouse mental health first aid team.
Work Life Balance
At FT we understand that a healthy work-life balance is essential to a positive, productive and healthy work environment. That’s why FT offers a flexible range of benefits designed to support our employees’ wellbeing including early weekend starts with shorter Fridays, hot desking in our offices, hybrid working options, flexi start system, 22 to 27 days annual leave and 4 company days per year.
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