You will join a talented bridge team with a reputation for delivering complex bridge asset management projects across Ireland and the UK. You will provide specialist, technically demanding input to bridge and multidisciplinary civil engineering projects. The role will provide you with the opportunity to deepen your technical knowledge whilst advancing your professional development under the guidance of experienced mentors.
From award‑winning cable‑stayed bridges to small footbridges and culverts, our bridge team’s portfolio of infrastructural asset management is wide ranging. Our services cover the entire bridge cycle from initial planning, preliminary and detailed design through to inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation.
Current and Recent Projects
DART+ West
Narrow Water Bridge
George’s Dock Bridge, Dublin
Whitegates to Athlone Castle Cycleway
Humber Bridge Maintenance Operation
A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe Dualling scheme
TII Eirspan – Cavan Bridges
Samuel Beckett Bridge Operation
Responsibilities
Undertake bridge and structural inspections
Undertake structural analysis, capacity assessment and forensic investigations into deterioration of infrastructural networks
Input from early project stages to scopes, specifications and interpretations of surveys, inspection and investigative works, optioneering and scheme design
Undertake preliminary and detailed design of bridge refurbishment schemes
Support the delivery of projects
Work with bridges and civil structures across a range of materials and forms
Assist in the production of drawings
Contribute to documents, including authoring technical reports such as AIPs, specifications and contract documents
Support graduate engineers as they progress towards chartership
Qualifications
Honours degree in civil/structural engineering (Level 8 or equivalent)
Five to seven years’ relevant post‑qualification experience in bridge inspection, design or construction, including a minimum of one year’s experience of undertaking bridge structural inspections
Chartered status with a recognised professional body
Working knowledge of inspection and assessment codes and standards in the bridge engineering field (e.g. Eirspan Bridge Management System, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Irish Rail, Network Rail)
A strong work ethic
Flexible, motivated and focused
Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English
Full, clean driving licence
Previous experience as a TII Bridge Inspection Team Leader
Completed the Department of Transport LASNTG Bridge Engineering Inspection course
Ability to undertake bridge structure analytical modelling, such as construction stage and finite element analysis
Experience in bridge durability assessment and testing
Knowledge of bridge structural health monitoring and deterioration mechanisms
Experience of working independently
Excellent numerical and analytical skills
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, 1998-2015.
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