Bridge Inspection and Assessment Engineer
Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a bridge inspection and assessment engineer with five to seven years' relevant experience for a permanent position within our award-winning bridge engineering team
Job type:
Permanent
Location:
Sandyford, D.18, Woodford, D. 17 or Cork City
About the role
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.
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
Honours degree in civil/structural engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications 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 bodyWorking knowledge of inspection and assessment codes and standards in the bridge engineering field (i.e. Eirspan Bridge Management System, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Irish Rail, Network Rail, etc.)
A strong work ethic
Flexible, motivated and focused
Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English
Previous experience as a TII Bridge Inspection Team Leader
Have 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
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment
About Roughan & O'Donovan
Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is an expert in planning, designing and managing major infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients across Ireland and the UK.
An independently owned firm, we employ a team of more than 250 people, of over 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin and UK offices.
Our people are the heart of our business, and we invest heavily in their personal and professional development through all stages of career development.
We are an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer and operate an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) training scheme.
We have developed comprehensive student placement, internship, graduate and chartership support programmes to help our team reach their full potential, as individuals and as engineers.
We offer health and wellbeing packages, flexible working and life-event supports, so whatever challenges life may bring, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you will be taken care of.
Roughan & O'Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.
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