John Paul Rooney

John Paul Rooney

B.A. B.A.I. M.A.I. C.Eng. M.I.E.I.

Associate

John Paul Rooney joined ROD in 2006.  He leads the company's water engineering team.

For the past 14 years, John Paul has worked as a contractor and consulting engineer on a broad range of civil and structural engineering projects for the public and private sectors. 

As ROD’s scientific lead on the European-funded CEDR WATCH project, John Paul is looking at ways of addressing the challenge of attaining effective and sustainable stormwater management practices in the face of climate change.

In recent years, he completed a master's by research in Trinity College Dublin, examining the effectiveness of national, regional and local sustainable drainage policies in Ireland and abroad.    

John Paul is a member of Engineers Ireland's Water and Environmental Society committee.