Senior Resident Engineer

The N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road scheme is located in Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, and involves improvements to the existing road network and the construction of a new road corridor to provide enhanced access to Rosslare Europort. 

As senior resident engineer on the project, you will lead the site-based team responsible for supervising the construction of 1.45 km of new and improved carriageway.

Key features include the construction of a new rail over bridge, installation of two access underpasses, 1.45km of new road construction to include pedestrian and cycle facilities, drainage, earthworks, signage local road tie-ins and associated works.

• Assist the employer’s representative in the performance of his/her duties
• Administer the public works contract for civil engineering works designed by the employer (PW-CF3)
• Manage the site-based team and monitor the execution of the works in accordance with the contract requirements
• Review the contractor’s submissions, including method statements, temporary traffic management plans and environmental management plans
• Review technical queries and liaise with the design team on any design-related matters
• Liaise with stakeholders and utility providers
• Carry out daily site inspections of workmanship, witness testing and record daily site activities
• Raise and agree close-out of non-conformance reports

• A degree in engineering (Level 8 qualification in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
• At least eight years’ satisfactory post-graduate experience as a senior resident engineer in the delivery of road and bridge projects, including:
  • three years’ site-based experience on a road project with a construction value of at least €3 million
  • greenfield scheme greater than 1km in length
  • scheme involving temporary traffic management
  • a railway overbridge or underbridge structure
• Experience of administering the public works forms of contract (PW-CF3)
• Experience in the supervision of works in a railway environment
• A high standard of technical training and experience, including administrative experience of contracts, the roles and duties of the respective parties, contractual obligations and timeframes
• Experience in implementing procedures and systems for accurate record-keeping and claim management
• Experience of monitoring the contractor for compliance with health and safety regulations, temporary traffic management plans and environmental commitments
• Good organisational skills
• A strong work ethic
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Fluency/high level of proficiency in spoken and written English

• Chartered engineer status (CEng MIEI or equivalent) 
• Personal Track Safety training
• Knowledge and awareness of health and safety legislation and regulations
• Knowledge of dispute management procedures under civil engineering construction contracts
• Experience in the assessment and approval or otherwise of value engineering proposals
• Experience of supervising engineering teams involved in the construction stage of civil engineering projects
• Experience in implementing procedures and systems for quality control on site 
• Experience of preparing clear and concise reports

Roughan & O’Donovan is one of Ireland’s leading civil, structural and environmental engineering consultancies.  We plan, design and manage major infrastructure projects, nationally and internationally. 

An independently owned firm, we employ a multidisciplinary team of over 260 people, of 20 different nationalities, in our Irish and UK offices.

Current projects:

• Cork Area Commuter Rail Phase Two
• Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project 
• enhancing Motorway Operation Services 
• Narrow Water Bridge, Omeath, Co Louth
• BusConnects Cork
• BusConnects Dublin
• DART+ West 

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