Job type: Fixed-term contract

Contract duration: 12 months (commencing January 2026)

Location: Ferrybank, Waterford City

Salary: Competitive

About the role

As a senior resident engineer on the Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project, you will be part of the site-based team responsible for the supervision of the works relating to the Transport Hub (including Train Station) and the Railway Flood Defence works. You will report directly to the project resident engineer.

The Transport Hub will be a multi-modal transport interchange facility for rail, bus, cars, cyclists and pedestrians. The flood defences will protect approximately 2km of railway corridor in the vicinity of the Transport Hub.

The works involve the construction of:

  • a station building and integrated footbridge (floor area of 1200m2) over the railway
  • two railway platforms (each 200m in length)
  • public plazas including bus, car and cycle facilities
  • a railway overbridge and approach (Pedestrian)
  • utility diversions and new connections
  • flood defence measures comprising:
    • sheet pile walls (marine and land-based locations along the railway line)
    • below ground cut-off barriers, demountable barriers and concrete walls in the vicinity of the existing Plunkett Station

Duties

Your duties will include supervision of:

  • marine and land based civil works for the flood defences
  • building and civil works for the Transport Hub and associated plazas

Essential

  • Degree in engineering or construction management (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
  • At least 15 years’ postgraduate experience in civil engineering/ building works, with a minimum of 10 years’ site-based experience on building and civil works
  • Experience in the role of senior resident engineer (or equivalent) on civil engineering and building works with a construction value of more than €10 million (exclusive of VAT)
  • Experience in administering the public works forms of contract
  • Experience of civil engineering projects involving construction works near environmentally sensitive watercourses
  • Experience in the review and monitoring of Environmental Operating Plan(s) for civil engineering projects
  • Experience in implementing procedures and systems for accurate record keeping
  • Knowledge and awareness of health and safety legislation
  • Chartered engineer status (CEng MIEI or equivalent)
  • Good organisational skills
  • Motivated individual with a strong work ethic
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Fluency/high level of proficiency in spoken and written English

About Roughan & O'Donovan

Roughan and O’Donovan (ROD) is a leading civil, environmental and structural engineering consultancy. An independently owned firm, we employ a multidisciplinary team of more than 250 people, of 20 different nationalities, in our Irish and UK offices.

When you join ROD, you will become part of a team recognised for outstanding technical skill and passion for excellence. You will have access to the exceptional training opportunities our award winning CPD programme provides and enjoy a workplace that supports growth, flexibility and creativity.

Current and recent projects include:

• enhancing Motorway Operation Services (eMOS) programme

• Herring Bridge, Great Yarmouth, England

• A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe Dualling scheme

• DART+ West

• BusConnects Dublin

• BusConnects Cork

How to apply

Address your cover letter to Human Resources

Apply by clicking the link: https://shorturl.at/GyzTH

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity employer.

For compliance purposes, Roughan & O'Donovan will retain, for at least one year, all records arising from the recruitment process.

Roughan & O'Donovan is not accepting unsolicited CVs from search firms. CVs submitted by search firms without a valid written search agreement, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the sole property of Roughan & O'Donovan, and no fee will be paid in the event of a candidate(s) being hired.