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Project Resident Engineer


Job Location:

Cork - Ireland

Monthly Salary: EUR 1 - 7
Posted: 18 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 16 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Project Resident Engineer

Roughan & ODonovan (ROD) is looking to recruit an experienced project resident engineer for an 18-month contract position in the north Cork area.


Location: Cork

Job type:Fixed-term contract

Duration:Up to 18 months

Salary: Competitive

About the role

You will manage and supervise the site supervision team responsible for the delivery of several bridge construction and local road diversion projects in county Cork.

The role will involve overseeing day-to-day site operations and ensuring compliance with contract specifications health and safety requirements quality standards and environmental regulations in a live railway environment.

Duties
  • Assist the employers 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 delegate tasks and monitor the execution of the works in accordance with the contract requirements

  • Review the contractors submissions including method statements temporary traffic management plans and environmental management plans

  • Review technical queries and liaise with the design team onany design-related matters

  • Liaise with stakeholders and utility providers

  • Establish procedures and systems for quality control accurate record-keeping and claims management

Essential
  • A degree in engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)

  • At least 15 years postgraduate experience in the supervision of major civil engineering works including:

    • a minimum of ten years experience in civil engineering works and a minimum of seven years combined experience in the role of project/senior resident engineer or equivalent on civil engineering projects including:

      • civil infrastructure projects (rail/roads) including at least one with a construction value in excess of 15.0 million (exclusive of VAT)

      • bridge projects including at least one individual bridge structure with a construction value in excess of 0.5 million (exclusive of VAT)

  • Have undertaken the role of project/senior resident engineer or equivalent on civil infrastructure projects constructed under the Public Works Contract (PW-CF3)

  • Experience in the supervision of works in a railway environment

  • Experience in administering the public works forms of contract

Desirable
  • Chartered engineer status (CEng MIEI or equivalent)

  • Personal Track Safety training

  • Knowledge and experience of the Iarnród Eireann Project Management Procedures (PMP)

  • Knowledge and awareness of health and safety legislation and regulations

  • Experience of dispute management procedures under civil engineering construction contracts

  • Experience in the assessment and approval or otherwise of value engineering proposals

About Roughan & ODonovan

Roughan & ODonovan is one of Irelands 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 260people of 20 different nationalities in our Dublin Cork and Leeds offices.

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To apply

Address your cover letter to Human Resources

Apply by clicking the link: & ODonovan is an equal opportunity employer.

Roughan & ODonovan 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.

Roughan & ODonovan 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 & ODonovan and no fee will be paid in the event of candidate(s) being hired.


Required Experience:

Manager


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Roughan and O’Donovan (ROD) is recognised as one of the leading Civil Engineering Consultancies in Ireland and has the largest bridge design team in the UK or Ireland. Based in Dublin ROD is 100% Director owned with each client and individual project allocated a company Director. We ... View more

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