Only 24h Left: Senior/Principal Engineer

2 weeks ago


Dublin, Ireland Uniting Holding Full time

Senior/Principal Engineer - Transportation

Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a senior/principal engineer with seven to 12 years' experience for a permanent position within our expanding transportation team.

Job type: Permanent

Location: Sandyford, D.18, Santry, D.17 or Cork City Centre

Working arrangements: Agreed full-time, part-time or flexible working arrangements

Salary: Competitive

About our transportation team

Roughan & O'Donovan provides integrated transportation planning and design services for road, rail, bus rapid transit, cycleway and pedestrian schemes.

We have the experience and skills to cover the full life cycle of transport assets - from initial investigations and modelling, through design, specification and construction management, to the maintenance of transport networks.

We also offer state-of-the-art technologies for design and analysis.

Recent and current projects include:

- Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project
- BusConnects Dublin
- BusConnects Cork
- College Green Dame Street Public Realm Project
- N81 Road Improvement Scheme, Co Wicklow
- Liffey Valley to City Centre

Recent award wins include:

- Engineering Project of the Year for Whitegates to Athlone Castle Cycleway at the Irish Building and Design Awards 2025
- Large Project of the Year and Innovation Award for the Clontarf to City Centre Project at the ACEI Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
- Public Realm Award for the Dublin Port Tolka Estuary Greenway at the Irish Construction Excellence Awards 2025

Essential

- A minimum of an honours degree in civil engineering (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications) or equivalent

- Seven to 12 years’ postgraduate experience in the civil engineering sector (a minimum of 10 years’ experience for principal grade)

- A minimum of five years’ direct experience in design for transportation projects

- Chartered membership of a recognised professional body in the engineering sector

- Knowledge of Irish design standards e.g. TII Publications, DMURS, Cycle Design Manual, etc.

- Experience preparing detailed works contract specifications

- Excellent report writing and verbal communication skills

- Excellent attention to detail and capacity to produce quality design outputs

- Comfortable working in a busy work environment with tight deadlines

- Good commercial awareness and organisational skills

- A strong work ethic and an aptitude for problem-solving

- Flexibility, motivation and focus, with a desire to learn and develop

- Experience of mentoring junior engineering staff in all aspects of design

- Good understanding of ethical issues in engineering design, including safety

- Fluent or highly proficient in spoken and written English

Desirable

- Knowledge of 3D roads design software e.g. Openroads, MX and Civil 3D

- Knowledge of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and National Transport Authority (NTA) project management guidelines

- Knowledge of traffic modelling software, including Linsig, Junctions 11, Saturn, Paramics, VISSIM

- Full driving licence

About Roughan & O'Donovan

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is 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 25 different nationalities, in our Dublin, Cork 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.

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.

We are a friendly team with an active social committee. From hiking, surfing weekends and ski events to tag rugby, cycling challenges and five-a-side, you/'ll find lots of ways to get involved.

To apply

- Address your cover letter to Human Resources

- Apply by clicking the link: 4OFuv

Roughan & O'Donovan is an equal opportunities employer.

Roughan & O'Donovan 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 & 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 candidate(s) being hired.

#J-18808-Ljbffr


  • Principal Engineer

    2 weeks ago


    Dublin, Ireland Globoforce Inc. Full time

    We are looking for an experienced Principal Engineer of Productivity Integrations, who wants to help shape and be the technical lead across our portfolio of integrations. The Principal Engineer role will guide our productivity integrations squads across a wide eco-system from Microsoft to Workday and Slack and more. This role is for you if you have a passion...


  • Dublin, Ireland Ramboll Group AS Full time

    Senior/Principal Ecologist Dublin, Ireland / Belfast, Northern Ireland Are you driven by a passion for the environment and a desire to make a lasting impact? Do you enjoy working on a variety of projects that contribute to sustainable transport infrastructure and development? Are you motivated by joining a global company with a reputation for excellence and...


  • Dublin, Ireland Reperio Human Capital Ltd Full time

    Principal Software Developer Remote-first (Quarterly travel within Ireland) My client is looking for a Principal Software Developer with strong experience across event-driven architecture, database technologies, and containerisation, with a wealth of experience in programming languages such as Java or Python. If you have front-end experience and have worked...


  • Dublin, Ireland Salesforce, Inc. Full time

    - Salesforce.com Inc's Candidate Privacy Notice contains more details about the handling and use of the personal data of job applicants. - For more information about our website privacy practices, please see our Privacy Statement. Principal, Strategic Solution Engineer page is loaded Principal, Strategic Solution Engineer Apply remote type Office -...


  • Dublin, Ireland Access Talent Group Full time

    Access Talent Group is working with a rapidly expanding environmental consultancy to recruit an experienced Senior Hydromorphologist for their dynamic team in Dublin. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and delivering hydromorphology projects, conducting river assessments, and designing sustainable solutions for watercourse restoration and...


  • Dublin, Ireland Yahoo Full time

    Join to apply for the Sr. Salesforce Engineer role at Yahoo Join to apply for the Sr. Salesforce Engineer role at Yahoo Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For...


  • Dublin, Ireland Uniting Holding Full time

    Principal Structural Design Engineer Roughan & O'Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a principle structural design engineer with 10 to 15 years' experience for a permanent position within our expanding buildings team Job type: Permanent Location: Sandyford, Dublin 18 or Santry, Dublin 17, with agreed flexible working arrangements Salary:...


  • Dublin, Ireland Robert Walters Ireland Full time

    We’re hiring Principal Cloud Engineers to lead our new COE— driving GCP transformation and guiding talented teams across Cloud, QA & AI. It's your chance to shape strategy, deliver secure multi-cloud solutions, and make a real impact at SMBC. Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Dublin Limited (SMFD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMBC and is growing rapidly as a...


  • Dublin, Ireland Access Talent Group Full time

    Principal Structural Engineer- Dublin (D17 or D18) - IrelandReference:CH155Sector:Civil & Structural EngineeringSalary:€75,000 to €80,000 Per AnnumContract Type:PermanentAccess Talent Group are currently working with one of Ireland's biggest multi-national Civil & Structural consultancies who are looking to bring on a Principal Structural Engineer to...


  • Dublin Pike, Ireland U.S. Bank Full time

    Senior Fund Accountant page is loaded## Senior Fund Accountantlocations: Dublin, Irelandtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: December 31, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)job requisition id: 2025-0024219At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and...