Geotechnical Engineer

Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a geotechnical engineer with two to six years’ relevant experience for a permanent position within our award-winning geotechnical team.

Job type: Permanent

Location: Dublin, Cork and Leeds

Salary: Competitive

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a dedicated and talented geotechnical team in delivering complex geotechnical design solutions, including:

rock/soil slope stabilisation works
ground improvement schemes over soft ground
observational monitoring of construction on peat, cofferdam piling and bridge foundations

In addition to devising and overseeing ground investigation contracts and earthworks/foundations designs for buildings/bridges/retaining walls/flood defences and climate-resilient infrastructure, you will provide specialist geotechnical inputs to our design teams.

You will work within a supportive, multidisciplinary team environment, and with the guidance of experienced mentors, you will advance your technical knowledge and professional development.

Duties

Identify preliminary geotechnical risks for projects, undertake option selection analysis and specify investigations to address risks
Support design teams with specialist geotechnical inputs in accordance with Eurocodes and other applicable design standards and guidance
Analyse ground conditions and design parameters for shallow and deep foundations for buildings, bridges, linear infrastructure (roads, greenways, railways) and energy infrastructure etc.
Interact with colleagues in our transportation and environmental teams to improve routes, drainage requirements, flood defences and coastal protection works
Assess borrow and quarry materials for reuse as embankment fill, drainage, concrete and pavement aggregates for mass haul analysis
Pavement foundation design in accordance with TII/UK DMRB
Assess and design soil improvement techniques for soft ground and peatlands for sustainable and innovative designs
Attend and supervise investigations, earthworks and foundations on site

Requirements

Degree in civil engineering/engineering geology (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications or equivalent)
Knowledge of construction techniques for piles and retaining walls
Knowledge of soft ground techniques, stability and soil reinforcement methods of particular interest
Knowledge of earthworks, soil improvement or deep foundations for linear infrastructure
Experience of geotechnical investigation contracts
Project management skills and experience
Risk management and design skills
Ability to engage as a team member in a busy work environment
Good report writing, MS Word, MS Excel and CAD/BIM skills
Flexibility
Fluency/high degree of proficiency in spoken and written English

Desirable

Postgraduate qualification in geotechnical engineering or related field. For example, MSc, PhD or a final-year thesis on a geotechnical topic
Membership of a recognised professional body in the geotechnical field in UK/Ireland
Knowledge of earthworks material specifications, aggregates and pavement design
Experience of Irish/UK glacial till soils, including major road/rail projects
Construction experience in earthworks, soil improvement and deep foundations
Experience of flood protection projects or marine environments
Knowledge of ground remediation/potentially contaminated materials
Full driving licence

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 over 260 people, of 20 different nationalities, in our Dublin, Cork and Leeds offices.

Our people are the heart of our business, and we invest heavily in their personal and professional development through all stages of career development. We are an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer and operate an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) training scheme. We have developed comprehensive student placement, internship, graduate and chartership support programmes to help our team reach their full potential, as individuals and as engineers.

We offer a range of benefits designed to help our people thrive, including wellness initiatives, flexible working arrangements and support during important life events.

Current and recent projects include:

A5 Western Transport Corridor: Section 3
Cork Area Commuter Rail Phase Two
Waterford City Public Infrastructure Project
DART+ West
Narrow Water Bridge
Renfrew Bridge
Herring Bridge, Great Yarmouth, UK
A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe Dualling scheme
George’s Dock Bridge, Dublin
N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road
N56 Letterilly to Kilraine Road
Alexandra Road West
Liffey Tolka Project
TII Peatland Rehabilitation Research

How to apply

Address your cover letter to Human Resources
Apply by clicking the link: https://shorturl.at/33r5s

Roughan & O’Donovan is an equal opportunity 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.

Geotechnical Engineer

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