Senior/Principal Engineer

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: https://shorturl.at/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.

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