Senior Civil Engineer - Buildings

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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Are you ready to lead a team of talented engineers and shape the future of development infrastructure?

AECOM continues to expand their successful and established Infrastructure Development team in Ireland and requires a Senior Civil Engineer to join the Cork office. Our established Development Infrastructure team currently has a vacancy for a Senior Civil Engineer with experience in development work.   

The opportunity is based in AECOM’s Cork office. The team has an established track record of successfully delivering development infrastructure schemes both locally and across Ireland,   the U.K and the Middle East. Our wide range of clients includes developers, retailers, landowners, housebuilders, blue-chip companies, and Universities.  Our current portfolio of works comprises a diverse mix of local and national development and civil infrastructure projects at all stages, from Feasibility through to Detailed Design and Construction.

Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression.  Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector. 

Current & Upcoming Projects:

• Large Scale Infrastructure Projects at Dublin Airport
•  Residential Developments for the Land Development Agency (LDA) Schools’ projects across Ireland for the NDFA Irish Rail station projects
• Projects for the HSE from campus decarbonisation to employers representative

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Deliver: Our projects are challenging, dynamic, and high-profile. Typical duties would include designing and developing storm and foul drainage networks for housing, industrial, and commercial applications. You would use industry-standard software models, including info drainage, flood risk assessments, drafting of design drawings (including, where applicable, 3D applications), report writing, and site inspections. 
• Oversee: You will work on all the tasks that are necessary to complete the primary design of engineering works. Provide guidance to entry-level engineers.  
• Provide Expertise: Offer technical knowledge and expertise on all aspects of multi-disciplinary projects. Proposes an approach to solving new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
• Ensure Quality: Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects, you will hold our clients’ hands and overcome problems in unison when they inevitably arise. You will also identify discrepancies in results.
• Collaborate: Leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs and building effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

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Let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Experience working in a design office.
• Relevant work experience in the design and delivery of civil infrastructure from inception to handover, including experience in the design of SUDs, storm and foul gravity collection networks,  water main distribution pipelines, and road and pavement design, including working knowledge of DMRB and DMURS.
• Experience in the preparation of Public Works Contracts and familiarity with the Capital Works Management Framework is desirable.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3d, Revit or similar drafting and BIM packages.
• Hold a Level 8 degree in Civil Engineering. Master’s Degree (level 9) and be a Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartered Status.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected].

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. 

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.