P&R Civil Engineering Manager

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of 'leading edge' engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby's Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of 'leading edge' engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby's Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of blue chip companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance.

There's a point in your career where delivering packages isn't enough anymore. You want to shape the standards, influence strategy, and build teams that actually enjoy working together. This is that role.

This is a leadership position with real scope. You'll oversee civil engineering strategy, drive consistency across projects, and lead teams delivering complex infrastructure from tender through to completion.

• Own and evolve civil engineering processes, procedures, and strategy across the business
• Build, manage and develop high-performing teams
• Create a collaborative, accountable culture where people can do their best work
• Provide technical oversight and direction across multiple projects

• Lead the civil input into bids and tenders, shaping solutions from the outset
• Oversee preliminary designs (earthworks, drainage, access roads, structures)
• Define risk profiles across ground conditions, flooding, utilities and environmental factors
• Drive alignment between civil, electrical, and commercial teams
• Influence programme strategy, resources, and delivery approach

• Manage design consultants and ensure outputs meet specification and client expectations
• Act as the key interface with clients, contractors and internal stakeholders
• Ensure designs are commercially sound and optimised for delivery
• Lead coordination between disciplines to avoid friction later in the project

• Provide strategic oversight during construction - guiding, not micromanaging
• Support teams through scope changes, risk management, and problem solving
• Ensure standards, compliance, and quality are consistently met
• Lead site audits and critical decision-making at key stages

• Oversee as-built documentation and H&S file completion
• Drive lessons learned across the business - not just filed away, but actually used

• Strong background in civil engineering within infrastructure, utilities, or energy
• Proven leadership experience managing teams and influencing delivery
• Com…