Senior Resident Engineer - Civil

Senior Resident Engineer

RPS has great opportunities for Senior Resident Engineers to join our site based teams for roles in the Midlands, North West, South West and South East of the Republic of Ireland.

We are seeking a number of Senior Resident Engineers to work on major above and below ground water utility projects, helping to deliver important infrastructure for their customers and to ensure that the works are carried out in accordance with the contract documents (works requirements).

• Monitor and report on works being carried out onsite
• Monitor the Contractor for compliance with the Safety Health & Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations
• Prepare excellent technical reports and presentations for internal and external use

• Level 8 degree in Engineering
• 10+ years of relevant postgraduate experience in engineering including site works supervision and monitoring of safe working practices. Ideally this will include water sector projects. Experience of pipeline treatment plant work will be an advantage.
• Hold a clean driving licence
• Hold current Safepass, Managing Safely in Construction and manual handling

• Safety and Delivery focussed
• Accountable
• Problem solver
• Self‑motivated / initiative
• Works well as part of a team

• Attention to detail
• Computer skills – MS Office Suite (advanced user of MS Excel preferred)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work within a diverse multidisciplinary team with excellent people‑management skills
• Written – excellent report writing
• Verbal – excellent communications skills
• Good knowledge & experience of Health & Safety legislation and regulations
• Good record keeping
• Working knowledge of Public Works and FIDIC form of contract
• Detailed understanding of Health & Safety legislation and regulations
• Track record of leading or working in site supervision teams
• Contractor design review experience beneficial
• Team player with excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), team‑working skills and analytical skills
• Ability to lead and motivate themselves and others; willingly takes ownership of issues and seeks team participation to achieve best solution
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make recommendations
• Ability to devise new approaches to problems encountered

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard. This is a workplace that works for you.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

Our employees are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including:

• 23 days holiday increasing with service + bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Disability scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Health screening
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional memberships and sponsored education