Rail Engineering Director - Key Transport Projects
JOB_53540071123963Job type
PermanentLocation
SwordsWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
ConstructionIndustry
ConstructionPay
Annual Salary DOEClosing date
22 Nov 2025
Rail Engineering Director - Key Infrastructure Projects - Leading Consultancy
Rail Engineering Director - Key Infrastructure Projects - Leading Consultancy
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Your New Company
Your new company is one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland. At the core of their business is the Environment, Sustainability and Health & Safety. They strive to support their clients with their significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience. They are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland, and they were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021.
Your New Role
In your new role as Rail Engineering Director, you will be responsible for the overall engineering and technical leadership of rail engineering projects in Ireland. You will be acting as a Design / Engineering Manager on projects.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing a team of Engineering managers.
- Introducing an effective competency management system to the Rail engineering delivery in Ireland
- Managing the multidisciplinary design process.
- Ensuring design is defined and delivered in accordance with appropriate guidance, standards and client requirements.
- Being the primary point of contact for all technical matters for rail in Ireland.
- Line management of engineering managers and systems engineering managers.
- Developing technical/quality proposals for new commissions.
- Implementing a robust quality management system.
- Chartered with Engineers Ireland or equivalent professional institution.
- An ability to ensure safe-by-design is at the core of the design and delivery process.
- Commitment to continuous improvement in own and team performance.
What You Need to Succeed
- Educated to degree level (level 8/9 engineering degree).
- Relevant postgraduate experience, primarily in a consultancy environment.
- Experience of delivering projects to BIM Level 2 equivalent.
- An awareness of developing technologies and best practice in the industry.
- Effective communicator (written, verbal & presentations).
- Full driving licence.
What You Get in Return
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave
- Mileage reclaimable as an expense
- International remote working days
- Hybrid working
- The opportunity to work on exciting, crucial infrastructure projects
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Rail Engineering Director - Key Transport ProjectsJOB_535400711239632025-11-032025-11-22
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