Resident and Senior Resident Engineer Mechanical & Electrical

RPS; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Ireland is seeking Resident & Senior Resident Engineers in Mechanical & Electrical to oversee critical water utility projects. Candidates must have a Level 8 degree in Engineering and 7+ years of experience in site supervision. Key responsibilities include onsite monitoring and compliance reporting. The position offers competitive benefits like flexible working, excellent salaries, and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

23 days holiday increasing with service

Company pension scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Health Screening

Professional Memberships

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant post graduate experience in engineering including site works supervision.
• Clean driving licence and current Safepass, Managing safely in construction, manual handling.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and report on works being carried out onsite.
• Prepare excellent technical reports and presentations for internal and external use.
• Monitor the Contractor for compliance with safety regulations.

Skills

Safety and Delivery focused

Problem solver

Excellent communication skills

Computer skills - MS Office Suite

Attention to detail

Education

Level 8 degree in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

Job description

RPS has great opportunities for Resident & Senior Resident & Mechanical Electrical to join our site based teams for roles in Dublin and Donegal.

About The Role

We are seeking a number of Resident & Senior Resident Engineers Mechanical & Electrical 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).

The duties of the roles shall include, but not be limited to:

• 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.

Qualifications And Experience

The desired qualifications and experience for the Resident Engineers Mechanical & Electrical are:

• Level 8 degree in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
• 7+ years of relevant post graduate 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

About You - Core Competencies

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

Position Specific Competencies

• Attention to detail.
• Computer skills - MS Office Suite (advanced user of MS Excel preferred).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work within a diverse multi‑disciplinary team with excellent people management skills.
• Written – excellent report writing.
• Verbal – excellent communications skills.
• Have a 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.

What We Offer You

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.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

About RPS

RPS a TetraTech company, is a leading international professional services company providing management, engineering, planning, environmental, sustainability and communications consultancy, employing over 600 staff in Ireland with a global staff of over 28,000 plus employees across UK, Europe, US and Australia.

We benefit from the scale of business that allows us to work on large and/or exciting projects and, at the same time, we retain the local presence in our markets which fosters positive engagement with our clients.

We define, design and manage projects that create shared value in a complex, urbanising and resource‑scarce world. Connecting with our global expertise we make it easy for our clients to create winning solutions for their communities and their clients. By being confidently pragmatic we solve problems that matter. We make complex easy.

What Happens Next

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters and then there’ll be a two‑stage interview process with the Team.

All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days.

Recruitment Agencies: We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.