Project Engineer

Atkins Ireland is a member of SNC-Lavalin, one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.

We are seeking a Project Engineer required to be based in our Galway, Dundalk, Dublin, or Cork Office. The successful candidate will be seconded for reporting purposes to a Utility Client and be involved in assisting the existing team in the oversight of a number of capital projects in the water and wastewater sectors. Attendance to the Client office in Dublin will be required approximately fortnightly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Workshop 8 - Facilitate workshops with Project team, ER, Contractor to close out project, post final account to review and document lessons learned.
• Lessons learned process – coordination of lessons learned process, taking inputs from Workshop 8s, feedback from REs, and developing appropriate resulting outputs for Client  Business units.
• Participate in Waste Management working group which is tasked with developing a standardised approach across all projects which is compliant with all legal requirements and identified best practice.
• Coordinate with Regional Project Resident Engineers in the administration of their duties.
• Assist in the development and implementation of regular reporting for the Infrastructure Delivery Engineering Services Construction Team.

Desirable skills/attributes:

• Third level Degree in Engineering is desirable with minimum 3 years’ experience.
• Experience with large infrastructure projects involving delivery of capital projects, finance and governance would be desirable.
• Must have good Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Have excellent analytical skills and be able to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements and propose and implement solutions.
• Proven ability to create and develop good working relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of personal and teamwork goals, coupled with the ability to gain commitment from others.
• Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion, along with the ability to communicate complex information to others.
• Good knowledge and understanding of current Construction H&S Legislation.
• Strong quality orientation and attention to detail.
• Prioritise tasks, work with schedules and manage resources while remaining focused on team goals.
• Ability to set own and others high standards of performance and delivering desired results.

About Us:

At Atkins we put Sustainability at the heart of our business strategy. We possess a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience for the ultimate benefit of our clients. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. Together with our clients, we’re always striving to find better ways to get things done. We are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland and we were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021.