Highways Principal Engineer - Dublin & Cork jobs at Jacobs in Ireland, Dublin

You’ll be based in Dublin or the surrounding area, with the flexibility to work from home and the expectation to be in the office or on client sites at least two days per week.

As Senior or Principal Drainage Engineer, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Drainage Discipline Lead in delivering drainage design services across all stages of project development. You’ll work closely with colleagues in Ireland, the UK, and globally to ensure technical excellence and seamless coordination. You’ll also help develop junior engineers and contribute to the continuous improvement of our drainage capability.

We are seeking a Senior Utilities/Infrastructure Engineer with experience in the design, coordination and construction of utilities (electrical, telecommunications, water, gas, foul etc.) ideally in an urban highway setting. You’ll join a team that has an enviable reputation in the Water & Environment consultancy sector as a result of a portfolio of high-profile projects with market leading clients . As part of a global drainage delivery team, you will play a key role in delivering Water/Environmental and transportation drainage design services throughout all stages of project development on multi-disciplinary projects.

BusConnects is a strategic national-level intervention for Ireland that will enhance sustainable transportation and the environment by upgrading walking, cycling and bus infrastructure in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Waterford.

We have been appointed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) as their Client Partner to deliver Dublin’s BusConnects infrastructure. This will include providing programme management and multi-disciplinary expertise over a 10-year programme to deliver 12 schemes comprising 230 kilometres of continuous bus priority corridors and 200 kilometres of cycle paths and improved pedestrian facilities from procurement through to handover of this new infrastructure. The role would suit someone from a civil engineering background with specific experience on highways/roads projects.

We’ll Expect You To:

• Provide water quality and regulatory advice and strategy to municipal clients

• Support regulatory negotiations with the Washington State Department of Ecology

• Provide reviews of deliverables

• Provide mentoring to other Jacobs staff