Rail Engineering Director - Dublin, Dundalk, Cork, Galway or UK

Office/Project Location: Dublin, Dundalk, Cork, Galway or UK

Employment Type: Permanent

Work Location: Hybrid

Pay: Salary €100k - 150k Negotiable

Experience: 20+ years

Visa: EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required

Our client is one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.

They are currently seeking an Rail Engineering Director to join the Rail team based in the Dublin, Dundalk, Cork or Galway office.

We are looking for an individual who is experienced, technically competent, organised, and collaborative with experience in delivering significant multi-disciplinary rail projects as Rail Engineering Manager or Design Manager.

You would be a Chartered Engineer, with experience of all stages of the project life cycle.

You will have the opportunity to lead the technical delivery projects of varying size and complexity and manage a team of engineering managers in the Rail team. 

The Engineering Director is a senior member of the Transportation team who will provide technical oversight of rail projects in Ireland, through directly working on projects or mentoring staff in project delivery roles. 

You will be responsible for setting the technical engineering rail strategy for the team in Ireland and assist with developing the right team structure for our clients and projects. 

You will be expected to provide strategic advice to our clients as they embark on significant investment programmes.

Overall engineering and technical leadership of rail engineering projects in Ireland.

Acting as a Design or Engineering Manager on projects.

Managing a team of Engineering managers.

Introducing an effective competency management system to the Rail engineering delivery in Ireland.

Managing the multi-disciplinary 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.

Requirements

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.

Package

Salary €100k - 150k Negotiable

Comprehensive pension benefits

Annual Bonus

Accident and illness cover

Flexible holiday scheme

Income protection

Contact

Aoife Tiernan is the consultant managing this position.

If you are a Rail Engineering Director and are interested in roles based in Dublin, Dundalk, Cork or Galway, you can contact Aoife by e-mail at aoife@jobcontax.com or phone +353-1-9696684 for a confidential chat.

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