Project Engineer

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At AECOM,  we are currently recruiting for a Project Engineer to join us at our Dublin office.

The Project Engineer will be required to attend site three days per week and two days per week will be remote working.

Here’s what you’ll do: 

Your day to day will include but not be limited to the following tasks and responsibilities:

The Project Engineer will be assigned to the Delivery team within the Infrastructure Department’s Portfolio, working across multiple engineering disciplines, including civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical. The role involves supporting the planning, coordination, and management of construction quality assurance and quality control, as well as providing construction supervision as required across the Portfolio. The Project Engineer will help ensure that all projects are delivered safely and in alignment with established quality standards, schedules, and budget targets.

The Project Engineer will undertake duties as assigned by the Project Manager and Head of Construction, providing on-site leadership and oversight during project construction phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a consistent on-site presence throughout construction activities.

• Monitor and ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.

• Actively promote and foster a positive safety culture within the project team and across site.

• Attend and contribute to safety leadership meetings as required.

• Fulfil the role of Site Project Manager (SPM) in accordance with the Contracting Entity’s Airport Direction D-O Construction Projects, completing all required competency training.

• Undertake additional roles as defined within the Contracting Entity’s Airport Directions and Safety Management System.

Quality Assurance & Control

• Review construction quality plans and inspection and test plans (ITPs).

• Conduct construction quality assurance (surveillance and monitoring) on design-and-build projects to ensure compliance with specified requirements.

• Perform construction quality control on traditional contracts, including 100% verification through planned Hold and Witness points.

• Regularly inspect works to ensure compliance with contract drawings, specifications, quality plans, and industry best practice.

• Review and provide comments on contractor RAMS for submission to the P2W permit system.

Programme & Reporting

• Monitor and provide feedback on the contract programme.

• Maintain a comprehensive site diary.

• Prepare detailed daily reports including (but not limited to):

  • Site and weather conditions

  • Labour, plant, and material resources

  • Material deliveries

  • Work locations and activities

  • Safety performance and issues

  • Quality performance and observations

Stakeholder & Team Coordination

• Liaise with stakeholders before, during, and after project completion.

• Work collaboratively with all relevant daa departments, including landside operations, airside operations, TSOs, and others.

• Attend site progress meetings and complete all assigned follow-up actions.

• Participate in design meetings where input is required and complete related actions.

• Sign off on projects and documentation as required.

• Embrace new systems and processes of work and attend training necessary to maintain required competencies.

Contract Administration

• Where required, fulfil the responsibilities of the NEC Supervisor, acting independently from the Project Manager in accordance with contract requirements.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? 

Here’s what we’re looking for: 

As the successful candidate you will have experience working within our infrastructure market along with having the following qualfications and experience.

• Proven experience delivering major civil and/or building works projects within the aviation sector. Experience working on airport construction projects at international airports, or within similarly highly regulated environments, is highly desirable.

• Strong technical knowledge of infrastructure engineering and project delivery, with particular expertise in construction methodologies and execution strategies.

• Demonstrated experience developing, documenting, and implementing best-practice construction frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.

• Experience engaging with and influencing stakeholders at all organisational levels to drive process improvements and strengthen project delivery governance.

• Practical experience operating in a site-based role within an aviation environment.

• Working knowledge of the NEC and FIDIC suites of contracts, including their practical application in construction project delivery.

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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