Civil Design Engineer

Title: Civil Design Engineer Location: Kildare (off the N7) Type: Permanent office-based

Most civil and structural designers spend their days on one slice of one project type inside a consultancy big enough that nobody outside their team knows their name.

This is close to the opposite.

A HV/MV electrical engineering business in Kildare recently brought its civil design in-house and its become one of the fastest-growing parts of the company. The team is small a handful of people and growing because the work keeps coming. So the person joining now isnt filling a seat. Youd help build the team shape how it runs and mentor the graduates coming in behind you.

If youve ever thought you could run a design function better than the place youre in now this is the role where you get to.

The work

You wont be stuck on one project type. It runs across:

• Substations: transformer bunds switchgear foundations new and existing substation buildings.
• Solar parks wind farms and battery storage feeding Irelands grid.
• Site infrastructure: drainage roadways cable basements site development works.

Integrated civil and electrical design end to end on projects that actually get built.

Day to day

• Preparing and reviewing civil/structural drawings in AutoCAD (Revit a real plus).
• Running and checking design calcs including drainage and site development.
• Producing technical reports specifications and material schedules.
• Coordinating with MEP engineers contractors and clients.
• Supporting construction with site visits as-builts and handover docs.
• Mentoring graduate engineers and checking their calcs.

What youll need

Three things genuinely matter. If youve got them talk to us:

1. A degree in Civil/Structural Engineering (Level 8 minimum) with postgraduate design experience inside an engineering consultancy.
2. 3 years designing real structures across the main materials ideally on electrical infrastructure.
3. Working knowledge of AutoCAD plus Eurocodes and Irish/UK standards.

Helpful not essential: Revit Robot Structural Analysis or similar FE/frame software drainage software a Level 9 degree Chartered status.

Whats on offer

Pension matched to 4% from day one. 23 days leave rising to 25. Strong family leave (26 weeks paid maternity plus paternity and adoptive). 10 paid sick days. Virtual GP care. Death-in-service and income protection. Relocation and visa support handled in-house for international hires.

This is a design role so its office-based. Formal hybrid (a day a week) opens up after six months and a successful probation. Easy commute: about 50 minutes from Dublin against the traffic plenty of parking.

How to respond

Send your CV even if its not bang up to date and well set up a short no-pressure call to talk through fit. Weve been clear about the three must-haves. If youve got them youll hear back quickly.

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