Rail Engineering Director

Description

As Engineering Director, you’ll play a key leadership role within the Transportation team, providing technical oversight of the largest rail projects across Ireland — either by directly supporting project delivery or by guiding and developing others in these roles. You’ll also be responsible for setting the overall technical strategy for rail engineering in Ireland, helping to shape team structures and delivery approaches to meet client and project needs.

You will be expected to act as a trusted advisor to clients, offering strategic and technical guidance as they deliver major infrastructure investment programmes.

• Provide overall engineering and technical leadership for rail projects in Ireland.
• Act as Design or Engineering Manager on major projects.
• Lead and manage a team of Engineering Managers.
• Support business development through technical input into proposals and bids.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for all rail-related matters in Ireland.
• Promote a culture of safe-by-design throughout all project stages.
• Oversee quality management and technical assurance systems.
• Manage the multi-disciplinary design process, ensuring outputs meet required standards and client expectations.
• Foster continuous improvement in both individual and team performance.
• Develop and implement an effective competency management framework for rail engineering delivery.

Requirements

This role would suit a Chartered Engineer with experience across all stages of the project life cycle. You’ll have the opportunity to lead the technical delivery of projects of varying size and complexity, while managing and mentoring a team of engineering managers within the Rail division. You can be based in Dublin or Cork.

Our client is seeking an experienced, technically strong, and highly organised individual to take on a leadership role within their Rail team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in delivering large, multi-disciplinary rail projects and will have operated as a Rail Engineering Manager or Design Manager.

• Experience mentoring engineering professionals.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Significant postgraduate experience, ideally within a consultancy environment.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies and best practices in the rail sector.
• Full driving licence.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of BIM Level 2 project delivery.
• Educated to degree level (Level 8/9) in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland or an equivalent professional institution.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance