Ireland Job Openings

RPS Group

Project / Design Manager - Rail

Dublin

October 18, 2024


We have an exciting opportunity for a Project / Design Manager to join our growing Rail team as part of our Transport Infrastructure business in Ireland. The role will be based in one of our offices across Republic of Ireland (Dublin, Galway, Cork, Sligo, Kilkenny), with flexibility on location.
You will lead on the management and delivery on an exciting major rail line project we have recently won and provide clients with technical excellence through our delivery of projects.

About You:
  • A track record of successfully managing and delivering multi-disciplinary linear infrastructure projects
  • Technical knowledge (in rail) to be able to challenge project teams on outputs / deliverables
  • Strong experience of delivering multiple design stages, including early project phases (Feasibility, Options, Environmental Evaluation, Statutory Planning).
  • An understanding of Irish Rail’s Project Lifecycle Deliverables (particularly for Phases 1 to 4) and familiarity with their Design Management Procedures.
  • Familiarity with contracts including NEC.
  • An ability to manage multiple workstreams and teams, balancing priorities, making value and delivery judgements / decisions to meet or exceed our client’s expectations
  • Understanding of PSDP and other health and safety regulations, and the application of “safe by design” techniques
  • Understanding of client engineering assurance processes
Qualifications:
  • Degree or equivalent in a relevant Engineering discipline, and Chartered

About The Role:
  • Lead, direct, and coordinate multi-disciplinary technical and environmental teams, being accountable to the Client for project delivery
  • Work alongside Programme and Commercial Managers to ensure the technical delivery of Rail projects
  • Manage client and stakeholder relationships to achieve desired project outcomes
  • Set an example for health, safety and welfare on the project and instil a strong safety culture within the delivery team
  • Lead and contribute to the development of high performing teams from multiple technical disciplines and specialisms (including subconsultants)
  • Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to aspiring project managers

About the Transport Infrastructure Business:
We provide technical and advisory services across the entire project lifecycle. We’re proud to have worked on many of the most successful transport projects in Ireland and the UK, including roads and motorways, light and heavy rail, ports and airport upgrades, and sustainable transport projects including greenways and active travel. RPS has routed, designed, project-managed and supervised the construction of over 400km of Irish roads and motorways. We have pivoted towards other sustainable transport delivery, particularly rail and greenways in Ireland. We also have an active portfolio of international projects across UK, North America and Australia.
What we offer you:
We will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself. We support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.

RPS, a Tetra Tech company:
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, in January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
We're RPS our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. You will be supported every step of the way.

Here is where you come to build a career.
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We know we develop better solutions together.
That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

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We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

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