{"id":45859,"date":"2026-04-18T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/ireland\/job-offers\/senior-designer-en-8874\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:06:00","slug":"senior-designer-en-8874","status":"publish","type":"systra_jobs","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/ireland\/job-offers\/senior-designer-en-8874\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><!---text--> <\/h2>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<h2>Context<\/h2>\n<p><p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">BG&amp;E is a civil and structural engineering consultancy, celebrated for our innovative, award-winning designs that prioritise practicality and constructability.&nbsp;Now part of the SYSTRA Group, we continue our decades-long commitment to delivering high-quality technical expertise to our clients &ndash; proud to support the ambitious growth of a sustainable and resilient international company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">We partner with clients and stakeholders to challenge the status quo, pushing the boundaries of what&rsquo;s possible in engineering.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">The Role<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">We are seeking a&nbsp;Senior Design Engineer&nbsp;to join our team and lead the delivery of technical design solutions across a diverse portfolio of rail infrastructure projects, including passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and intermodal. This role will suit an experienced rail engineer with strong technical design capability and a solid understanding of rail corridor infrastructure, including interfaces with civil works such as earthworks, drainage, and stormwater, while contributing to coordinated, compliant, and buildable project outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Missions\/Main Duties<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Lead the delivery of technical design packages for rail infrastructure projects across multiple sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Provide senior engineering input across rail corridor design and associated infrastructure interfaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Develop practical, compliant, and buildable design solutions across all project stages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Contribute to the delivery of passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and intermodal projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Prepare, review, and coordinate design documentation, calculations, and technical deliverables.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Manage design interfaces between rail infrastructure and associated civil elements including earthworks, drainage, and stormwater.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve integrated design outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Identify technical risks, resolve design issues, and contribute to efficient project delivery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Ensure design outputs meet client, project, and industry standards and requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Support project planning, programme coordination, and delivery of design milestones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Use relevant design tools, ideally including&nbsp;<em>12d<\/em>, to support technical design development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Provide technical guidance and support to junior engineers and designers as required.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Profile\/Skills<\/h2>\n<p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">About You<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">You are a highly capable&nbsp;<em>Senior Design Engineer<\/em>&nbsp;with strong experience in rail infrastructure design and a proven ability to deliver complex technical packages within multidisciplinary project environments. You bring experience across rail project types such as passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and intermodal, along with an understanding of rail corridor design and key interfaces with civil infrastructure including earthworks, drainage, and stormwater.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Proven experience in a Design Engineer or Senior Design Engineer role within rail infrastructure projects for an engineering consultancy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Strong technical rail design experience across passenger rail, heavy haul, inland rail, and\/or intermodal projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Understanding of rail corridor infrastructure and associated design interfaces with civil works.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Experience contributing to designs involving earthworks, drainage, stormwater, and related corridor elements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Ability to lead technical design packages and deliver practical, compliant, and coordinated solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Experience preparing and reviewing design documentation, calculations, and technical deliverables.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Strong understanding of relevant rail, client, and industry design standards and requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Proficiency in relevant design software, ideally including&nbsp;<em>12d<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary teams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Strong technical judgement, problem-solving capability, and attention to detail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Well-developed communication skills and the ability to guide junior team members.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">What do we offer?<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Flexible working arrangements to help achieve real work life balance.\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Health and wellbeing support via a confidential Employee Assistance Program.\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Competitive remuneration.\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">On-the-job coaching to help you be the best you can be, including leveraging BG&amp;E&rsquo;s global network of experts to help you realise your professional development goals to grow your career at BG&amp;E<u>.<\/u>\u202f&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Equality is part of our DNA &ndash; We value who you are &ndash; it begins with our values and continues through our culture &ndash; and is fostered throughout our workplaces. We recognise the benefits of diversity and encourage our people to be comfortable in bringing their complete self to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Wellbeing and Safety\u202f<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">BG&amp;E provides collaborative working environments, which supporting the safety and wellbeing of all employees and stakeholders. As an organisation, we strive to continually mitigate risks, and to improve our safety systems and performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Diversity and Inclusion\u202f<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Equality is part of BG&amp;E&rsquo;s DNA. We value who you are &ndash; it begins with our values and continues through our culture &ndash; and is fostered throughout our workplaces. We recognise and celebrate difference and encourage our people and potential candidates to be comfortable in bringing your complete self to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><!---text--> <\/h2>\n<p>..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.. 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