Senior Project Manager

WS Atkins & Partners Overseas Engineering Consultants

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IE.Dublin.Swords IE.Cork.Cork Airport Until 8/25/2026 First posted June 26, 2026 Last posted June 26, 2026
Job description

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.

AtkinsRéalis is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to join the Transportation team based in Dublin, Dundalk, Cork or Galway office.

We focus on innovative design and technical excellence, fostering a trusted partner approach to delivery with our clients. We are looking for individuals who are creative, organised, self-motivated, and collaborative with experience in delivering multi-disciplinary designs. The candidate would ideally be a Chartered Engineer, with experience delivering schemes from concept to detailed design. The position requires a technical background in engineering as it will be a role working closely with industry leading clients and stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to lead projects of varying size and complexity.

Your role

  • Senior Project Manager or Project Director role on multi-disciplinary transportation projects.
  • Contract/Commercial management ownership.
  • Managing the design process.
  • Line management and mentoring of more junior staff.
  • Developing tender proposals, leading bids and winning new commissions.

About you

  • Educated to degree level (level 8/9 engineering degree).
  • Relavant years’ postgraduate experience, primarily in a consultancy environment.
  • Chartered with Engineers Ireland or equivalent professional institution.
  • Experience in the delivery of multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects in Ireland/UK.
  • Experience of all stages of a project life cycle.
  • Ability to manage a multi-disciplinary design team.
  • Strong growth potential to take on more senior roles and responsibilities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with fellow colleagues, delivery partners and team members to ensure successful results and effective delivery.
  • An awareness of developing technologies and best practice in the industry.
  • Confidence to challenge the status quo and think outside the box.
  • Effective communicator (written, verbal & presentations).
  • A willingness to develop and build client relationships.
  • Full driving licence.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture, international remote working opportunities, and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.  

About this role

Summary

Lead multi-disciplinary transportation projects, manage design, contracts, and team, develop proposals, deliver successful outcomes.

Job title

Senior Project Manager

Experience level

postgraduate experience in consultancy environment

Industry

engineering

Location requirements

Dublin, Dundalk, Cork, Galway; flexible remote options allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

chartered engineerproject deliverycontract managementteam leadershipstakeholder management

Preferred skills

innovative designclient relationshipstechnologies in industry

Specializations

transportationinfrastructuremulti-disciplinary designcontract management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Dublin, Ireland

On-site City

Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

On-site City

Cork, Ireland

On-site City

Galway, Ireland

On-site City

Ireland

Remote Country