Assistant Bridge Manager

at  Limerick City and County Council

Limerick City and County Council invites applications from suitably qualified persons, who wish to be considered for inclusion on a panel from which temporary and permanent vacancies for Assistant Bridge Manager (Executive Engineer) may be filled throughout the lifetime of the panel.
The Assistant Bridge Manager will report directly to the Regional Bridge Manager, Limerick National Roads Design
Assistant Bridge Manager will be expected to carry out the following non-exhaustive list of duties:

Supporting the Regional Bridge Manger in all aspects of bridge management activity on the Active Travel / Greenway and National Road network.

• Assist in the development of a database for all Active Travel / Greenway/ National Road Network structures.
• Assist TII in the development and implementation of TII Standards relating to the assessment and rehabilitation of Active Travel / Greenway/ National Road Network structures.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant standards relating to user safety and sustainability in the rehabilitation of existing bridges as part of bridge rehabilitations on Active Travel / Greenway and National Road schemes.
• Reviewing bridge related information available to inform and develop annual schemes of work on a targeted and prioritised basis.
• Bridge selection and the development of an appropriate rehabilitation strategy on the basis of existing reporting and assessment information.
• Procurement of technical advisors for the design and contract supervision of bridge rehabilitation schemes.
• Ensuring adherence and compliance with the requirements of TII Standards in the rehabilitation of existing bridges as part of bridge rehabilitations on Active Travel / Greenway and National Road schemes.
• Ensuring adherence and compliance with the requirements of TII Standards in the development of contract documents for new and replacement bridge schemes and for the rehabilitation of existing bridges as part of bridge rehabilitation schemes.
• Contractor procurement and the development of contract documents for the execution of Bridge Rehabilitation schemes.
• The appointment and management of technical advisors for the delivery of the Bridge Rehabilitation Programme, Principal Inspection and Inventory gathering and Structural Assessments.
• Ensuring the provision of an acceptable level of quality of reporting and compliance with respect to the relevant TII standards.
• Ensuring compliance with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013.
• Maintaining the Eirspan Bridge management database and ensuring information entered is in accordance with the Eirspan Bridge management technical requirements and system manuals.
• Seeking the cooperation and involvement of other Local Authority Senior Engineering staff with the implementation and execution of bridge management rehabilitation/assessment/inspection schemes.
• Liaising with and seeking agreement with all relevant statutory bodies and stakeholders on the progression of scheme development.
• Negotiating land agreements, procuring/appointing valuers, and solicitors and overseeing the acquisition process.

Salary
Salary scale: €55,519 - €77,176 per annum, inclusive of LSIs. Payment of increments is dependent on satisfactory performance.
Annual Leave
The successful candidate will have 30 days annual leave.
Hours of Work
The working hours at present provide for a five day, thirty five hours working week, hours may vary from time to time.
Application Process
Completed application forms must be e-mailed to recruitment@limerick.ie no later than Monday 8th April 2024.
An official application form must be completed in full by the closing date for the competition. Please note that amendments to the application form will not be accepted after the closing date. CV’s will not be accepted in lieu of an application form.
Please send your application from an e-mail address that you will review regularly as communication during the assessment/selection period will only be through that e-mail address. Please also ensure that you regularly review your spam/junk email folder as occasionally your email service provider may direct emails to that folder

Please refer the Job description for details