Road Safety Engineer
Confidential
Posted: January 30, 2026
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Quick Summary
A Road Safety Engineer will work with engineering teams, local authorities, and contractors to improve road safety across new and existing road networks through the defined Road Safety Audit process.
Required Skills
Job Description
About the role
As a Road Safety Auditor, you will be responsible for assessing and evaluating road infrastructure to identify safety risks, ensuring compliance with road safety standards, and contributing to the development of safer transport systems across the country. You will work closely with engineering teams, local authorities, and contractors to improve road safety across new and existing road networks through the defined Road Safety Audit process.
Essential Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent and ideally a post-graduate degree.
Minimum 5+ years post-graduate experience in a similar role.
Strong understanding of the Road Safety Audit process as set down in TII-GE-01025 Road Safety Audit
Qualified to carry out Road Safety Audits at Team Leader and Team Member status.
Solid communication and IT skills
Experience in working on Active Travel, Transportation, Planning & Road Design projects
Familiarity with AutoCAD and Civil 3D desirable but not required.
Clean drivers licence and access to a vehicle for travelling to site locations around Ireland.
What We Can Offer You
Being part of ORS means more than just a job, it means joining a company that invests in you and your ambitions with transparency, structure and support.
We are delighted to offer a suite of benefits when you join ORS, which include:
Competitive salary
Performance-related bonus
Pension scheme with matching contributions
Remote-first hybrid model – use your home as a base and any of our office locations as you see fit
Work from abroad
Flexible working hours
Access to over 60 health disciplines through our Kara Connect Platform
Continuous Professional development (CPD) programme & funding
Paid maternity, paternity and fertility leave
Company and birthday annual leave days
Death in Service benefit
Tax saver - travel and bike to work
Culture, social, wellness and CPD committees
Talent Development Programmes
Access to leading career coach Gerry Duffy
About ORS
ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day.
Don’t just take our word for it! ORS has won numerous awards, recognising our Great Place to Work culture.
Winner of the Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
Winner of the Graduate Programme of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025
Winner of the Best Company to Work For at the Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025
Winner of the Best People Development of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2024
Winner of the Recruitment & Retention Strategy at the Workplace Excellence Awards 2024
Great Place to Work certified consecutively since 2017
Top 3 Company Best Workplaces in the medium-sized category at the Great Place to Work awards 2025
Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 Great Place to Work
Engineers Ireland CPD Accreditation since 20217
Awarded for Hybrid Way of Working at the 2022 Great Place to Work Awards
Silver Accreditation through Investors in Diversity 2025
ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.