Site Representative

Role overview

SYSTRA develops, integrates, tests, commissions, and delivers mass transit and mobility solutions used by more than 50 million people each day. With a long-standing focus on sustainability, accessibility, and innovation, the company supports cities and regions in building and improving transport networks. The organisation is expanding across the UK and Ireland and is looking to add strong talent to its infrastructure team.

Position context

SYSTRA is looking for a Site Representative to help plan, coordinate, inspect, and assure rail infrastructure work in Ireland. This is a site-based position focused on construction and investigation activities, including liaison with PSCS-related interfaces and verification that agreed safe working methods, specifications, permits, and project controls are being followed.

The first assignment is an onsite commission of 6 months near Galway. A major part of this assignment involves overseeing ground investigations, topographical surveys, and related enabling or temporary works in live or otherwise operationally constrained rail settings.

As the role progresses, it is expected to grow into support for an GCCC Resident Engineering and NEC4 Assistant Supervisor function, with increasing responsibility for quality assurance, compliance checks, site documentation, defect follow-up, and contractual awareness across rail and transport infrastructure projects.

What you will do

• Represent the consultancy on site during investigations, surveys, and early-stage works, ensuring approved method statements, permits, specifications, and safe systems of work are being respected.
• Oversee ground investigation and survey activities so they are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with project requirements.
• Verify that temporary works interfaces, access provisions, protection measures, possession arrangements where applicable, and site controls are implemented according to approved documents and site constraints.
• Coordinate with contractors, GI specialists, survey teams, designers, project managers, PSCS representatives, and client representatives to support safe delivery and quick resolution of issues.
• Keep thorough site records, including inspection reports, photographs, diary entries, permit checks, meeting notes, and records of any non-conformances or safety concerns observed.
• Spot, document, and escalate defects, unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and non-conformances, then help drive closure through the contractor, designer, or project team interface.
• Support checks on contractor compliance with specifications, approved procedures, inspection and test requirements, and environmental and quality duties.
• Take part in inspections, coordination sessions, safety reviews, and progress meetings, providing clear and factual updates on safety, quality, assurance, and delivery status.
• Assist with the review of risk assessments, method statements, lifting plans, traffic management proposals, and permit arrangements connected to the works.
• Help maintain assurance evidence, action logs, quality documents, and other records needed for governance, audit, and handover.
• Contribute to building NEC4 supervision capability by participating in inspections, compliance checks, reporting, and learning the Supervisor role within NEC4 contracts.
• Encourage continuous improvement and effective practice in rail safety, construction assurance, design risk management, and cross-disciplinary teamwork.

Candidate profile

The ideal person will combine strong communication and teamwork with a practical understanding of Irish construction and rail safety requirements. You should be comfortable working in a site environment, dealing with contractors and technical specialists, and maintaining disciplined records and assurance documentation.

Requirements and experience

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Good knowledge of Irish health and safety law relevant to construction and rail projects, including PSDP and PSCS responsibilities.
• Understanding of contractual duties, risk management, and change identification.
• Awareness of rail infrastructure settings, access and possession constraints, construction methods, and interface management on sensitive operational sites.
• Ability to read construction drawings and understand survey needs, ground investigation work, specifications, and testing requirements.
• Background in overseeing or coordinating site investigations, surveys, enabling works, or similar technical site activities.
• Confident working with contractors, consultants, designers, and client teams on technical and safety matters.
• Strong focus on site safety, quality standards, assurance requirements, and record keeping.
• Well organised, methodical, and capable of maintaining accurate inspection and coordination records.
• Relevant experience in rail, transport infrastructure, construction supervision, design coordination, site investigation oversight, or project delivery across the project lifecycle, ideally on comparable projects.
• Diploma or degree in civil engineering, construction management, health and safety, rail engineering, or a related field.
• Safe Pass accreditation is required.
• Health and safety qualification such as IOSH, NEBOSH, or an equivalent; either already held or being worked toward depending on experience.
• Valid full driving licence for Ireland is required.
• Knowledge of PSDP duties under Irish regulations and the ability to carry out or support them in practice is required.
• Chartered, Incorporated, or Associate Engineer status in a relevant body, or membership of IOSH or a similar professional organisation, is desirable.
• Formal rail safety training, track safety competence, or a comparable rail access certification for the Irish rail environment is desirable.
• Prior work under NEC3 or NEC4 contracts is desirable.
• Experience in supervision, inspection, quality assurance, or site assurance on infrastructure projects is desirable.
• Familiarity with permit-to-work systems, safe systems of work, and reviewing contractor documentation is desirable.
• Experience in live rail environments or projects with railway safety and access planning constraints is desirable.
• Experience contributing to health and safety file preparation, design risk management, or PSDP documentation is desirable.
• Training or practical experience supporting progression into an NEC4 Assistant Supervisor role is desirable.

Additional information

This role is focused on onsite delivery in Ireland and includes an initial 6 month commission near Galway. The work will involve live or operationally constrained rail environments and will require careful attention to safety, assurance, and documentation standards. As the role develops, it will support progression into a broader supervision function across rail and transport infrastructure projects.