Our Client is a leading Ireland-based construction consultancy that has built their reputation on providing exceptional cost management, project management, due diligence and advisory services to blue-chip companies across various sectors.

Our Client has an ongoing portfolio of work that includes data centres, large scale residential, student accommodation, commercial, hotel & leisure, and healthcare projects ranging from €20M - €100M. The role is based in Dublin with projects located in either Dublin or Cork, and the role reports to the Director of Project Management.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market-leading consultancy, to be involved in some of Ireland’s most prestigious projects, to work within a forward-thinking company and a set-up that brings the best out of their employees, and where the team culture comprises excellent support, mentoring, and leadership to showcase individual talent for a balanced multi-disciplinary team that delivers

Working days / time and Salary

5 day working week and 22 days’ annual leave.

Salary is €Negotiable plus an exceptional host of benefits from the best tech and gym membership to training and mentoring, and award programmes

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the cost control and commercial management of assigned project(s).
• Responsible for managing teams of quantity surveying / commercial managers and for the performance of achieving defined deliverables.
• Identify commercial risk and opportunities for the benefit of the project, the recording of information in a risk register, and the review with the project team at defined intervals.
• Lead the co-ordination of the quantity surveying and /or commercial manager(s) team on any matter relating to cost control and cost management.
• Responsible for the organisation’s compliance with contractual obligations and for the close-out of non-compliance(s).
• Responsible for dispute avoidance procedures and the co-ordination of a claims management system.
• Responsible for systematic approach to the identification, assessment and control of issues that may lead to change, and the implementation of effective change control.
• Reporting on the commercial activity status, both internally and externally, within an agreed format and with the latest actual and forecast information / data.
• Contract administration and management, and in particular, proactive engagement with stakeholders and the promotion of mutual co-operation and trust.
• Responsible for certifying interim payment applications and final accounts.

Essential experience & qualifications

• Educated to degree level, whether Bachelor or Master.
• Min 5 years’ experience as a quantity surveyor and / or commercial manager gained working for a developer, cost consultancy, and / or project management services provider.
• MRICS (or RICS APC considered).
• Client-side background.
• Excellent command of the English language.
• An excellent communicator, both written and oral, to both technical and non-technical persons. Proficient in Microsoft Office and MS Project
• Entitled to work in the EU.

Desirable experience & qualifications

• BSc in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or Building / Construction Economics.
• Post-graduate studies in Law, ADR, etc.
• Experience working in sectors such data centres, residential, commercial, student accommodation, hotels & leisure, retail, and healthcare and / or retails projects would be advantageous.
• Experience working with RIAI and design & build forms of contract.
• Experience working within ISO 9001:2015.
• Previous experience working in Ireland.