Senior Quantity Surveyor HYBRID

Elite Talent Hub is a specialist in permanent staffing solutions for clients both nationally and internationally.

On behalf of our client a leading international engineering and infrastructure contractor with a proud history dating back to the 1960s we are seeking an experienced Senior Estimator or Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their Transportation & Infrastructure team based from Kildare or Dublin. Our client delivers rail renewals and enhancements bridge building highways ports and emergency earthworks and has been involved in projects that have changed the face of transport networks across multiple countries. This is a hybrid role based from the office one day per week.

Main Purpose of Role:

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Estimator to prepare analytical estimates for tender submissions on some of the largest tenders in Ireland. Following submission the successful candidate will attend meetings negotiate and record all changes to the tender price as required and take responsibility for the complete tender submission as necessary.

Key Responsibilities:

• Attend project start-up meetings and make site visits.
• Produce enquiry schedules for required scopes and packages from tender documents drawings and specifications.
• Identify tender deliverables required from Project Designers.
• Evaluate supplier quotations and align them with project specification requirements.
• Prepare Bills of Quantities for project scopes using estimating software (CCS Candy).
• Contribute to the project risk register and attend risk meetings with estimators planners designers and client representatives.
• Attend tender price settlement meetings with the tender team and Chief Estimator.
• Attend tender handover meetings and prepare commercial documents for the project team.
• Support the Chief Estimator in coordinating with functional leaders to resolve issues and develop accurate estimates.
• Make tender amendments based on client feedback and respond to tender queries from project teams.
• Review tender documents to assess scope risks and complexity and provide feedback to the Chief Estimator.

Requirements:

• CSCS Card (relevant type).
• Degree in Quantity Surveying Engineering Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years construction experience including site experience on projects.
• Experience working with both public sector and private sector clients.
• Proven successful estimating experience in civil engineering ideally including undertaking the role of estimator senior estimator or senior quantity surveyor / time-served QS looking to step up.
• Extensive variety in the types of work priced.
• Able to review ITT technical and commercial documentation on an individual project basis.
• Good communication skills including presentations and the ability to negotiate and persuade others.

Whats on Offer:

• Salary of 120000 plus discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review.
• Hybrid working with just one day per week required in the office.
• Above-market contributory pension scheme.
• Life assurance health screening and enhanced sick pay.
• Generous private healthcare allowance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Ongoing investment in professional development.
• Involvement in some of the largest transportation infrastructure tenders in Ireland.

Location: Kildare or Dublin Ireland (Hybrid one day per week in the office)

If interested please apply here online or email your CV in confidence to

This role is being handled exclusively by Elite Talent Hub. All applications and enquiries are strictly confidential.

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