Senior Quantity Surveyor

The SQS is responsible for cost control on behalf of the Contracting Entity managing a team of Intermediate Quantity Surveyors in ensuring effective cost estimation and control of spend and ensuring payments are compliant with the contracting reimbursement principles (schedules of rates bills of quantity materials on and off site payments etc.) as well as monitoring the anticipated final project doing so the SQS will provide cost management and cost advice to the Claims Contract Management and Project Management team and ensure that the Contracting Entity achieves the projects budgetary goals and objectives.

Principle Accountabilities: 

• Lead preparation of feasibility preliminary design and final design cost estimates for multidisciplinary railway projects.
• Assess on and off site materials monthly payment certificates and package final accounts as well as monitoring the anticipate final project costs and making recommendations for monthly payments or final accounts due ensuring Contractual Entitlement.
• Undertake or review measurement of designs and on-site works completed.
• Develop the schedule of rates or Bill of Quantities.

Experience:

• Must have a clear understanding of and ability to work with construction contract
• commercial documents drawings and specifications.
• Strong experience of delivering technically complex and high value infrastructure projects
• Experience of working in a comparable consultancy environment or with a client or
• contractor organisation
• Knowledge of cost management principles methods techniques and tools including the
• standard method of measurement
• Knowledge of policy and procedure implementation

Qualifications :

• 10 years experience at least 3 years within the transport infrastructure industry with a focus on multidisciplinary railway projects.
• C Eng / BEng / BA / BSc cost management quantity surveying estimating management or in a related discipline.

Additional Information :

What we offer you:

• Full time
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• 8% Pension
• 23 days Annual leave ( 2 company days)
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time