Project Controls Director

Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Cost Management Lead to join our team in Europe. This role will play a pivotal part in securing new business opportunities, developing and growing the team, and overseeing recruitment efforts.

The successful candidate will have a strategic perspective to drive the growth and development of project controls across Europe, ensuring high-quality service delivery to clients through effective management of pre- and post-contract quantity surveying duties.

This leadership role will be responsible for business development, resource planning, and implementing business strategies to support the continued success and growth of the cost management team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Securing new business opportunities
• Positioning and creating opportunities to provide routes to market for selling our services
• Building and expanding the network across Europe
• Building and leading a team
• Strategic oversight in respect to building this discipline across Europe
• Delivery of respective cost centre budget (business performance)
• Leadership of people, including engagement and development leadership as well as effective deployment
• Lead and assure service excellence Level
• Compliance with our Business Management Systems: contract, risk, HSW, delivery, finance
• Lead Health Safety & Wellbeing activities for respective cost centre
• Visible regional market presence
• Securing regional bids for cost centre
• Responsible for resourcing and capability build to meet need in region

Operational Management Responsibilities:

Pre and Post-Contract Quantity Surveying:

• Prepare cost estimates, manage procurement and tendering processes, and administer contracts
• Handle variations and finalize accounts

Feasibility Studies and Procurement Reports:

Conduct feasibility studies and write detailed procurement reports

Estimating and Cost Planning:

• Produce and present final cost plans
• Estimate costs at conceptual, feasibility, and detailed levels

Tendering and Procuring:

• Manage pre-qualification stages, produce tender lists, and compile contractual documents
• Analyse tenders and produce tender reports

Post-Contract Cost Management:

• Deal with cost variances and change control processes
• Ensure timely and accurate cost checking and valuation

Cost Reporting:

Produce and present post-contract cost reports to clients

Final Accounts Negotiation:

Negotiate and agree on final accounts with clients and contractors

Client and Consultant Interface:

Interface with clients and other consultants at all project stages

Quality and Efficiency:

Ensure commissions are managed to high-quality standards and completed efficiently and on time

Relationship Building:

Develop strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and colleagues

Keep track of margin levels and fee/resource forecasts on all commissions

Information Management:

Cascade key information and data effectively and ensure appropriate retention

Qualifications:

Technical Experience:

• Solid technical experience in all cost management areas; planning, estimating, pre-contract post contract and final account
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, feasibility and detailed level
• Understand cost (labour, plant, materials) as well as cashflow, commitments and overall project costs
• Experience preparing Cost Management estimates and reports
• Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing
• Undertake analytical thinking of complex tasks and always find optimal solutions for clients

Skills/Qualifications:

• College or post-graduate degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field with a technical focus
• RICS or equivalent accreditation is preferred
• Minimum of 15 years relevant experience in cost management of building construction projects as well as in-depth experience of managing teams
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Drive to be proactive and self-motivated
• The tenacity and ambition to contribute towards value and create solutions
• Ability to develop good working relationships with stakeholders
• Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, and be a team player

What We Offer:

• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• Pension
• 27 days Annual leave
• 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

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.