Senior Quantity Surveyor (Public Sector) | Kilkenny

Our client, a public sector body, are recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for a client side role in Kilkenny. You’ll lead the cost and commercial side of healthcare capital projects across the South East, from new builds to refurbishments on live hospital sites. You’ll manage the consultant QS teams rather than work for them, with a 35-hour week and 30 days’ holiday.

This is a 1-year contract, renewable year on year, with a clear route to permanency.

Benefits

• Salary from €80,676, with annual increments

• 35 weekly working hours

• 30 days holiday

• Hybrid work after onboarding

• Mileage

• Laptop and phone provided

• Kilkenny base, with projects across Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford, Waterford and South Tipperary

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on procurement, contracts and commercial matters across the region’s capital projects

• Manage the appointed design team QS consultants and hold them to their scope of service

• Control budgets through the pre and post contract stages

• Run tenders for design teams and contractors under the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF)

• Prepare capital submissions, cost plans and cash flow forecasts for quarterly reviews

• Certify payments to contractors and check design team fee accounts

• Manage variations, delays and claims, and report costs to the national QS team

• Build cost data and benchmarks to set budgets on future projects

Requirements

• Level 8 honours degree in Quantity Surveying, accredited by SCSI or RICS

• Membership of SCSI or RICS (or eligible), or registration as a Quantity Surveyor under the Building Control Act 2007 (or eligible)

• 7+ years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor with a contractor or PQS consultancy

• Working knowledge of the CWMF and public sector forms of contract

• A track record managing construction budgets from tender to final account

• Full driving licence and access to a car, as the role involves travel between sites

• Experience on public sector or healthcare projects is an advantage

If you require further details before applying, contact me directly at kevin.mcdonagh@sonastechnical.com

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