Construction Manager

Coffey; Wicklow; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A civil engineering specialist is seeking a skilled Construction Manager to oversee projects in Wicklow, Ireland. This role requires a minimum of 5 years in the civil engineering industry and an engineering degree or equivalent. Responsibilities include ensuring safety compliance, managing budgets, and coordinating teams. A full Irish driving license and authorization to work in Ireland are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the civil engineering industry.
• Authorized to work in Ireland (stamp 4 or critical skills visa).
• Full Irish driver license.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational safety according to company standards.
• Coordinate and manage sub-contractors and suppliers.
• Control contract budget and manage site team.

Skills

Project management

Safety compliance

Team coordination

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Job description

About The Role

Definition: Construction Managers are responsible for ensuring that a construction project is completed on time and within budget. Alternative job titles for Construction managers include site manager, project manager and site agent. Construction managers should be involved from the planning stage of the project right up to and including handover.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring operational safety accordance with company safety statement.
• Ensure works are being planned and carried out in a safe manner.
• Visit sites on a regular basis and assist site staff and operatives.
• Feed into and help prepare RAMS with the site team – selecting the correct construction methodology.
• Review and sign off on RAMS.
• Coordination and management of sub-contractors / suppliers.
• Feed into the programme for the works at both tender stage and construction stage. At construction stage, you need to ensure that a resourced programme to completion is in place.
• Assist the site team with the management of the contract budget.
• Control of labour – including sourcing the necessary labour and control of accommodation / transport for same.
• Control of plant – working closely with the plant department to ensure we have the necessary plant on site – ensuring correct procurement procedures are followed.
• Monitoring and recording outputs in conjunction with the site team ensuring that this information is been fed back to the estimating team.
• Point of contact for the Gangers / Foremen.
• Point of contact for the Engineers.
• Maintain and improve relationship with the Client.

About You

Requirements:

• Ideally, an engineering degree or equivalent experience to support your competency in the role.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the civil engineering industry
• Authorised to work in Ireland i.e. stamp 4 or critical skills visa
• Full Irish driver licence

About Us

Coffey is a family-owned water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist established in 1974. We are passionate about safety and have been delivering critical infrastructure projects on time and within budget for nearly 50 years. The hallmarks of our contracts are innovative solutions, engineering ingenuity, professional construction management and adherence to the highest safety and quality standards.