Head of Residential Construction & Delivery

Bimplus; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 275,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Bimplus, headquartered in Limerick, is seeking a Construction Director to lead Irish residential construction projects from pre-construction through to handover. This office-led, site-based role requires delivering quality, on time and within budget while building high-performing teams.

The role emphasizes safety, programme discipline, and close collaboration with Development, Commercial, Design and Finance functions to drive project success across Ireland.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior construction management experience within residential housing or large-scale property development.
• Proven track record delivering multiple residential projects from pre-construction to handover.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, with experience leading project managers, site teams and external contractors.
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction processes, programme management, health and safety, quality control and building regulations.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, including experience managing project budgets, costs, procurement and contractor performance.
• Excellent understanding of construction programmes, risk management and project reporting.
• Proven ability to manage contractors, consultants, subcontractors and supply-chain partners effectively.
• Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to operate confidently at senior level.
• Experience working with public-sector bodies, local authorities and private-sector partners would be advantageous.
• Relevant third-level qualification in construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying or a related discipline.
• Professional membership of a recognised construction or engineering body would be an advantage.
• Strong commitment to health and safety, quality and delivering high standards of residential construction.
• Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams and drive a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Oversee successful delivery of Irish residential construction projects from pre-construction through to completion and handover.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership across the construction function to ensure safety, quality, on-time delivery and budget adherence.
• Lead project and site teams, manage contractors and supply-chain partners, collaborating with Development, Commercial, Design and Finance.
• Establish delivery strategies, monitor performance, manage programmes and resources, and identify operational risks.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, authorities, consultants, contractors and stakeholders.
• Develop a high-performing construction team and foster a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement.

Skills

Senior leadership

Residential construction

Programme management

Budget management

Health & safety

Stakeholder management

Education

Third-level qualification in construction management

Job description

Bimplus, headquartered in Limerick, is seeking a Construction Director to lead Irish residential construction projects from pre-construction through to handover. This office-led, site-based role requires delivering quality, on time and within budget while building high-performing teams.

The role emphasizes safety, programme discipline, and close collaboration with Development, Commercial, Design and Finance functions to drive project success across Ireland.