Project Manager - Infrastructure

Cpl Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cpl Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager - Infrastructure in Dublin on behalf of a leading semi-state organisation. You will lead a PM team delivering services to Government Departments and Agencies and shape governance across large-scale public capital projects.

You will manage design, planning, procurement and construction phases, drive climate action strategies, and prepare board papers and reports while maintaining robust risk, cost, and change controls.

Qualifications

• Degree in construction, engineering, quantity surveying, project management, architecture or building services related discipline.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.
• Project management qualification is desirable.
• Knowledge of climate change/sustainability, environmental, social and governance factors on large scale building projects.
• Knowledge of lifecycle governance and approvals for public infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a project management team delivering services to Government Departments and Agencies.
• Create and maintain stakeholder relationships and governance structures, chair project team meetings and represent the NDFA at key project meetings.
• Develop strong relationships with counterparties.
• Oversee project management through design, planning, procurement and construction phases of large-scale public capital projects.
• Implement climate action/sustainability strategies and oversee scheme design and planning for high sustainable development standards.
• Prepare high quality reports, recommendations, board papers and presentations.
• Monitor and report project risks and controls including costs, change control, programme, health and safety and construction quality.
• Procurement and management of external advisors.
• Provide support and advice to Government Departments and Agencies in delivering on capital investment priorities.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Education

Bachelor's/Third level degree in construction/engineering/project management

Job description

Our client a leading Semi-state organisation has an opening for an experienced Project Manager - Infrastructure, Dublin.

Some of the key tasks the successful candidate will be required to perform include:

• Leading and developing a project management team delivering services to client Government Departments and Agencies.
• Creating and maintaining stakeholder relationships with various parties including internal and external stakeholders and maintaining good project corporate governance structures including chairing project team meetings and representing the NDFA at key project meetings.
• Developing strong relationships with counterparties
• Project management through the design, planning, procurement and construction phases of large-scale public capital projects.
• Implementation of robust climate action/sustainability strategies and oversight of scheme design and planning processes to ensure the high sustainable development standards.
• Preparing high quality reports, recommendations, board papers and presentations.
• Monitoring and reporting of project risks and control measures including in relation to costs and change control, programme, health and safety and construction quality.
• Procurement and management of external advisors.
• Providing support and advice to Government Departments and Agencies in delivering on their wider capital investment priorities.

Qualifications/Knowledge

• Third level degree (or equivalent) or higher in construction, engineering, quantity surveying, project management, architecture or building services related discipline.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.
• Project management qualification is desirable.
• Knowledge of key issues and management strategies associated with climate change/sustainability, environmental, social and governance factors on large scale building projects.
• Knowledge of the stages, governance and approvals relating to the lifecycle of public infrastructure projects.

Experience

Relevant experience includes (but is not limited to):

• A minimum of 10 years relevant project management experience relating to the procurement, delivery and operation of major building or infrastructure projects.
• Management of project budgets; design, capex, opex including change control, value engineering and risk management processes.
• Recent experience working with major forms of public sector contracts (e.g., Government Construction Contracts Committee forms of contract) and/or of working in privately financed (Public Private Partnership (PPP) or Project Finance Initiative) projects.
• Commercial negotiations and/or dispute resolution.