Quantity Surveyor

Elite Talent Hub Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 86,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Company car and fuel card

€6,000 discretionary benefits fund

Performance bonus up to 10%

Job summary

Elite Talent Hub is seeking a commercially focused QS for a leading international facilities management provider. Hybrid role in Leinster: three days on site and two days from home.

You will manage lifecycle and capital works circa €3-4 million annually across three major projects and eight smaller projects. Responsibilities include budgeting, tendering, valuations, change control and final accounts, with governance, risk management and procurement oversight across the programme.

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying, construction, building surveying or project management.
• Strong commercial and cost management experience including budget development and cost control.
• Experience with procurement and contract management with contractors, consultants and suppliers.
• Experience delivering capital or lifecycle works from planning through to completion.
• Technical bias with understanding of building services and fabric.
• Governance, reporting and risk management experience, ideally with project office exposure.
• Knowledge of health and safety law and construction regulations.
• Ability to stay focused on day-to-day performance while pursuing longer-term opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for planning and executing the annual PPP lifecycle and capital works programme, circa €3-4 million of spend each year, currently three major capital projects and around eight smaller projects requiring project management oversight.
• Lead budget development, tendering, valuations, change control and final account management across the programme.
• Ensure every project is delivered within approved financial limits and contractual requirements.
• Review project requests, analyse feasibility and deliverability, and manage client and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and maintain detailed programme schedules aligned with budget objectives, resource availability and delivery timelines.
• Run procurement and contract management for contractors, consultants and suppliers, working closely with the framework vendor.
• Identify value engineering opportunities and manage commercial and delivery risk, allocating risk owners.
• Lead coordination across surveying, engineering, construction, procurement and regulatory teams, reporting regularly to senior leadership, clients and partners.
• Control works and contractor programmes to best‑practice health and safety standards, on budget and on time.
• Provide governance and technical oversight to operational teams across the portfolio.
• Establish and lead the account reconciliation process for completed works.
• Ensure all works comply with relevant legislation, codes, environmental standards and safety regulations.

Skills

Cost management

Budgeting

Tendering

Valuations

Contract management

Procurement

Risk management

Project coordination

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Elite Talent Hub is a specialist in permanent staffing solutions for clients both nationally and internationally.

Our client is a leading international facilities management and services provider. They are seeking a commercially focused QS to plan and deliver lifecycle and capital works across a portfolio of PPP education facilities. This is a hybrid role with a Leinster base: three days on site and two days from home. The total package is worth circa €96,000. You will report to the Contracts Director, with an additional line to the Divisional Director.

You will take responsibility for circa €3-4 million of lifecycle and capital spend each year. The current programme covers three major capital projects and around eight smaller projects. The emphasis is on cost control, procurement, contract management and delivery. A quantity surveying background is strongly preferred, with hands‑on experience of budgets, tendering, valuations, change control and final accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for planning and executing the annual PPP lifecycle and capital works programme, circa €3-4 million of spend each year, currently three major capital projects and around eight smaller projects requiring project management oversight.
• Lead budget development, tendering, valuations, change control and final account management across the programme.
• Ensure every project is delivered within approved financial limits and contractual requirements.
• Review project requests, analyse feasibility and deliverability, and manage client and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and maintain detailed programme schedules aligned with budget objectives, resource availability and delivery timelines.
• Run procurement and contract management for contractors, consultants and suppliers, working closely with the framework vendor.
• Identify value engineering opportunities and manage commercial and delivery risk, allocating risk owners.
• Lead coordination across surveying, engineering, construction, procurement and regulatory teams, reporting regularly to senior leadership, clients and partners.
• Control works and contractor programmes to best‑practice health and safety standards, on budget and on time.
• Provide governance and technical oversight to operational teams across the portfolio.
• Establish and lead the account reconciliation process for completed works.
• Ensure all works comply with relevant legislation, codes, environmental standards and safety regulations.

Requirements:

• A degree in quantity surveying, construction, building surveying or project management.
• Strong commercial and cost management experience - budget development, cost control, tendering, valuations, change control and final accounts - ideally from a quantity surveying background.
• Experience of procurement and contract management with contractors, consultants and suppliers.
• Experience delivering a programme of capital, refurbishment or lifecycle works from planning through to completion.
• A technical bias, with a sound understanding of building services and building fabric.
• Strong governance, reporting and risk management, ideally with project office experience.
• Working knowledge of health and safety law and construction regulations.
• Ability to stay focused on day‑to‑day performance while pursuing longer‑term opportunities.

What's on Offer:

• Total package worth circa €98,000
• Basic salary up to €86,000, dependent on experience
• Performance bonus of up to 10%
• Company car and fuel card
• €6,000 discretionary benefits fund
• Hybrid working: three days on site / in the office and two days from home
• Permanent full-time position with a leading international facilities management provider
• Senior, high‑visibility role leading a significant lifecycle and capital works programme