Quantity Surveyor

OCS; Leinster; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Online Doctor Consultations via-?

Competitive Salary

Contributory Pension after qualifying

21 Days Annual Leave increasing to 26

Birthday Leave after 1 year service

Staff Benefits/Discount Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Training and Development Opportunities

Job summary

OCS is seeking a Quantity Surveyor/Estimator to join the Hard FM Projects team in Dublin. You will oversee the financial and commercial aspects of projects, ensuring robust commercial controls, accurate pricing, and timely cost reporting.

The role requires close collaboration with contract management across operations, capital projects and commercial workstreams. You will work on Tier 1 to 3 projects, attend site meetings with Project Managers, and support timely applications for payment while

Qualifications

• Experience managing commercial aspects of construction projects.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Bid management and support for commercial content on business development activities.
• Review contracts and ensure flow-down of scope, price and programme to supply chain.
• Prepare and submit detailed commercial plans and variations with supporting documentation.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Team player

Negotiation

Driving licence

CAFM systems

Tools

Excel

CAFM systems

Job description

About The Role

We offer a wide range of support and benefits to our employees including:

• Free Online Doctor Consultations via Web-doctor
• Competitive Salary
• Contributory Pension after qualifying period
• 21 Days Annual Leave increasing with service to 26 Days
• Additional Leave Day on your Birthday after 1 year service
• Staff Benefits/Discount Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training and Development Opportunities

Days of Working: Monday - Friday 37.5hours

We are currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor/ Estimator to join our passionate and driven team. The Quantity Surveyor will work within The Hard FM Projects team contract delivery team and will be responsible for overseeing the financial and commercial aspects of all projects, ensuring the correct commercial controls are in place to protect the business.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with contract management across operations, capital projects, and commercial workstreams. They will support the seamless delivery of Tier 1 to 3 minor and major project activities, ensuring all commercial outputs meet contractual requirements.

The role is based in our Dublin office and will require regular visits at sites meetings alongside Project Managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Bid management – provide support for the commercial content off all business development/focus win activities
• Ensure OCS’s contract documents and that flowing down to the supply chain are in line with our Tender submission and the correct alignment of scope, price and programme.
• Review and providing a report to enable sign-off of each project specific ‘commercial plan’, ensuring the Bid team have correctly interpretated and understood contract obligations.
• Capable of carrying out tender analysis of contractor’s quotes.
• Occasionally Attend site meetings with Project Managers to understand project progress, constraints, risks and opportunities, and to ensure commercial decisions are based on accurate on-site information.
• Work collaboratively with the Estimator and Project Managers to ensure all works - both tendered and instructed - are accurately priced in full compliance with the contract.
• Submit detailed and timely Applications for Payment.
• Identify, review and detail variations, ensuring all variations are fully evidenced, justified and compliant with contractual mechanisms before submission to the client.
• Prepare and submit detailed variation prices, including all supporting documentation, for client agreement.
• Prepare all documentation required for Final Account submissions and negotiate account settlements.
• Manage the monthly WIP process, ensuring all values are accurate, fully supported, up to date, and reported in line with business and contract requirements.
• Analyse actual costs against forecasts, investigate inconsistencies, and report on variances monthly.
• Forecast value, cost and margin monthly, reconciling movements and reporting by exception.
• Pursue Notices or Certificates for Payment and ensure payments are made in accordance with the contract.
• Report by exception on any event or circumstance that may impact project outturn.
• Maintain a clear understanding of all contractual obligations to always safeguard the company’s entitlement.
• Process Subcontract Orders, value subcontract works, issue appropriate notices and manage the payment process.
• Provide commercial support to the Project Manager in reviewing programme progress, assisting in the identification of potential delays and ensuring timely escalation of any issues.
• Ensure compliance with OCS commercial procedures, policies, and best-practice risk management.

About You

• Able to work effectively within a team, supporting colleagues and providing sound commercial advice.
• Professional and customer-focused, with excellent communication skills.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and listening skills with the ability to interpret instructions accurately.
• Competent in using Microsoft Office, particularly advanced Excel.
• Good influencing and negotiation skills.
• Full Irish driving licence preferred
• Experience using CAFM systems is preferred but not essential

About The Company

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.