Senior Contracts Admin Lead – Life Sciences Projects

Arcadis; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis DPS Group is seeking a Senior Project Contracts Admin Lead to strengthen our Project Controls & Contract Admin capability across Life Sciences capital programmes in Ireland. The role combines hands-on leadership with governance and assurance across client-side and EPCM delivery environments.

You will lead development of robust Contracts Admin strategies, support investment decisions, and drive cost certainty from feasibility through CQV and handover in regulated facilities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related discipline.
• Professional Accreditation (or progress towards) is advantageous.
• Experience working in other European countries is a distinct advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own capital project Contracts Admin strategies, setting basis, assumptions, benchmarks and risk narrative.
• Maintain a reliable baseline for budget control through detailed engineering, construction and handover.
• Provide peer review and quality control to meet company standards and governance.
• Be a trusted client advisor—review third‑party inputs to improve transparency, accuracy and cost certainty.

Skills

Contracts Admin

Life Sciences

Client-side

EPCM

Excel

Stakeholder management

Cost control

Education

Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related discipline

Tools

Excel

Job description

Arcadis DPS Group is seeking a Senior Project Contracts Admin Lead to strengthen our Project Controls & Contract Admin capability across Life Sciences capital programmes in Ireland. The role combines hands-on leadership with governance and assurance across client-side and EPCM delivery environments.

You will lead development of robust Contracts Admin strategies, support investment decisions, and drive cost certainty from feasibility through CQV and handover in regulated facilities.