Senior Electrical Quantity Surveyor | Dublin

Kirby Group Engineering; Dublin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent package

Room for negotiations

Job summary

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a Senior Electrical Quantity Surveyor to own the commercial life of projects from tender through final account. You will protect margins, manage change, and ensure costs stay aligned with contract terms.

You’ll be embedded in the project team, shaping decisions, controlling costs, and ensuring commercial issues are resolved before they escalate. The role offers a permanent, on-site position with an opportunity to lead and develop within a growing company.

Qualifications

• Senior QS with strong commercial awareness and ability to protect margin.
• Experience in interim valuations and final accounts.
• Ability to manage change and keep accounts accurate and auditable.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage budgets, reports, BOQs, and profit plans with accuracy.
• Lead commercial meetings with clients and internal teams and report positions to the Project Manager.
• Manage subcontractor accounts, interim valuations, final accounts, and payments.
• Issue interim and final accounts with remeasurements and site changes.
• Flag risks early and escalate to Senior Management.
• Coordinate with Planning Engineer to align schedule with commercial implications.
• Cost changes and site variations handling.
• Maintain detailed commercial records for audit and scrutiny.
• Negotiate with clients when required.
• Uphold information security per ISMS.

Skills

Budget management

Financial reporting

Contract negotiation

Subcontractor management

Education

Quantity Surveying degree

Job description

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

About Kirby Group Engineering

Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of ‘blue chip’ companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance.

Senior Electrical Quantity Surveyor

If you’re an experienced Electrical QS who prefers owning the commercial life of a project rather than just reporting on it, this role is built around you. From tender to final account, you’ll be the person who protects margin, manages change and keeps everything commercially clean, accurate and justifiable.

This isn’t a passive, paperwork‑only role. You’ll be embedded in the project team, shaping decisions, controlling cost, and making sure commercial surprises don’t appear when it’s too late to do anything about them.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building and managing budgets, reports, BOQs and profit plans with a high degree of accuracy.
• Leading interim commercial meetings with clients and internal teams — and clearly reporting commercial positions to the Project Manager.
• Managing subcontractor accounts, interim valuations and final accounts, ensuring payments are processed correctly and retentions are handled per contract.
• Issuing interim and final accounts, including accurate remeasures, site changes, dayworks and any contract claims worth pursuing.
• Flagging commercial risks early and escalating them appropriately to Senior Management.
• Working closely with the Planning Engineer to align scheduling with real commercial implications, not assumptions.
• Costing and agreeing daily work changes, including subcontractor remeasurement, dayworks and site variations.
• Keeping detailed, reliable commercial records that stand up under scrutiny.
• Prioritising your workload without hand‑holding — speed and accuracy both matter here.
• Negotiating with clients or their representatives when required.
• Setting a standard of professionalism, drive and work ethic for others to follow.
• Upholding strong information security practices in line with the company’s ISMS.

Who You Are

A Senior QS who knows the commercial heartbeat of a job better than anyone else. You’re someone who can influence outcomes, keep projects financially healthy, and communicate the truth of the numbers — even when the truth isn’t pretty.

You take ownership, manage your time, and don’t need to be micromanaged. And you understand that good commercial control doesn’t just protect the company — it protects the project team too.

Kirby Group Engineering is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.