Senior Electrical Quantity Surveyor | Dublin

Kirby Group Engineering; Ireland; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent package on offer

Career development programmes

Job summary

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a Senior Electrical Quantity Surveyor to own the commercial lifecycle of projects from tender to final account. You will protect margin, manage change, and maintain cost control within a project team to avoid commercial surprises.

Embedded in the project team, you’ll drive decisions, manage costs, and ensure accurate commercial reporting. The role emphasizes proactive risk management, liaison with clients, and adherence to ISMS security standards.

Qualifications

• Senior Electrical Quantity Surveyor with project lifecycle involvement.
• Must be able to own commercial aspects and communicate numbers clearly.
• Experience with tender to final account processes and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage budgets, reports, BOQs and profit plans with high accuracy.
• Lead interim commercial meetings with clients and internal teams.
• Manage subcontractor accounts, valuations and final accounts with correct payments and retentions.
• Issue interim and final accounts with accurate re-measures, site changes and claims.
• Flag commercial risks early and escalate to Senior Management.
• Coordinate with Planning Engineer to align schedule with commercial implications.
• Record keeping of commercial data for audit readiness.
• Negotiate with clients or representatives when required.
• Uphold information security practices per ISMS.

Skills

Budgeting

Cost control

Subcontractor management

Change management

Financial reporting

Job description

About Kirby Group Engineering

• 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

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.

For more information on this role, or other Construction / Engineering opportunities across Ireland, the UK, Europe, or South Africa please review our careers page (Vacancies – Kirby Group Careers) or contact the Talent Acquisition Team at Kirby Group in confidence on [phone].

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.