Senior Project Manager - Cork, Ireland

RINA; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RINA in Cork, Ireland, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a major strategic maritime infrastructure programme. The role spans engineering, regulatory, planning, commercial, procurement and finance, with a focus on project controls, governance and cross‑workstream integration to support delivery and decision‑making.

Based in Cork with a weekly hybrid schedule (3 days in the office, 2 from home), you will coordinate work packages, manage stakeholder interfaces and provide timely reporting and

Qualifications

• 8+ years post-qualification experience delivering project management services on major infrastructure, major capital project sectors, energy, utility or regulated programmes.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across technical, commercial and regulatory environments.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, governance, assurance processes, programme governance frameworks, stage-gate approval processes and project assurance methodologies.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams across technical, commercial and regulatory environments.
• Experience working within integrated client, consultant and contractor delivery environment; strong stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery management of assigned work packages, ensuring clear scope, milestones, deliverables and ownership are established and maintained.
• Implement and maintain appropriate project controls, including risk, issue, dependency, schedule, cost and change management processes.
• Support governance and assurance activities, including preparation of management reports, governance papers, decision packs and stage-gate documentation.
• Manage stakeholder engagement and work package interfaces, ensuring effective collaboration between internal teams, consultants, contractors and external stakeholders.
• Monitor delivery performance, provide timely reporting and escalation of issues, and support corrective actions to ensure work packages remain aligned with programme objectives.
• Support programme integration activities and ensure assigned work packages are coordinated with wider programme priorities, dependencies and governance arrangements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Governance

Tools

MS Office

Project management tools

Job description

Exceptional Senior Project Manager needed to support one of Ireland’s critical strategic Maritime programmes.

This is a senior role suited to someone who is comfortable operating across a range of capabilities including engineering, regulatory, planning, commercial, procurement & finance and will be responsible for ensuring effective coordination, control and integration of activities across these workstreams.

The successful candidate will bring strong project controls discipline, sound judgement, and the ability to translate complex project information into clear, practical outputs that support delivery and management decision-making.

This role will be based in Cork, Ireland. Weekly hybrid working: 3 days in office, 2 days from home.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery management of assigned work packages, ensuring clear scope, milestones, deliverables and ownership are established and maintained.

• Implement and maintain appropriate project controls, including risk, issue, dependency, schedule, cost and change management processes.

• Support governance and assurance activities, including preparation of management reports, governance papers, decision packs and stage-gate documentation.

• Manage stakeholder engagement and work package interfaces, ensuring ef fective collaboration between internal teams, consultants, contractors and external stakeholders.

• Monitor delivery performance, provide timely reporting and escalation of issues, and support corrective actions to ensure work packages remain aligned with programme objectives.

• Support programme integration activities and ensure assigned work packages are coordinated with wider programme priorities, dependencies and governance arrangements.

Required Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years post qualification experience delivering project management services on major infrastructure, major capital project sectors, energy, utility or regulated industry programmes.

• Experience managing complex work packages within large-scale capital projects, nationally significant infrastructure programmes, or programmes of a similar scale, nature and complexity to the Project.

• Strong knowledge of project controls, governance, assurance processes, programme governance frameworks, stage-gate approval processes and project assurance methodologies.

• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams across technical, commercial and regulatory environments.

• Experience working within integrated client, consultant and contractor delivery environment
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills.

About RINA

RINA is a global engineering consultancy, working for the Energy, Marine, Defence, Infrastructure and Industrial sectors. We have been at the forefront of providing innovative engineering solutions for more than 150 years, assisting clients to deliver in the most effective, safe and sustainable way. RINA employs c7,000 staff, operating in 70 countries.

Benefits

• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays)
• Health Insurance
• Pension

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind.