Senior Quantity Surveyor

Winthrop Technologies Ltd.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Winthrop Technologies Ltd. in Dublin is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for site-based roles across multiple turnkey data centre projects in Europe.

You will lead commercial management of subcontract packages, monitor costs, and ensure timely financial reporting in alignment with client KPIs. The ideal candidate has a degree in Quantity Surveying with several years of experience in building construction, preferably within data centre environments, and strong budgeting and tender analysis

Qualifications

• Relevant degree, typically with 7+ years' relevant experience.
• Strong technical understanding of building construction and processes.
• Familiarity with various methods of measurement.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong business relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent budgeting and financial forecasting skills.
• Familiarity with Buildsoft, CostX or similar is advantageous.
• Data Centre experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Procure subcontract packages and other critical elements of the works with the senior project team.
• Generate quantified work packages, ITTs and budgets from technical documents.
• Analyse and present tender returns.
• Prepare and agree subcontract documents.
• Commercial management of multiple subcontract packages from order to final accounts and payments.
• Monitor costs and financial entitlement on controlled packages/projects.
• Engage with clients, subcontractors, designers and internal team members.
• Submit contractually compliant commercial documentation.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial forecasting

Interpersonal skills

Analytical problem solving

Measurement methods

Education

Quantity Surveying degree

Tools

Buildsoft

CostX

Job description

Winthrop Technologies is a dedicated data centre delivery partner providing turnkey solutions to our clients, headquartered in Dublin and delivering throughout Europe.

Winthrop specialises in providing turnkey data centre solutions, providing services from design, through to construction across the full range of civil, structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical services as well as commissioning.

Winthrop has grown to become the leading and most trusted company in our sector and the only dedicated data centre delivery partner in Europe.

We are currently constructing multiple turnkey data centre projects across Europe, equating to over 500 MW of IT load in flight.

We are pleased to announce that we are recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for our projects in Dublin and this will be a site based role.

Responsibilities

• Work with the senior project team to procure subcontract packages and other critical elements of the works.
• Generating quantified work packages, ITTs and budgets from technical documents.
• Analysis & presentation of tender returns.
• Preparation and agreement of subcontract documents.
• Commercial management of multiple subcontract packages from order through to final account, monthly payments, variation and claims management.
• Continuous monitoring of costs and financial entitlement on the packages / projects under your control.
• Active engagement with clients, subcontractors, designers and internal team members.
• Submission of contractually compliant commercial documentation.
• Development, submission and agreement of external valuations.
• Negotiation and agreement of variations, omissions and final accounts with subcontractors and clients in a timely and professional manner.
• Regular cost / value and cash flow reporting.
• Pro-actively work to resolve conflicts where possible.
• Supervision and development of junior members of the commercial team.
• Create and manage the reporting of project costs to align with Client driven KPI's and benchmarks
• Identify cost down initiatives on projects and provide executive summary to senior management
• Monitor & identify factors that influence construction costs and look for efficiencies in project delivery that support multiple projects management
• Analyse, track and effectively manage critical projects performance data and report to Winthrop senior management monthly
• Review and engage with supply chain to track their capacity and capabilities to deliver works
• Further develop and maintain the detailed screening and onboarding program for the supply chain
• Manage the reporting of project safety performance elements to align with Client driven KPI's and benchmarks
• Manage the reporting of project quality performance elements to align with Client driven KPI's and benchmarks
• Manage the reporting of project schedule performance elements to align with Client driven KPI's and benchmarks
• Manage the reporting of achieving sustainability goals across the projects to align with Client driven KPI's and benchmarks
• Analyse, track and effectively report critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip
• Run and lead client & other required meetings on project performance
• Lead weekly meetings with project department managers such as safety, planning, commercial and quality
• Report on diversity and inclusion data for Winthrop and our supply chain and engage with department leads delivering this programme
• Work closely with the Project Director and other discipline Project Leads to gather the data in an efficient manner

Qualifications

• Relevant degree, typically with 7+ years' relevant experience.
• Strong technical understanding of building construction and processes.
• Familiarity with various methods of measurement.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong business relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent budgeting and financial forecasting skills.
• Familiarity with Buildsoft, CostX or similar is advantageous.
• Data Centre experience is advantageous.

Winthrop Technologies Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer