Senior Quantity Surveyor

Snc-Lavalin; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

International remote working options

Flexible holidays

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Ireland seeks an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead cost and commercial management across complex construction and infrastructure projects, delivering strategic cost leadership from inception through final account.

You will manage pre- and post-contract activities, prepare BOQs, cost plans, tender docs, and oversee contract administration, variations and final accounts, while mentoring junior staff and reporting to clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Chartered Quantity Surveyor MRICS and/or MSCSI essential.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying / Construction Economics or equivalent.
• Experience in cost and commercial management across pre- and post-contract services.
• Knowledge of NEC, GCCC/PW-CF, RIAI, FIDIC forms desirable.
• Desirable knowledge of standard forms of contract (NEC, GCCC/PW-CF, RIAI, FIDIC).

Responsibilities

• Lead cost planning, benchmarking and budget establishment.
• Prepare Bills of Quantities, cost plans and estimates.
• Provide procurement strategy advice and tender management.
• Administer contracts and manage variations and final accounts.
• Lead client and stakeholder reporting at project level.
• Mentor junior QS and ensure quality assurance.
• Undertake full commercial management of projects through delivery.
• Prepare and agree interim valuations, variations and final accounts.
• Administer contracts, including compensation events / claims assessment.
• Manage cost reporting, forecasting and cash flow monitoring.
• Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities.
• Ensure robust change control procedures are implemented.
• Lead commercial interface with clients, contractors and design teams.
• Provide clear, concise commercial reporting at project and programme level.
• Support clients with strategic cost advice and value engineering.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and contribute to business development.
• Lead and mentor junior QS and cost management staff.
• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance of deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with SCSI/RICS professional standards and ethical obligations.
• Contribute to internal best practice development, bidding and work winning.

Skills

Commercial management

Client relationship management

Leadership / mentoring

Risk management

Contract administration

Education

MRICS or MSCSI

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Job Description Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor (Chartered SCSI / RICS) to lead the delivery of high-quality cost and commercial management services across a portfolio of complex construction and infrastructure projects. You will act as a trusted commercial advisor, providing strategic cost leadership from project inception through to final account, ensuring robust financial control, value optimisation, and effective risk management.

Pre-Contract

• Lead cost planning, benchmarking and budget establishment aligned with client objectives.
• Prepare and manage Bills of Quantities, cost plans and estimates.
• Provide procurement strategy advice, including route selection and packaging of works.
• Produce tender documentation and manage the tender process.
• Carry out tender analysis, evaluation and reporting to support award recommendations.
• Advise on contract selection (NEC, GCCC/PW-CF, RIAI, FIDIC as applicable).

Post-Contract

• Undertake full commercial management of projects through delivery.
• Prepare and agree interim valuations, variations and final accounts.
• Administer contracts, including compensation events / claims assessment.
• Manage cost reporting, forecasting and cash flow monitoring.
• Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities.
• Ensure robust change control procedures are implemented.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as lead commercial interface with clients, contractors and design teams.
• Provide clear, concise commercial reporting at project and programme level.
• Support clients with strategic cost advice and value engineering.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and contribute to business development.

Leadership & Governance

• Lead and mentor junior QS and cost management staff.
• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance of deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with SCSI/RICS professional standards and ethical obligations.
• Contribute to internal best practice development, bidding and work winning.

About you

• Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS and/or MSCSI essential).
• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying / Construction Economics or equivalent.
• Relevant years of experience in cost and commercial management.
• Strong experience across pre- and post-contract services.

Desirable Experience

• Detailed knowledge of standard forms of contract (NEC, GCCC/PW-CF, RIAI, FIDIC).
• Proven track record delivering complex projects or programmes.
• Excellent commercial acumen, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Public sector frameworks.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture, international remote working opportunities, and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life. Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and technology. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.