Senior Quantity Surveyor:Rail projects

AECOM; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join its expanding Rail and Metro team in Dublin. You will provide commercial leadership, cost management and contract administration across all project stages, liaising with clients, designers and contractors to deliver high-value transport schemes.

You will mentor junior staff and help drive robust financial control, risk management and value engineering across multiple rail projects in Ireland.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline.
• Chartered status or working towards chartership with SCSI, RICS or equivalent.
• Proven experience delivering QS and cost management on rail, metro, or major transportation projects.
• Knowledge of NEC and Public Works contracts; experience administering complex contracts.
• Experience in cost estimating, planning, procurement, contract administration, change control, and reporting.
• Ability to manage costs, forecast finances, assess risk, and apply value engineering.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quantity surveying and cost management for rail/metro projects.
• Prepare cost estimates, plans, budgets, tenders and procurement reports.
• Lead cost planning and cost control across the project lifecycle.
• Administer contracts and support procurement strategies per project requirements.
• Evaluate tenders, variations, claims, and final accounts.
• Monitor costs, cash flow, forecasts and commercial performance against budgets.
• Identify risks/opportunities and support value engineering initiatives.
• Build relationships with clients, contractors, consultants and teams.
• Prepare commercial reports and provide financial forecasting for decisions.
• Ensure compliance with governance, contracts and industry best practice.
• Mentor junior quantity surveyors and support team development.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Rail & Metro experience

Contract administration

Cost management

Financial forecasting

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Chartered (SCSI/RICS) or working towards

Tools

Excel

CostX

Primavera

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start Here. Grow Here.

AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our expanding Rail and Metro team in Dublin. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key commercial role on some of Ireland's most significant rail infrastructure programmes, helping to deliver projects that improve connectivity, support sustainable transport, and shape the future of mobility.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide commercial leadership and cost management services across all stages of the project lifecycle. You'll collaborate with clients, designers, contractors, and project managers to ensure successful project delivery while driving value, managing risk, and maintaining robust financial control.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver quantity surveying and cost management services across major rail and metro infrastructure projects.
• Prepare cost estimates, cost plans, budgets, tender documentation, and procurement reports.
• Lead cost planning and cost control activities throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Administer contracts and support procurement strategies in accordance with project requirements.
• Evaluate tenders, variations, compensation events, claims, and final accounts.
• Monitor project costs, cash flow, forecasts, and commercial performance against approved budgets.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities while supporting value engineering initiatives to optimise project outcomes.
• Build strong working relationships with clients, contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Prepare commercial reports and provide accurate financial forecasting to support informed decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with AECOM governance, contractual obligations, and industry best practice.
• Mentor and support junior quantity surveyors, contributing to the continued growth and development of the team.

This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile rail and metro programmes in Ireland while developing your career within one of the world's leading infrastructure consultancies.

Qualifications

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, or a related discipline.
• Chartered status, or is working towards chartership, with SCSI, RICS, or an equivalent professional body.
• Proven experience delivering quantity surveying and cost management services on rail, metro, or major transportation infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of standard forms of contract, including NEC and Public Works Contracts, with experience administering contracts on complex infrastructure schemes.
• Experience in cost estimating, cost planning, procurement, contract administration, change control, claims management, and commercial reporting.
• The ability to manage project costs, financial forecasting, risk, and value engineering throughout the project lifecycle.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and commercial problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities, with experience working collaboratively with clients, contractors, designers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• The ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced rail infrastructure environment while maintaining a high standard of commercial delivery.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

Benefits

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Work Location Model: Hybrid