Project Quantity Surveyor

Role overview

BAM UK & Ireland is hiring a Project Quantity Surveyor for a project based in County Kildare, Ireland. The role sits within a business focused on delivering infrastructure and building work that improves everyday life, while supporting career growth, work-life balance, and long-term development.

What you can expect

This opportunity offers the chance to work with a strong team on some of Ireland’s largest and most exciting construction and civil engineering projects. It also provides exposure to high industry standards within one of the country’s major construction firms.

Rewards and benefits

• 8% employer pension contribution
• Private health cover
• Dental plan
• 26 days of annual leave, increasing with service
• 2 wellbeing days each year
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Learning and development support, with internal progression encouraged
• Company vehicles, depending on the role
• Additional employee perks

Key duties

• Provide advice on contractual issues at both project and general level
• Handle contractual claims and maintain the supporting records
• Identify ways to improve revenue, control costs, and investigate losses
• Support project cash flow and cash management activities
• Assist with project-related correspondence and commercial communications
• Negotiate and agree subcontractor arrangements
• Discuss and finalise subcontractor and supplier pricing and terms
• Ensure final accounts are completed promptly
• Draft commercial and contractual correspondence in a timely manner
• Prepare subcontract and supplier documentation
• Compile and review monthly cost reports
• Review and update risk registers, variation trackers, and extension-of-time trackers each month, and include them in reporting
• Negotiate final accounts with subcontractors and suppliers
• Measure and price variations
• Negotiate variations with clients, quantity surveyors, and subcontractors

What the role requires

• A professional qualification in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management
• Proven experience working as a Quantity Surveyor on medium- or large-scale construction projects
• Confidence working on large, high-headcount construction sites with subcontractors
• Ability to work with the Commercial Manager and Contracts Manager when dealing with internal stakeholders and client representatives, including attending meetings on site
• Strong time-management skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Good understanding of the construction industry and site-based working
• The ability to work efficiently, stay productive, and meet demanding goals

Additional information

BAM’s mission is to build a sustainable tomorrow through vital infrastructure and high-quality buildings. The company aims to provide a welcoming, inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds feel valued. If you need adjustments to make the recruitment or onboarding process more accessible, you are encouraged to raise this during the process.

Application note

CVs should not be sent by email.