Associate Cost Manager

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Job Description

As an Associate Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor at AECOM you will have the opportunity to work on national infrastructure projects across various sectors including aviation, rail, water, energy and transport.

We are looking for an experienced Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor with 5-10 years’ experience to join our team in Dublin. You will be joining a team of like-minded experts working together to deliver critical national infrastructure projects and programmes.

Our Infrastructure Cost Management team in Ireland deliver all aspects of cost management services across the entire project lifecycle from initial inception, through the design and procurement process and onto the construction delivery and completion. We are looking to grow our team locally to deliver a number of exciting projects and frameworks secured.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cost management and quantity surveying services for national infrastructure projects and programmes.
• Coordinate and deliver cost management tasks aligning our approach and plans to our client needs and systems.
• Ensure we deliver excellence and exceed the client expectations on time, budget, programme and the appropriate quality standards.
• Empowered to successfully delivery your services with minimum supervision affording you the opportunity build relationships and become the trusted advisor leading to happy clients and repeat business.
• Liaising with clients, supporting the team lead in order to develop new business and maintain high client satisfaction on existing roles.
• Preparation of cost estimates, plans and reports.
• Undertake cost analysis exercises to inform decision making and drive continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve Cost Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Both manage and deliver projects independently and/or in conjunction with the support of other members of the team.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree Qualified – BSc or MSc – in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management/Engineering course or an appropriate conversion course
• Infrastructure sector experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to challenge in a positive and engaging manner.
• Ability to work under own initiative where appropriate working closely with team lead.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professionally Qualified (or working towards same) – ideally Chartered Status (Quantity Surveying) with the SCSI / RICS, or other equivalent institution CIOB / IEI but not a minimum requirement.
• A clear work history and proof of professional development and learning
• Ability to manage multiple projects for a variety of public and private sector clients.
• Experience of client facing roles
• Previous experience on Infrastructure projects

Additional Information

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.

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

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