Associate Director, Cost Management - Infrastructure
The opportunity
As an Associate Director at Linesight, you will lead highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will build on your vast industry experience which will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
The successful candidate will lead the provision of commercial management and cost management services across major infrastructure commissions, manage strategic client relationships and contribute to the continued growth of our Infrastructure business. Working across transport, rail, roads, water, utilities, energy, ports and public infrastructure projects, you will provide commercial leadership throughout the project lifecycle and act as a recognised specialist in the administration of GCCC and NEC contracts.
The role is focused on the provision of client side commercial and cost management, primarily on GCCC and NEC projects, helping clients manage project costs, commercial risk, procurement and change control.
This is an opportunity for an ambitious commercial leader to influence some of Ireland's most significant infrastructure investments while helping develop our people, client relationships and market presence.
In this role you will:
- Act as the primary point of contact for key infrastructure clients
- Develop and maintain trusted long-term client relationships
- Provide strategic commercial, procurement and contract advice
- Identify opportunities for repeat business and account growth
- Lead the provision of commercial management and cost management services across major infrastructure projects and programmes
- Oversee cost planning, estimating, procurement and commercial management services
- Review and assure key commercial deliverables
- Lead commercial risk identification and mitigation activities
- Monitor financial performance and profitability across commissions.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Engineering or a related discipline
- Are a Chartered member of the SCSI, RICS or equivalent professional body
- Have a minimum 10-15 years experience in quantity surveyng, commercial management or cost management
- Have significant experience delivering major infrastructure projects and programmes
- Extensive experience leading commercial management teams on major infrastructure projects
- Have extensive experience providing client-side commercial and cost management services
- Have strong expertise in GCCC and NEC contract administration and commercial management
- Have experience advising clients on commercial strategy, procurement, compensation events, forecasting and commercial risk
- Have experience managing the commercial aspects of infrastructure projects rather than undertaking project management or programme management roles
- Have experience with CostX or equivalent software
- Have experience with Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling software
- Have experience providing advice and/or expert witness services to clients on claims for time and/or money under various dispute resolution forums.
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Cost Management
Our teams of cost managers deliver cost predictability, a high level of assurance and value for money on prestigious, cutting-edge projects around the globe for world-leading clients. Be a part of our collaborative, close-knit teams, who share comprehensive knowledge of international, regional and local construction costs and benchmarks. We champion both mentoring and reverse mentoring across all levels and roles, so you can benefit from the deep expertise and development supports within our organisation, regardless of your experience or seniority.
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