Job title: Project Manager
Location: Douglas, Co. Cork
Job Type: Permanent
Package: Competitive salary + pension, healthcare, life assurance and car allowance/company vehicle
Project includes: Primary care centre/Life sciences/fit out projects
An established international construction contractor is seeking an experienced Project Manager with a strong building experience to join high-performing project team in Cork.
This is an opportunity to work on high-profile projects for blue-chip clients within a stimulating and technically demanding construction environment.
The Role
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the construction programme alongside the Contracts Manager, ensuring key project milestones are achieved.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to the project team.
- Determine project staffing requirements and communicate effectively with the wider team.
- Implement the company's safety systems and establish a strong safety culture across the project.
- Manage project quality throughout the lifecycle, ensuring build quality consistently meets expectations.
- Control project costs, including preliminaries and package expenditure.
- Work closely with the commercial team to achieve agreed commercial objectives.
- Maintain strong relationships with the client team and keep stakeholders informed of claims, delays and key project matters.
- Coordinate the project team to ensure effective planning and delivery throughout the project lifecycle.
About You
You will ideally have:
- A third-level qualification in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- 5+ years' experience managing complex commercial construction projects.
- Experience across General Contracting, New Build and Fit-Out projects.
- Proven Design & Build experience.
- A strong track record of planning and delivering complex projects.
- Strong technical capability, numeracy and report-writing skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- A commercially aware approach, with the ability to identify and propose cost-effective solutions.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Good IT skills, including MS Office, MS Project or a similar scheduling package.
Career Development
The business offers a structured professional development and mentoring programme designed to support long-term career progression.
For high-performing Project Managers, the operational career path can progress through:
Project Manager → Senior Project Manager → Contracts Manager → Associate Director → Projects Director
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary package.
- Pension.
- Healthcare.
- Life assurance.
- Car allowance/company vehicle.
- Structured career development and mentoring.
- Opportunity to work on high-profile projects with blue-chip clients.
- A collaborative and stimulating project environment.
- Long-term progression within an established international construction business.
If you are an experienced Project Manager with a strong building, new build, fit-out and/or Design & Build background and are looking for your next opportunity in Cork, we would be keen to hear from you.
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