Company Description

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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.

At AECOM we are currently recruiting for a Clerk of Works to join us at our Galway office.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Your day to day will include but not be limited to the following tasks and responsibilities:

The Clerk of Works is responsible for inspecting construction work on site to ensure it is carried out in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, contractual requirements, and statutory regulations. The role acts as a key quality assurance link between the client, design team, and contractor.

Key Responsibilities

Inspect construction works regularly to ensure compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and workmanship standards.
Monitor the quality of materials and methods used on site and ensure they meet project requirements.
Identify defects, non-compliant work, or departures from design and specification, and report these promptly.
Suggest appropriate corrective actions and monitor remedial works to ensure issues are resolved satisfactorily.
Track construction progress and prepare regular written and verbal reports for construction managers, architects, and clients.
Verify that works comply with building regulations, planning conditions, health and safety legislation, legal obligations, and ecological/environmental requirements.
Attend site meetings, inspections, and progress reviews as required.
Liaise closely with the design team to provide guidance, clarification, and technical input during construction.
Maintain accurate site records, photographs, inspection reports, and defect logs.Act as the client’s representative on site while maintaining professional independence and objectivity.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

As the successful candidate you will have experience working within our primary infrastructure markets along with having the following qualfications and experience.

Relevant construction qualification (e.g., HNC/HND, degree, or equivalent experience).
Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., CIOB, ICWCI) desirable.

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 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, 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

State/Province: Dublin

Business Group: DCS

Legal Entity: AECOM Ireland Limited

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Operating Group: International

Primary Location: IE - Dublin, 1 Burlington Plaza