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Job Description

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At AECOM we are currently recruiting for a Project Director-Cost Management to join our Dublin office.

Here’s what you’ll do:

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

Cost Management Activities

Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Contracting Entity’s cost control processes, procedures, and policies, ensuring alignment with industry best practice and applicable contractual terms and conditions.
Develop, implement, and maintain the overall cost management strategy for the programme.
Review and provide input into proposed contractor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to cost control, expenditure management, and budget performance.
Oversee the management of variations, including monthly cashflow forecasting, assessment of amendments and variances, retention management, and the application of liquidated damages where required.
Provide oversight and advice to the Risk team on the financial implications of identified and emerging programme risks.
Monitor anticipated final programme costs, reviewing, challenging, and approving forecasts prepared by the Cost Management team.
Establish and maintain clear escalation routes for cost control matters, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
Support the Contracting Entity in the assessment and response to contractor claims, as required.
Ensure the programme delivers optimum value for money throughout procurement and delivery.
Develop, implement, and maintain robust processes, systems, and administrative procedures to support the timely, accurate, and consistent production and dissemination of cost reports across the Contracting Entity.
Foster effective working relationships with the supply chain and the wider industry, including contractors, consultants, suppliers, and relevant professional bodies.
Provide specialist commercial advice and expertise in relation to claims and disputes arising under construction and consultancy contracts.
Review schedules of rates and/or bills of quantities prepared by cost consultants to support the development of pre-tender estimates and budgets, providing recommendations and commentary as required.
Review and approve monthly post-contract valuations, including cost reports, variation orders, and final accounts for individual work packages.

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 qualifications and experience.

Degree Qualified – BSc or MSc – in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management.
Professionally Qualified – On the Statutory Register of Quantity Surveyors in Ireland and preferably Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with the RICS or SCSI.
Excellent IT Skills and the ability to utilize digital measurement, cost planning, and tender document tools shall be essential.

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan.

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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

Project Director-Cost Management

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