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Senior Quantity Surveyor:Rail projects
AECOMDublin, IRLSenior
Apply Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. 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. AECOM is seeking an experiencedSenior Quantity Surveyor to join our expandingRail and Metro team in Dublin. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key commercial role on some of Ireland's most significant rail infrastructure programmes, helping to deliver projects that improve connectivity, support sustainable transport, and shape the future of mobility. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide commercial leadership and cost management services across all stages of the project lifecycle. You'll collaborate with clients, designers, contractors, and project managers to ensure successful project delivery while driving value, managing risk, and maintaining robust financial control. What You'll Do As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality quantity surveying and commercial management services across complex rail and metro projects. Your responsibilities will include:
- Deliver quantity surveying and cost management services across major rail and metro infrastructure projects.
- Prepare cost estimates, cost plans, budgets, tender documentation, and procurement reports.
- Lead cost planning and cost control activities throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Administer contracts and support procurement strategies in accordance with project requirements.
- Evaluate tenders, variations, compensation events, claims, and final accounts.
- Monitor project costs, cash flow, forecasts, and commercial performance against approved budgets.
- Identify commercial risks and opportunities while supporting value engineering initiatives to optimise project outcomes.
- Build strong working relationships with clients, contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Prepare commercial reports and provide accurate financial forecasting to support informed decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with AECOM governance, contractual obligations, and industry best practice.
- Mentor and support junior quantity surveyors, contributing to the continued growth and development of the team.
- A degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, or a related discipline.
- Chartered status, or is working towards chartership, with SCSI, RICS, or an equivalent professional body.
- Proven experience delivering quantity surveying and cost management services on rail, metro, or major transportation infrastructure projects.
- Strong knowledge of standard forms of contract, including NEC and Public Works Contracts, with experience administering contracts on complex infrastructure schemes.
- Experience in cost estimating, cost planning, procurement, contract administration, change control, claims management, and commercial reporting.
- The ability to manage project costs, financial forecasting, risk, and value engineering throughout the project lifecycle.
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and commercial problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities, with experience working collaboratively with clients, contractors, designers, and multidisciplinary teams.
- The ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced rail infrastructure environment while maintaining a high standard of commercial delivery.