Exciting opportunities to join our expanding Signalling Projects and Technical Teams

Applications are invited from suitably qualified & experienced candidates to fill the following positions to join us for an exciting phase of growth within the Signalling, Electrification and Telecommunications (SET) Department. This is an exciting opportunity for engineers looking to progress a career in the railway industry and help shape the future of public transportation across the island of Ireland.

The Signalling, Electrification and Telecommunications Department are responsible for providing a safe and reliable infrastructure for the operation of train services in the Republic of Ireland.

As such, they are looking for an Assistant Contracts Manager.

The successful candidates will become part of the Signalling Project and Technical teams that will help in the delivery of key objectives to include ongoing consistent delivery of maintenance activities across the network, design, specification, and renewals of infrastructure assets

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Commercial aspects of Signalling, Electrification & Telecommunications (SET) projects.
• Deliver projects to authorised budget, time, quality, and scope targets by contract management from tender stage to project completion and effective utilization of in-house and external resources.
• Ensure in conjunction with the Programme Manager SET that value for money is delivered and achieved on all Contracts awarded.
• Prepare budget cost estimates and detailed cost plans and undertake regular reviews and provide updates as required.
• To account for performance on a periodic basis in terms of planned activity and planned manpower allocation against budget and schedule.
• Integrate fully within the SET teams to provide an effective commercial & contractual support function.
• To manage a register of commercial project risks
• To manage the preparation of tender documentation/contracts/Bill of materials
• To develop standard set of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to monitor project commercial status
• To ensure that projects deliver Value for Money by monitoring project delivery
• To plan, prepare budgets & cash flow and monitor the maintenance and renewals programme of works and the SET capital investment activities.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor of Degree (level 8) in Engineering, QS, Accountancy or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience relevant to this role.
• Demonstrable experience in management of commercial aspects of engineering projects.
• Experience in preparation of tender documentation/Bill of Materials/contract terms.
• Detailed knowledge and application of the Public Works suite of contracts.
• Knowledge and awareness of other standard forms of Contract - RIAI, IEI, FIDIC and target cost contracts (NEC etc.)
• Experience in the management of change control on projects
• Experience in the preparation of budgets for projects
• Experience in the management of cash flows.
• Demonstrable experience in Project delivery from project inception through to placing into service.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills
• Excellent IT Skills and knowledge of relevant software.

As part of our diverse team, applicants will be also given the opportunity to interface with the Capital Investment project teams to help deliver and support the Capital Investment Programme, the largest such programme in our history circa €2.5 billion, which includes DART+ Programme, National Traffic Control Centre (NTCC) and the Train Protection System (TPS).

For more information please contact Niamh Hampton.