Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Take full day-to-day ownership of a major multi-site infrastructure project from mobilisation through to commissioning, handover and contractual closeout.
• Develop, own and maintain the detailed project delivery programme, including design, procurement, engineering, FAT, site deployment, SAT and commissioning activities.
• Maintain a clear understanding of the critical path and proactively manage project dependencies, constraints, interfaces and recovery actions.
• Lead project mobilisation, kick-off meetings, internal delivery reviews, client progress meetings and programme reviews.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering resources, subcontractors, suppliers and external partners to achieve agreed milestones.
• Ensure project deliverables are clearly defined, allocated, tracked and driven to completion.
• Provide concise, accurate and timely project reporting to the Head of Delivery & Service and senior management.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Take a commercially proactive approach to project delivery and actively protect the company's contractual and financial position.
• Understand the project scope, pricing assumptions, commercial structure, contract requirements and agreed exclusions in detail.
• Manage project budgets, cost forecasts, revenue, cashflow and cost-to-complete in conjunction with Finance and Commercial teams.
• Prepare and support monthly applications for payment, ensuring completed work and earned value are accurately reflected in project valuations.
• Identify scope change, additional works and potential variations at the earliest possible opportunity and ensure they are formally recorded.
• Ensure variations are commercially assessed, priced and agreed before additional work is undertaken wherever practicable.
• Monitor project margin and forecast financial performance throughout the project lifecycle, implementing corrective action where required.
• Challenge scope creep and ensure the company is appropriately compensated for work outside the agreed contractual scope.
• Maintain robust commercial records, project correspondence and supporting documentation for all claims, changes and decisions.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary day-to-day project contact for the client and associated engineering consultancy organisations.
• Develop strong working relationships with client project teams, engineering consultants, operational stakeholders and third-party suppliers.
• Lead structured client progress meetings and provide clear updates on programme, risk, commercial matters, actions and project delivery.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication, formal reporting and timely escalation of issues.
• Represent the company professionally and confidently in senior project, technical and commercial discussions.
• Work collaboratively with major engineering consultancy groups while ensuring the company's delivery and commercial interests remain appropriately represented.

Engineering & Technical Coordination

• Work closely with Principal Engineers and technical specialists to coordinate design and engineering activities.
• Ensure technical deliverables, Functional Design Specifications, drawings and engineering documentation are developed in line with the approved programme.
• Coordinate technical reviews, FAT, SAT and commissioning activities and ensure actions are driven to timely closure.
• Ensure engineering resources have clearly defined priorities, deliverables and deadlines.
• Facilitate resolution of technical issues and ensure the appropriate engineering expertise is engaged where required.
• Maintain sufficient technical understanding to lead complex systems integration projects; detailed hands-on SCADA programming experience is not essential.

Essential Experience

Technical & Professional

• Minimum 5 years' project management experience within infrastructure, engineering, utilities, systems integration or a similarly complex technical environment.
• Demonstrable experience delivering projects or programmes with values typically in excess of €1 million.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-site or phased delivery programmes from mobilisation through to handover.
• Experience working directly with major clients and large-scale engineering consultancy organisations.
• Strong programme planning, sequencing and critical path management capability.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering or technical delivery teams.
• Proven track record of delivering technical projects safely, on programme and within agreed commercial targets.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Project or equivalent project planning and project control tools.
• Recognised Project Management qualification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or APM is advantageous but not essential where significant delivery experience can be demonstrated.

Desirable Experience

• SCADA, industrial automation or Operational Technology projects.
• PLC and control systems, telemetry or communications network projects.
• Water or wastewater infrastructure and regulated utility environments.
• Complex systems integration or cyber security projects within operational environments.
• Experience working alongside major engineering consultancies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Willingness to travel throughout Ireland and attend client or project sites as required.
• Full valid driving licence.
• Flexibility to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team across office, site and remote environments.