Client Side - Construction Coordinator - West Dublin

In-depth Job Spec Client Side Construction Coordinator - Strong Financials - West Dublin - Long Term Opportunities

The Opportunity

We are working with a leading international engineering, construction management and project delivery consultancy to appoint a Functional Area Construction Coordinator to support the delivery of a major manufacturing project in West Dublin.This is a highly site-focused position, suited to an experienced Construction Coordinator, General Foreman, Trade Foreman, Tool Install Coordinator or Construction Supervisor who has previously worked within a clean room or similarly controlled high-tech construction environment.

You will act as the focal point for construction and trade activities within your assigned Functional Area (FA) / Tool Install area, reporting to the Project Manager and taking responsibility for implementing the agreed construction plan on the ground.The role will involve significant time in the field, coordinating trades, removing constraints, driving safety and quality, and ensuring individual tools, systems and areas are delivered through the required construction milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of construction coordination within your assigned Functional Area / Tool Install area.
• Coordinate all relevant trade activities and ensure works are completed safely, efficiently and in the correct sequence.
• Develop detailed project and installation plans for individual tools, systems and work areas.
• Work closely with trade foremen to establish daily work plans, crew requirements, start dates, completion dates and priorities.
• Maintain a strong site presence, with the majority of the working day spent in the field coordinating contractors and monitoring progress.
• Lead Area Whiteboard meetings and attend daily huddles, weekly team meetings, toolbox talks and construction coordination meetings.
• Track mobilisation of trades and ensure the correct crews are available when required.
• Use task lists, constraint logs and short-term planning tools to improve coordination between trades.
• Participate in the six-week lookahead planning process, identifying potential blockers before they impact the programme.
• Identify and remove constraints affecting trade productivity, escalating issues promptly where required.
• Coordinate construction activities between Tool Install, supporting systems, other Functional Areas and wider projects on site.
• Coordinate field issue resolution and bring in the appropriate technical specialists when required.
• Drive punch lists towards zero outstanding items at the appropriate construction milestone.
• Coordinate demolition works associated with conversion activities where applicable.
• Maintain and update daily progress records and construction reporting.

Safety & Site Leadership

Safety will be a major part of this position. You will:

• Drive an Incident and Injury-Free culture throughout your Functional Area.
• Review Pre-Task Plans and participate in toolbox meetings, kick-off meetings and risk assessments.
• Ensure contractors and trade personnel operate in accordance with their approved safety plans.
• Participate in safety audits and required operating procedures.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards throughout construction areas.
• Address and report safety events in line with site requirements.

Quality & Controlled Environment

You will take responsibility for ensuring works are delivered to the required standard, including:

• Working closely with relevant teams to implement QA/QC and quality programmes.
• Walking tools and systems ahead of key milestones to verify installation quality.
• Driving 100% design-to-field implementation.
• Ensuring contractor compliance with site protocols and controlled-environment requirements.
• Coordinating clean-as-you-go requirements and appropriate material storage.a.
• Driving the required final clean standard at construction completion.

What We're Looking For

• This position requires someone who is comfortable being out on site, owning an area and coordinating multiple trades simultaneously.
• Having previous on-site management experience and stakeholder engagement (client, multiple subcontractors, architects, local authorities etc).
• Clean room environment experience, data centre / semiconductor / pharmaceutical etc, is preferred.
• Ability to coordinate multiple trades within a live, fast-moving construction environment.
• Excellent safety awareness and a proactive approach to site safety.
• Strong understanding of QA/QC, punch-list management and construction close-out.
• Comfortable working within a highly controlled and process-driven construction environment.
• Good general IT skills and ability to maintain construction trackers, reports, task lists and project documentation.
• The overall requirement is for an experienced construction professional with 5+ years' relevant education / industry experience, depending on qualification and background .

What You'll Get in Return

This is an opportunity to work in one of Ireland's most significant high-tech construction environments, joining an established international engineering and project management organisation with extensive experience delivering complex semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotech and advanced manufacturing facilities. You will benefit from:

• A brilliant working environment, flexibility on hours and very good financials.
• Hourly paid up to €45.00 per hour - 40-45 hours per week.
• Exposure to a major clean room construction programme.
• A highly responsible position where you will have genuine ownership of your Functional Area.
• The opportunity to work alongside experienced construction, engineering and project management professionals.
• Exposure to complex tool installation, clean room and advanced manufacturing construction.
• Excellent experience for anyone looking to build a long-term career within the high-tech construction sector.
• A technically challenging project environment with significant coordination responsibility.
• The opportunity to work with specialist contractors and multidisciplinary construction teams.

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