Quantity Surveyor

Company Profile:

Suretank is one of the leading manufacturers of Modular Solutions (OSM) e-houses and plantroom containerised solutions. Established in 1995, Suretank operates from its headquarters in Ireland, with additional manufacturing facilities in other global locations. As we continue to expand, we are committed to delivering excellence and innovation while fostering a culture of collaboration and growth.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an ambitious Quantity Surveyor to join our Project Delivery team in Dundalk. In this role, you will work directly alongside our Commercial Manager. This creates a highly collaborative, fast-paced commercial structure. Your core purpose is to provide direct assistance to the Commercial Manager, lifting operational tasks from their desk while managing day-to-day cost control, tendering, procurement, and contract administration. This role focuses on cutting-edge modular and off-site manufacturing (OSM) projects for the global data centre industry, offering a unique opportunity to build specialist commercial expertise in a high-growth sector.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Support & Cost Management

• Managerial Assistance: Actively support the Commercial Manager in compiling cost plans, project budgets, and monthly commercial forecasts.
• Tracking & Valuations: Handle day-to-day cost tracking, prepare progress valuations, and assist with monthly commercial reporting.
• Record Keeping: Maintain meticulous commercial logs, project folders, and financial documentation.

Variation Costing & Commercial Adjustments

• Costing Scope Changes: Assist in drafting detailed cost breakdowns for project variations, ensuring all additional design or factory work is captured.
• Cross-Team Validation: Liaise with the factory production, engineering, and planning teams to validate variation requirements and quantify material impacts.
• Submission Prep: Prepare variation proposals with transparent breakdowns for the Commercial Manager to review and submit to data centre clients.
• Approval Tracking: Maintain the variation ledger, tracking approvals to ensure all additional revenue is accurately captured and ready for invoicing.

Strategic Procurement & Cost Optimisation

• Strategic Buying: Support buying activities to secure competitive pricing for specialized materials, subcontractors, and factory services.
• Supplier Analysis: Evaluate subcontractor and supplier quotations, benchmark pricing against historical databases, and find value engineering savings.
• Data Logistics: Partner with engineering and planning teams to ensure material orders strictly match project timelines and manufacturing schedules.
• Pricing Libraries: Maintain and update internal cost data libraries to streamline future estimates and bidding accuracy.

Contract Administration & Tendering

• Subcontract Management: Support the drafting, administrative review, and execution of subcontracts and purchase orders.
• Tender Prep: Assist in gathering supplier prices, analysing bills of quantities (BOQs), and structuring bid submissions for upcoming data centre tenders.
• Correspondence: Track and log formal commercial correspondence with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors to protect contract integrity.

Project Support & Collaboration

• Operational Alignment: Participate in factory and project meetings, ensuring clear lines of communication between commercial functions and the manufacturing floor.
• Margin Protection: Assist the Commercial Manager in monitoring live project performance, evaluating cost-to-complete metrics, and identifying project risks early.

Skills & Competencies

• Analytical Precision: Exceptional numerical skills and sharp attention to detail.
• Tech-Savvy: High proficiency in MS Excel and industry-standard QS software or SAP Business One.
• Communication & Growth: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to collaborate with engineering and site teams.
• Agility: Ability to juggle task deadlines comfortably in a fast-moving, manufacturing-driven environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related construction/engineering discipline.
• Experience: 3-5 years of experience as a QS. Experience or strong exposure to civil, mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, or modular/off-site manufacturing (OSM) environments.
• Mobility: Full, clean driving licence (for occasional travel between the Dundalk and Dunleer facilities also local projects/suppliers).

Company Benefits:

• Competitive salary package.
• Company pension plan.
• Comprehensive healthcare plan.
• Death in Service Benefit
• Long Term Illness Benefit
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• Free barista coffee machine on-site
• Free on-site parking at all locations.