Wexford County Council
Job summary
The Senior Executive Quantity Surveyor leads the commercial, cost-management, and procurement functions across capital projects, ensuring high-quality, timely, and compliant delivery in line with the Public Works Contracts and the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF). The role involves managing in-house quantity surveying teams, external consultants, and acting as a key commercial advisor to senior management.
A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.
Main Duties of the Job
Project Responsibility – Directs and manages Quantity Surveying Staff and consultant Quantity Surveying firm’s teams across multiple projects.
Setting Performance Targets – Establishes goals, timelines, and performance expectations to ensure timely project delivery.
Cost Planning – Produces Estimates [Bills of Quantities, Pricing Schedules, Cost Plans etc.], within commercial reports.
A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.
Information about the organisation
County Wexford is in the province of Leinster and has a population of 163,527 persons (2022 Census). This represents an increase of 13,805 or 9.2% since the previous 2016 census. Wexford is situated in the South East of Ireland and shares its border with four other counties and has a total land area of 2,367 km2, Wexford is the 13th largest county of Ireland, and the 9th largest in terms of population. Wexford has a long coastline and with the recent investment in the two motorways is closely located to the urban centres of Dublin and Waterford which are within 90 minutes and 45 Minutes commute distance respectively.
Wexford County Council’s estimated Revenue Budget for 2027 is €175m and the planned Capital Investment programme for 2027 is €120m. Wexford County Council is one of the county’s major employers, currently employing approximately 900 staff with 450 retired personnel. Wexford County Council provides a diverse, comprehensive and evolving range of services to citizens, businesses and visitors to the county.
An opportunity now exists in Wexford County Council for the position of Senior Executive Quantity Surveyor.
Benefits
Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:
€80,680 – €83,153 – €84,338 – €86,828 – €89,339 – €91,842 – €94,364 – €97,533 LSI1 – €100,692 LSI2
Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.
The annual leave allowance for the position of Senior Executive Quantity Surveyor is 30 days.
Selection Process Details
A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.
Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.
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