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At AECOM, we are currently seeking an Associate – Cost Management to join our Galway office.

The Opportunity

As an Associate, you will take a leading role in the delivery of Cost Management commissions, with responsibility for ensuring successful outcomes from inception through to completion.

You will:

• Lead the delivery of Cost Management commissions, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and to a high standard of client satisfaction.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to Senior Surveyors, Project Surveyors, and Graduates, supporting their development and performance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for AECOM clients (both new and existing) across assigned projects, building and maintaining strong, trusted relationships.
• Oversee the efficient management of commissions, ensuring effective coordination of resources and delivery teams.
• Identify, develop, and lead bids for Cost Management services across the region, supporting business growth and opportunity generation.
• Ensure all team members under your supervision maintain appropriate and up-to-date training and professional development.
• Manage the delivery of Cost Management outputs in line with agreed timelines, quality expectations, and client requirements.

What We’re Looking For

The successful candidate will bring experience within the buildings sector, along with the following qualifications and professional credentials:

• Degree Qualified – BSc or MSc – in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management.
• Professionally Qualified – Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with the SCSI / RICS
• 8-10 years proven experience in a consulting environment providing the full spectrum of CM services including Pre Contract Estimating; Procurement; Contract Administration, Cost Reporting and Final Account resolution.
• Passionate about delivering high quality consulting services to our clients.
• Understanding of Public Works Contracts and RIAI standard forms of contract
• Proven ability to advise clients and design teams on cost, value and risk, not just cost in isolation.
• Excellent IT Skills and the ability to utilize digital measurement, cost planning and tender document tools shall be essential.

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.