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The Organisation:

Your new organisation is a leading global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. They combine cutting-edge science with a patient-centric approach to transforming lives. They operate worldwide and the company fosters a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and purpose-driven work—where every employee contributes to advancing science and improving health outcomes.

Your New Role:

Your new role as Project Manager is based 39 hours per week in a West Dublin pharmaceutical facility.

You will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of construction activities across a diverse portfolio of capital and expense projects.
The projects span Manufacturing, Labs, and Utilities within a highly regulated biopharmaceutical environment.
Reporting to the Projects Programme Manager, you will oversee the successful execution of multiple concurrent construction projects, ensuring adherence to safety, schedule, quality, and budget expectations.
The role includes extensive engagement with senior leadership and cross-functional teams. Project execution will focus on safety, schedule, and budget adherence while complying with good engineering practices, company policies, regulations and codes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Construction Leadership & Delivery
• Lead all construction activities across assigned capital and expense projects, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient execution.
• Manage construction methodologies, site logistics, contractor mobilisation, and sequencing of works.
• Ensure construction execution aligns with project scope, design intent, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee construction readiness, permit to work systems, and coordination with Operations, EHS, Facilities, QA, and Global Engineering.

Safety & Compliance
• Maintain accountability for construction safety performance in line with Irish legislation and Good Engineering Practices (GEP).
• Implement Construction Stage Safety and Health Plans under Irish Construction Regulations.
• Lead safety walks, toolbox talks, and enforce site safety standards with contractors.

Project Management
• Collaborate with project managers on construction scope, scheduling, cost estimation, and resource planning.
• Identify and mitigate construction risks early, ensuring schedule and operational impacts are minimised.
• Lead constructability reviews, value engineering sessions, and schedule optimisation initiatives.

Financial & Procurement Oversight
• Support development of project construction budgets and ensure delivery within approved funding.
• Review contractor proposals, negotiate packages where appropriate, and ensure compliance with procurement policies.
• Track construction spend, labour productivity, and manage change control processes.

Stakeholder & Contractor Management
• Oversee the performance of main contractors, specialist subcontractors, and external consultants.
• Lead daily/weekly coordination meetings and communicate site priorities clearly.
• Mentor junior/intermediate project managers and construction coordinators within the team.

Start Up & Handover
• Support commissioning, qualification, and handover of mechanical, electrical, process, and utility systems.
• Ensure all construction documentation (redlines, as builts, O&M manuals, test packs) meets regulatory standards.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required:
• Degree in Construction Management, Civil/Structural/Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience as a Construction Manager or Senior Engineer within the pharma, biotech, or advanced manufacturing sectors in Ireland.
• Understanding of Environmental Health & Safety requirements including permit to work, method statements, risk assessments, incident reporting.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex projects in live operational environments.
• Strong understanding of Irish construction regulations, permitting, PSDP/PSCS roles, and safety legislation.
• Solid track record of planning and managing construction schedules, logistics, and contractor performance.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), PMP®, or equivalent certification – desirable.
• PSCS training – desirable.

In Return:
They are a fantastic organisation to work for. They continue investing heavily in state-of-the-art facilities to support cutting-edge science, allowing you to contribute to projects that truly make an impact. You’ll collaborate with a world-class team in a dynamic, safety-first environment that values precision, innovation, and sustainability.
You will be offered exposure to complex, large-scale projects, clear processes, and strong partnerships, ensuring you gain experience with advanced technologies and industry best practices. Working on these projects means being part of a mission-driven organisation where your expertise helps build the infrastructure that enables life-changing medicines.

• You will have the opportunity for several years of recession-proof work where you will be the face of the client for these capital projects.
• You will be based solely in a West Dublin facility for at least the next 12 months.
• You will work 39 hours per week.
• You will be paid an hourly rate of between €55.00 and €75.00 – The higher level of that rate is determined by your relevant experince as by their specification.

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