South Dublin County Council is one of four local authorities in the Dublin region. The Council’s administrative area is 223 square kilometres, bounded by Dublin city to the northeast, the Dublin Mountains and County Wicklow to the south, the River Liffey to the north separating it from Fingal and County Kildare to the west. Within that area is a population of 301,075 people living in the county, over 6,500 businesses and significant economic, social and cultural infrastructure to serve a growing capital city region.

The Corporate Plan provides the vision and strategic direction for the Council over a five-year period and sets out the ambition to make the county a vibrant and inclusive place for all the people who live, visit, work and do business here. As the council for South Dublin County, we strive to be a people-first, proactive organisation that serves all of our communities today and for the future.

An opportunity now exists in South Dublin County Council for the position of Senior Quantity Surveyor.

South Dublin County Council is seeking to fill a post of Senior Quantity Surveyor. This post is for a full-time position in the Architectural Services Department, which is responsible for ensuring provision of a high level of Architectural Services consisting of architectural design, conservation, urban design and building procurement and quantity surveying services to all departments of SDCC as may be directed by the County Architect.

The Department has a varied pattern of work with a renewed emphasis on the provision of new social housing in line with government policy. The department also works on public and community buildings in line with the council’s capital delivery programme. Please note that the above list of services is not exhaustive.

A full list of essential requirements is available in the Information Booklet.

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Candidates shall, on the latest date for receipt of completed applications:

(a)   hold a professional qualification in Quantity Surveying that is prescribed under the Building Control Act 2007, or a qualification in Quantity Surveying, that is equivalent to a qualification so prescribed in Section 29 of the Building Control Act 2007 and

(b)   be eligible for registration as a Quantity Surveyor under the Building Control Act 2007 without requiring further assessment. Any appointment by the employing local authority will be subject to registration under the Act;

(c)   have at least eight years’ satisfactory relevant experience in quantity surveying;

(d)   possess a high standard of technical training and experience;

(e)   possess a high standard of administrative and strategic management experience; and

(f)    have satisfactory knowledge of public service organisation or the ability to acquire such knowledge.

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