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August 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Chargehand
Role: Chargehand
Salary: €45,000 - €50,000
Location: Donabate
We have a fantastic opportunity for a
Chargehand to join our Building Services team in Donabate.
You will coordinate and support the daily operations of the Building Services team, ensuring the efficient preparation, installation, and removal of building service elements systems.
The Chargehand oversees on-site and yard activities, organizes resources, supports team members, and ensures all projects are delivered safely, on time, and to the required quality standards while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
As a Chargehand you will:
* Ensure the best practice, related to the refurbishment and rectification of product, is applied consistently and effectively across the business.
* Support the development of new products and services to ensure they are introduced in a timely and efficient manner.
* Monitor KPI performance on product costs to establish areas for evaluation and as a review for previous improvements.
* Liaise with suppliers, head office departments and depots to ensure appropriate changes to specifications are implemented effectively.
* Work with all departments as appropriate to ensure project conclusion is within agreed timescales and meeting required quality standards.
* Foster and develop sound internal and external customer relationships through effective communication to provide excellent levels of service.
* Co-ordinate and control Projects within the designated area of operation, working to planned costs and within agreed timescales to the mutual benefit of the company and the client.
* Regularly review and analyze all costs to maximize profitability on relevant projects.
* Ensure all contractually agreed conditions are met.
Benefits & Opportunities
* Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
* Contributory Pension
As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.
Our Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who has:
* Practical operational experience ideally in construction related roles
* Solid understanding of various software packages including MS Excel and PowerPoint, and CRMs
* Ability to deliver efficiency improvement and optimisation, whilst maintaining a customer focus
* Experience in leading, developing and motivating staff
* Ability to produce workable solutions to a range of problems,
* Ability to organise, negotiate, building effective networks and relationships both internally and externally
* Full Irish driving licence
About Portakabin
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes. Our solutions support a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, education, healthcare, transport, utilities, and construction.
We're committed to sustainability, from reducing the environmental impact of our own operations, to designing energy-efficient buildings for our customers, and supporting the communities we serve through employee volunteering and charitable giving.
Today, more than 2,000 people work for Portakabin across ten European countries.
Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on