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People, Cost Manager – Construction
September 2, 2025 | Comments Off on People, Cost Manager – Construction
Role: People, Cost Manager - Construction
Salary: up to €80,000 + Company Car + 10% Yearly Bonus (based on business area targets)
Location: Donabate, Dublin - ****You must be based/located in Ireland and have working experience of the Irish construction sector/market***.
You're a driven and experienced People, Cost Manager with strong negotiation skills and a positive attitude looking to join our commercial team as a senior in Donabate. You'll utilise your eye for detail and proven experience in the Irish construction sector to manage the cost estimation process, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all estimates.
***KEY TO THIS ROLE***- People Management - Due to business growth, this is an exciting and newly created role for someone with passion for people, innovation and change in developing a team and business function. You will be a strong people manager, responsible for providing guidance, support, development change and leadership to a team of 3 estimators. You will lead the team, helping them to transform and drive the continued change to develop how the team operates, to be highly successful in developing professional excellence in the estimating function, accurately, on time, and in line with company policies and client requirements.
You will be responsible for implementing quality controls, developing BID documentation, Project BOQ and budgets, evaluating contractor and supplier bids and delivering category awards. This role requires a high level of involvement in multiple projects at any one time, whilst requiring the ability to focus on exact requirements on specific opportunities.
Essential Criteria - ***Please only apply if you have the following, proven skills and experience***.
- Proven, strong people manager experience, leading, managing, developing, and motivating teams - This is key to the role (see above)
- Proven Experience working in the Irish construction market/sector
- Experience managing subcontractors
- Estimating / Bid / order negotiation experience within Construction
- Excellent level of understanding and application of costs, mark-ups and margins
- Hold a relevant degree, or Design or Technical Qualification, however relevant experience is more important
- Passion for Change, Innovation and the successful growth of the team and business function
As a Senior Cost Manager, you will
- People Manage 3 estimators, leading, developing, and motivating them to develop the business area.
- Lead and develop professional excellence in the estimating function in support of Sales and Hire within the Irish Business Unit, accurately, on time and in line with company policies and client requirements.
- The Bid Manager is responsible for managing the cost estimation process, ensuring accuracy and completeness of all estimates. This role involves coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders and leading a team of estimators.
- Implement quality control procedures to ensure that all bid submissions are of the highest standard.
- To provide a full and professional estimating service to support the Commercial leads in defining Scope of Modular Hire Projects. Understand and leading cost and margin calculations. These activities will be carried out whilst maintaining a commercial thought process about where prices need to be in win the order.
- This role will require a high level of involvement in multiple projects at any one time whilst requiring the ability to focus on exact requirements on specific opportunities.
- Develop Bid Documentation, Project BOQ and Budgets.
- Evaluate contractor and supplier bids and deliver category awards.
- Lead or contribute to value engineering exercises to optimise project costs without compromising quality or performance.
- Support the procurement process by preparing cost estimates, derogations lists and leading Contract Analysis.
PLEASE REVIEW TE FULL ROLE PROFILE bu following this link - https://www.portakabin-careers.com/job/people-cost-manager-construction?source=bing.com
Benefits and Opportunities:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
- Working flexibly principles
- Contributory pension
- Annual bonus
- Access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
- There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.
- Fully funded professional qualifications.
- A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off
- Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
Why Portakabin?
Portakabin employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries.
As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.
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