Position: Head of Civils
Type: Permanent
Location: Dublin (onsite)

Parker Stewart are partnering with a major construction business who are hiring a Head of Civils to lead its civil engineering division, overseeing groundworks, temporary works, and permanent packages across modular, events, and infrastructure projects. This role combines operational leadership, stakeholder engagement and commercial oversight to ensure safe, compliant and cost-effective delivery of civils works throughout Ireland.

Duties:

Provide leadership and direction to the civils team, including site managers, supervisors and subcontractors, ensuring clear accountability and development opportunities.
Own programme delivery for civils packages, coordinating with project managers, planners and supply chain to meet client requirements and key milestones.
Produce and maintain clear scope of works, method statements and temporary works designs in liaison with design and engineering teams and maintain required standards and quality adherence.
Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety policies and relevant statutory requirements; promote a positive safety culture and ensure everyone goes home safe.
Build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships, representing the business professionally at all times.

Experience and skills required:

Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent, or substantial demonstrable experience in civil engineering delivery within Ireland.
Proven track record in managing civils packages on commercial projects, with experience of groundworks, drainage, concrete works and temporary works.
Excellent commercial awareness with experience of estimating/pricing civils works, cost control and subcontractor management.
Proficient IT skills with experience of project management and estimating software; comfortable accessing schedules and documents via mobile devices.
Valid driving licence; willingness to travel and work on sites nationwide, including occasional evenings and weekends as business requires.

Please apply with your CV in the strictest of confidence. All applications must have valid working rights in Ireland and be able to prove same.