Project Manager Construction

Project Manager - Athlone, on site, full time, permanent.

Role purpose: To coordinate and drive delivery of a major technical construction package for a pharmaceutical client, from planning and design coordination through programme, subcontractor control, quality, safety, cost awareness and handover.

Core responsibilities

• Develop and manage project programme, sequencing, logistics and short-term lookaheads.
• Coordinate design information release, RFIs, technical queries and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Chair coordination, subcontractor and technical meetings where required.
• Lead site operations and package coordination to maintain programme, safety and quality.
• Work with commercial teams on procurement, cost control, forecasting and value management.
• Provide progress reports, risk logs, KPI updates and stakeholder communications.
• Lead and mentor site managers, engineers, supervisors and package teams.

Required experience

• 5-10+ years in project management, senior engineering or package coordination with a main contractor.
• Track record on medium-to-large construction projects, ideally EUR 10m-EUR 150m+.
• Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Building Engineering or related field, or strong equivalent experience.
• Strong technical knowledge, commercial awareness, programme control, procurement and contract understanding.
• Life sciences/pharma or high-spec industrial project exposure.
• Experience coordinating internal architectural finishes, M&E interfaces, clean construction behaviours, permits and live-site constraints.

This role is client dedicated, full time and on-site in Athlone, Ireland.

• Seniority Level

  Mid-Senior level

• Industry

  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Biotechnology Research
  • Engineering Services

• Employment Type

  Full-time

• Job Functions

  • Project Management

• Skills

  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Project Management
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Design