Project Manager

Astatine Limited is a specialised energy company, founded by a highly experienced management team with proven entrepreneurial, commercial, and technical success in their respective careers to date. Astatine develop, design, construct, operate, fund (if required) and maintain multi-technology assets to enable an acceleration toward zero carbon for energy users across multiple sectors.  The key values of our company are collaboration, innovation, urgency, integrity, and excellence. The primary technology used in our projects are solar PV, battery energy storage and heat pumps. This is a huge growth area forecast for the next 20 years, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to upskill in these technologies, their applications and design considerations.

Astatine are continually striving to achieve a high-performance, interdependent, and learning culture and to embrace our company values in our work. We have an external mentor and performance coach who assists us with the development of our culture and offers 1:1 coaching session/s to our staff who wish to avail of it.  We also organise regular culture development workshops which have been a great success.

Our clients are large energy users in the following sectors: Pharma, Cement, Dairy/Agribusiness, Distillery, Food & Beverage.

• Benefits : Pension , 22 days annual leave
• Start Date: ASAP
• Location: Hybrid working model – Work from Astatine’s offices located in Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin 8 when required or from client sites
• Contract Type: Full Time Contract
• Working Hours: Full time – Mon to Friday

Job Summary: The Project Manager will take full responsibility for the delivery of a large, complex energy project from pre- construction through commissioning and handover. The role requires strong civil engineering oversight, rigorous budget and commercial management and confident leadership of electrical works with significant technical and interface complexity, including long cable routes , multiple transformers and complex site tie-ins

• Responsibilities:
• Project Leadership & Delivery
• Take full ownership of project delivery, including safety, quality, programme, and cost
• Lead site teams, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers
• Act as the primary interface with the client, designers, and stakeholders
• Chair site progress meetings and drive actions to close

• Civils & Construction Management
• Manage significant civil works including earthworks, access roads, foundations, drainage, ducting, and compounds
• Ensure civil designs are buildable and delivered in line with method statements and programme
• Coordinate civil and electrical interfaces to avoid clashes and rework
• Electrical & Technical Management
• Oversee delivery of electrical works involving long cable routes, multiple transformer installations, and complex site tie-ins
• Coordinate electrical construction sequencing and technical resolution
• Identify and manage technical and constructability risk
• Commercial & Budget Management
• Full responsibility for budget control and commercial performance
• Manage subcontract procurement, scopes, valuations, variations, and final accounts
• Identify change events early and ensure timely commercial recovery
• Maintain accurate cost forecasting and reporting
• Programme & Risk Management
• Develop, maintain, and drive the project programme
• Identify critical path activities, constraints, and risks
• Implement mitigation measures to protect programme and margin
• Quality, Safety & Commissioning
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements
• Lead inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover
• Ensure works meet specification and contractual obligations
• Reporting & Governance
• Provide clear inputs into weekly and monthly project reports
• Report progress, risks, and commercial position to senior management
• Maintain robust project controls and documentation

Essential Experience & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Construction project delivery experience.
• Degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, or Construction Engineering (or equivalent)
• Proven experience delivering large-scale energy or infrastructure projects
• Strong background in civil works and site construction management
• Demonstrable experience managing budgets, subcontractors, and commercial risk
• Experience delivering projects with complex electrical scopes
• Strong leadership and decision-making capability
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• Experience with industrial energy or complex electrical infrastructure projects
• Experience with long cable routes, multiple transformers, or complex site tie-ins

Familiarity with Irish construction contracts and site conditions

• Apply:
• Interested candidates to submit CV and covering letter through the “Apply Now” section on our Careers page.
• Cover letter/email should briefly describe a little about yourself and why you would like to work with Astatine and should also indicate the earliest start date you are available.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives

Astatine  Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies, search firms or similar external recruitment organisations for this job posting. Unsolicited CVs will be defined as those sent by an agency, search firm or similar external recruitment organization to any Astatine Ltd employee without a valid written and signed search agreement being in place between the external business and a member of the HR or Talent team.

Unsolicited CVs will become the sole property of Astatine Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for a position as a result of an unsolicited CV being sent. Thank you.