Senior Project Contract Admin Lead
Posted 21 hours 17 minutes ago by DPS Group Global
Location: Dublin / Cork, Ireland (Life Sciences) Arcadis
About the RoleWe are seeking a Senior Project Contracts Admin Lead to strengthen our ADPS (Arcadis legacy DPS) Project Controls & Contract Admin capability across Life Sciences capital programmes.
As a senior practitioner and trusted advisor, you will lead the development, assurance and governance of capital project Contracts Admin across complex Life Sciences projects. You will combine hands on leadership with project controls oversight, working effectively in both Client side (Owner) and EPCM delivery environments.
You will support investment decision making, cost certainty and capital efficiency from early feasibility and business case through design, execution, CQV and close out in regulated Life Sciences facilities.
You'll create and assure robust, defendable Contracts Admin strategies that shape investment decisions and underpin cost control through design, construction and handover phases.
Ideal for someone credible in both client side (Owner) and EPCM environments-bringing commercial rigour, strong stakeholder management, and the confidence to challenge and influence outcomes.
Reporting to: Director Project Controls (Ireland)
Key Responsibilities- Lead and own capital project Contracts Admin strategies, setting a clear basis, assumptions, benchmarks, risk narrative and evidence using standard tools/templates.
- Maintain a reliable baseline for budget control through detailed engineering, construction and handover.
- Provide peer review and quality control to meet company standards, including client side (Owner) governance and assurance.
- Be a trusted client advisor-review and challenge third party inputs to improve transparency, accuracy and cost certainty (scope, assumptions, exclusions and risk).
- Partner with engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning to align Contracts Admin strategies to the execution plan, interfaces and risks.
- Contribute to project meetings and lessons learned, keeping project controls aligned to Contracts Admin strategies.
- Work with Project Controls to strengthen cost management and support control processes and reporting as needed.
- Support the broader project controls framework (WBS alignment, cost/schedule interfaces, and early warning/corrective action) as required by the programme.
- Mentor and build Contracts Admin capability across the team through coaching and targeted training.
- Strong Contracts Admin experience in Life Sciences (pharma/biopharma/life science facilities) with the ability to build contracts strategies and models from scratch with limited early phase information.
- Demonstrable experience operating in both: Client side (Owner) environments (estimate assurance / governance), and EPCM settings (integrated delivery with multi discipline teams).
- High technical competence across CSA, M&E, Process, Automation Contracts sufficient to prepare and review detailed contracting strategies.
- Strong Excel capability and comfort working with standardised templates, narratives, benchmarking and data management.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and organisational skills; able to manage priorities independently in a fast paced environment.
- Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related discipline with the appropriate years of experience.
- Professional Accreditation (or progress towards) is advantageous.
- Experience working in other European countries a distinct advantage.
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