Development Manager (Real Estate) - Dublin
About Your New Employer
- An exciting opportunity to join a leading real estate firm with a strong presence and currently delivering landmark projects across Dublin.
- Be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of urban development.
- Work closely with Directors on high-profile projects that make a significant impact on the community and skyline.
About Your New Job
- Oversee developments: Manage projects at various stages from early concept, acquisition, planning, design, procurement through to delivery and handover.
- Manage meetings: Attend and manage design, technical, and contractor meetings, ensuring follow-up actions and administration are completed.
- Lead appointments: Oversee the appointment of design teams, professional service providers, and construction contractors.
- Budget management: Prepare and take responsibility for development budgets, collaborating closely with the finance team and other key stakeholders.
- Feasibility studies: Lead initial site feasibility studies, identifying development opportunities and constraints.
- Stakeholder interaction: Build and maintain strong working relationships with local authorities, utility providers, and landowners.
- Monitor progress: Report on project progress, costs, and quality, taking timely actions to prevent programme and budget over-runs.
- Mitigate bottlenecks: Identify and mitigate bottlenecks in the design and construction processes, recommending strategies.
- Project close-out: Ensure projects are closed out from practical completion to post-occupation, including final account, safety file documentation, and statutory compliance.
- Transition management: Work with internal teams to transition completed developments to operational management.
- Tenant relationships: Foster strong working relationships with prospective tenants and their technical representatives.
- Development management: Assist with planning, environmental, statutory, legal, tenant relationships, and sustainability aspects of development management.
- Sustainability leadership: Drive the company's leadership position in sustainability by designing and delivering buildings that achieve the highest standards.
- Sustainability reporting: Implement the Sustainable Development Brief on all projects and report sustainability-related information to the Sustainability Department.
- Continuous development: Broaden expertise to challenge and add value to climate risk and sustainability programmes through further training and development.
- Quality and safety: Maintain a constant focus on quality and safety when visiting and inspecting projects.
What Skills You Need
- Education / Qualification within Construction or Project Management
- Successful record of delivering large scale projects in the Irish real estate space (residential or commercial)
- Chartered status is highly desirable.
- Ideally 5+ years’ experience gained in the design and delivery of residential and/or commercial construction projects.
- Leadership skills: Strong ability to lead and manage teams effectively.
- Project management: Excellent project management skills with a track record of successful project delivery.
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Problem-solving: Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions.
What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary: Plus performance based bonus
- Career growth: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
- Dynamic work environment: Be part of a collaborative and innovative team.
- Impactful work: Contribute to projects that shape the urban landscape.
What’s Next
Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or call me Cormac at 01 474 4641 for a confidential conversation. If this job isn’t quite right, but you are looking for a new opportunity with Property or Real Estate, please get in touch. I also have multiple Temp, FTC, and Contract jobs available.
