Estates Quantity Surveyor

Maynooth University (MU) is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an Estates Quantity Surveyor to work in the Estates team, with responsibility for finances across all aspects of Estates (capital, operational, and commercial). Estates has a capital programme of ~€200m, has an operational budget of ~€9m excluding staff costs and generates commercial income of ~€10m. The post holder will be the main liaison between Estates and the University Finance Office.

As the Estates Quantity Surveyor, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective budgeting and financial reporting in estates with a focus on public procurement and delivering value for money. The Estates Quantity Surveyor will lead on budget preparation and development of multi annual budgets to take account of capital works, end of life replacements and various minor works. They will liaise with external stakeholders, professional bodies, MU Departments (primarily the Finance Department), professional design teams and produce total project cost budgets (including design team fees and client direct items).

They will be involved in procurement (Public), both the setting up of frameworks for services procurement of services and construction works under the capital works management framework (CWMF).

The Estates Quantity Surveyor will also be involved in the preparation of various pieces of governance documentation under the infrastructure guidelines (SAR/ PBC, FBC , PCR etc.)

The Estates Quantity Surveyor will ensure all estates capital (projects), operational and commercial services are maintained in a continuous state of audit readiness, with robust financial controls, accurate reporting, and full compliance with internal governance and external regulatory requirements.

Reporting to the Head of Capital Development or their nominee, the successful candidate will work as part of a team in a busy, challenging environment. The Estates Team provides support to both Maynooth University and our campus partners, St. Patricks College Maynooth (SPCM) across a variety of services and these are cross charged, the Estates Quantity Surveyor will have a key role in these cross charges and the relationship with SPCM.

It is expected that the successful candidate will improve and streamline capital, operational and commercial financial reporting and overall compliance with public procurement and POP system (Purchase Order System). They should therefore have a working understanding of the differing challenges of each of these environments. There are standard reports to The Finance Human Resources and Capital Development Committee, Audit and Risk Committee and the Higher Education Authority.

The Estates Quantity Surveyor will also assist in the commercial side of estates, mainly student accommodation, MU Events (conference and events business), campus concessions (e.g. catering) and property leases and licenses.

The role will form part of the management team within the Estates Capital Development Team and the wider the Estates Office and the successful candidate will work closely with other senior managers to provide leadership and management with a focus on value for money and good financial management across all Estates activities.

Salary:

Senior Administrator IV (2026): €70,734–€112,314 p.a. (7 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 17th May 2026

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University