The Education Authority wish to appointCost Consultant (Construction) – 4 posts
Job Reference: 26004463
Job Title: Cost Consultant (Construction) – 4 posts
Location: Ballee/Ballymena, Belfast & Armagh
Contract Type:Permanent
Status:Full-Time
Working Pattern:36 hours per week
Grade/Scale: Assistant Principal Officer | NJC pts 37 – 40 | £48,226 – £51,356 per annum
Additional Information:
There are four immediate vacancies at present, 2 Ballee/Ballymena, 1 Belfast, 1 Armagh. However suitable applicants who are not appointed to these immediate vacancies will be placed on a reserve list which will remain valid for one year and may be offered similar appointments at the discretion of the EA during that period.
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Job Purpose
The post-holder will be responsible to the Head of Service for the effective management and control of overall activities in MiCD and related administrative services using in-house staff and external consultants. The Cost Consultant is responsible for assisting in planning and programming the works, budgetary control, commissioning consultants, contract procurement and documentation and for providing professional advice, information and support service to all departments.
The post-holder will report to the CCT Service Manager but will also be required to work effectively with Head of Service/Senior staff across the Directorate and the EA. Through the delivery of comprehensive Cost Consultant support, the post-holder will contribute to the financial and performance management across the Operations & Estates Directorate.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1 Budgetary Control and Planning
(i) To effectively manage all service budgets:
To compile, monitor and control the expenditure in all major, minor, youth, SEP works capital budgets, facilities management budget, and energy budgets.
To establish, implement and maintain effective monitoring, control and reporting systems on tenders and the letting of contracts.
(ii) To effectively manage and ensure adequate planning for the delivery of the Authoritys Capital and Revenue works programmes:
To produce and distribute feasibility costs for all annual programme of works for all.
To compile, implement, operate and review the programmes of work for all allocated budgets.
To assist in identifying and compiling reserve programmes in the event of financial slippage and additional budget allocations.
To identify schemes for consultant appointments and to ensure all consultants are commissioned to meet programme dates.
To assist in the development and implementation of estate management information systems (Manhattan).
Essential Criteria
Have 1a)
1a) Have a Bachelors Degree (UK Qualification and Credit Framework Level 6) or an equivalent or higher in Quantity Surveying
AND either 1b) OR 1c)
1b) Be a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with a minimum of three years corporate membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
OR
1c) Have a minimum of five years post-qualification experience working as a Quantity Surveyor or equivalent in a professional office.
The above criteria is an extract from the job person specification, for a full list of criteria please follow the details below on the method of application.
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Closing Time: Wednesday 19 August 2026
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