JJ Rhatigan_Contracts Director 2024

Committed to building for a better future Contracts Director Prospectus

About us

Headquartered in Galway, JJ Rhatigan & Company, or JJR as we affectionately refer to the company, is one of the most recognisable names in the Irish construction industry. With a €1.2 billion pipeline of projects JJR is continuously strengthening its position as a competitive, high-quality, safe, sustainable and innovative Tier 1 main contractor.

JJR is not just another construction company, it’s a place where there’s a real opportunity for our employees to build their careers, develop their skills and grow as part of the Rhatigan team.

Founded in 1952 by John J Rhatigan, the company has been at the forefront of the construction industry while staying true to its family roots. Padraic Rhatigan became Managing Director of the company in 1981 and in 1996 branched out from Galway and commenced operating in Dublin. Since then, JJR has continued to expand into new sectors and new geographical regions with offices in Dublin, Galway, Cork, Sligo and established its London office in 2013. As an indigenous Irish Main Contractor, JJR links local experience and expertise with International best practice.

Growth agenda

The company’s objective is for a steady sustainable growth over the next five years strengthening our position as a competitive, innovative, safe and sustainable Tier 1 construction services company. With over 400 employees, staff levels are continuing to grow steadily across our five locations ensuring the delivery of our current workload and new secured projects.

JJ Rhatigan is in construction for the long-term, to nurture relationships with existing and new clients and to copperfasten partnerships across our supply chain. We have a well-deserved reputation for delivering complex, large-scale developments on time and on budget. Our collaborative work culture and dedication to innovation and technology are and will continue to be the key to our success.

Our Management Team

PADRAIC RHATIGAN Chairman and Group Managing Director

Chief Executive Officer

Group Chief Financial Officer

FRANCIS MULRY Chief Commercial Officer DEIRDRE

COYLE Contracts Director

EAMONN

Corporate Services Director

LORNA TYRRELL Chief Financial Officer SEAN

NIALL HIGGINS Chief Operations Officer SARAH

Director of Human Resources

GAVIGAN Contracts Director

Contracts Director DAMIAN

MARTIN MCKINLEY Commercial Director

CUMMINS Contracts Director THOMAS

Commercial Director

PPP Director GER

Contracts Director

KEVIN BOYLE Contracts Director

Chief People Officer NIALL HANLEY Contracts Director BERNARD BARTLEY Estimating Director

Commercial Director ENDA FANNING Commercial Director

Commercial Director

Commercial Director TONY

Technical Operations Director KIERAN

Company Management Structure

Turnover and Capacity

Project Delivery snapshot

Substantial growth over the past ten years has seen JJ Rhatigan & Company deliver: close of 5,400 private and social homes 17,000 school places over 1,400 hotel bedrooms

20 healthcare facilities over 145,000m2 of office and commercial space

14 third-level campus facilities over 2,500 student accommodation bedrooms

We are committed to the collaborative delivery of quality projects across all sectors , with an enhanced focus on reducing the environmental impact of both projects and business activities through the adoption of emerging technologies and continuous improvement.

Committed to building for a better future

Current Projects & Pipeline

Irish and UK workload & pipeline

JJ Rhatigan is currently involved in 29 projects in both Ireland and the UK with a combined value of €1.35 billion

E3 Learning Foundry, Trinity College Dublin €47.5m

Higher Education Bundle 1 PPP (HEB1) TUS Athlone | €40.7m

Higher Education Bundle 1 PPP (HEB1) MTU Cork €41m

Higher Education Bundle 1 PPP (HEB1) MTU Kerry €59.5m

Higher Education Bundle 1 PPP (HEB1) IADT €46.8m

Higher Education Bundle 1 PPP (HEB1) TUD Blanchardstown | €27m

Higher Education Bundle 1 PPP (HEB1) TUD Tallaght | €37m

Hotel Development, Crown Square, Galway | €31m

Tallaght Apartments, Dublin €48m

Wembley Link | €22.4m

Brent Cross | €80.6m

Garrai Beag Housing, Ballybane, Galway | €14m

Eastfield Phase 1 ab | €18.5m

Project Nore Schools Framework (4 locations) | €178m

Eden NW2 194-196 Cricklewood | €41.4m

Blackhorse Lane | €60.5m

IDA Parkmore | €12.4m

Crown Trading Centre, Hayes | €122m

Yardhouse Wood Lane | €54.3m

Three Kings Mayfair | €10m Guildford

Block D office development, Crown Square, Galway €20m

Surgical Hub Cork | €55m

Surgical Hub Waterford | €54m

Surgical Hub Limerick | €54m

Phase 2 | €128.8m

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Sectors & Services

Our portfolio, spanning across the private and public sectors, incorporates a diverse range of projects from traditional building contracts, PPP contracts, new builds, fit outs and renovations, to the design and build of large scale landmark developments.

Pharmaceutical & Medtech / Industrial

Early Contractor Involvement / Design & Build /

/ Pre-Construction / PPP Projects / Conservation / Restoration / Refurbishments

The construction industry today is a dynamic, ever-changing work environment and one that requires a versatile approach.

Our commitment to construction excellence, capacity to deliver and culture of integrity didn’t come about overnight; they are the result of hard work and intuitive processes. Our clients keep coming back to us because they recognise that we set standards through dedication to our five pillars of success.

The following are our five pillars for the success of any project and are embedded into our corporate vision and philosophy. Establishing and maintaining strong relationships is at the core of these five pillars and is reflected in our company values.

Safe guarding people is our priority Their health, safety and wellbeing comes before everything.

We will always provide a realistic programme to deliver on or before schedule.

We work to reduce our impact on the environment without ever compromising on quality

When we compete for work it’s because we are confident in our abilities to deliver real value

We nurture our relationships with clients and partners across our supply chain.

About the Role

Due to recent, continued, and future planned expansion and structural review of our business, an excellent opportunity has arisen within JJ Rhatigan & Co. for a highly motivated, focused and ambitious professional to operate at Director level.

This role will carry a high degree of autonomy and will require exceptional interpersonal, transactional, and technical skills. The role will report to the Chief Operations Officer on day-to-day management and operational matters. In addition, they will liaise with the Commercial, Corporate Services, Finance & HR.

Location: The role will be based in our Galway office.

Principal Responsibilities

• Continue to develop the brand and identity opportunities to grow the region.

• Responsible for all day-to-day supervision, control, coordination, execution of all projects under their remit.

• Monitor and report on department targets in line with objectives.

• Responsible for fostering a culture of inclusiveness and high performance within their teams.

• 5+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, leading, and coaching professionals.

• Develop and maintain strong internal relationships ensuring there is an important level of interaction (interdependency) between Operations and Commercial.

• Provide strong leadership with the ability to challenge to safeguard the business and achieve our company objectives continuously and robustly.

• Act as the escalation point for their teams to resolve issues to ensure objectives are met.

• Responsible for the cost and control of the project ensuring that budgets are not exceeded. Identify budget risks and plans to avoid the same.

• Ensure that operations are operated in line with company IMS.

• Ensure that all operations are carried out in a technically acceptable manner and conforms to all required standards.

• Ensure all relevant processes and procedures are maintained and adhered to on the company IMS system.

• Ensure all JJR Health & Safety procedures are monitored and controlled and sites are operating in a safe manner.

• Ensure all staff are trained in the JJR QA system and quality processes adhered to.

• Ability to build collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders – Clients, Subcontractors, Consultants.

• Identifying and implementing innovations to improve delivery.

• Ensuring continuity of systems in a manner which fully complies with all legal, qualitative, health & safety and environmental standards and all other relevant guidance.

Person Specification Education

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or an equivalent engineering science OR 4+ years of related construction management experience in lieu of a degree.

• Expert knowledge in Microsoft Office, and in particular Excel and PowerPoint

• Project management experience and excellent process understanding.

Professional Experience

• Minimum of 8+ years’ relevant work experience within construction sector.

• Excellent leadership skills.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to lead and influence others.

• A history of successfully leading teams and delivering projects.

• Demonstrated capability in driving and implementing continuous improvement.

• Strategic and growth mindset, who will add significant value to our agenda and advance our strategic goals and objectives.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal, communicative, and organisational skills including excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Detail and process oriented with the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• The ability to deal with ambiguity and work in a fastpaced environment.

• Ability to leverage relationships to collaborate effectively with colleagues and support a strong team environment.

• Ability to move from the theoretical to the practical and to be able to take balanced business judgements on subjective topics as the degree of risk mitigation.

Leadership Behaviours

• Role model of our JJR company values

• Collaborative

• Growth mindset

• Resilient

• Always demonstrate integrity, empathy, and honesty

• Strong credibility

• Highly responsive

Company Management Structure

Incentives & Benefits

Competitive Salary

At JJR we offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and discretionary bonus plan linked to agreed KPIs.

Company Vehicle

A company vehicle is provided, if applicable for the role.

Pension

If you are interested in contributing to the company pension JJ Rhatigan & Company will match your contribution by 1.5 times from commencement. If an employee is contributing 5% of salary into the pension JJR will contribute 7.5%. The employer contribution is capped at 1.5 times up to an employee contribution of 5% only.

PHI Cover

In the unfortunate situation where a member is unable to work due to illness or disability, the monies receivable from Social Welfare would be substantially less than his / her earnings during full-time employment.

• The PHI benefit for a member is 75% of salary at the time of illness/disability less the state disability benefit. This is the maximum allowed under the legislation.

• The PHI benefit becomes payable after 26 weeks out of work due to illness/ disability and will continue in place up to the retirement age of 65.

• Employees are covered under this PHI policy from the first anniversary of commencement with the company.

Life Cover

In the unfortunate event of the death of an employee, a capital contribution would be payable to the next of kin. This lump sum payable on death is three times an employee’s annual salary. Cover will be in place until such time as the member reaches the age of 65, or until he/she leaves our employment. Employees are covered from the commencement of their employment.

Annual Leave

On commencement you are entitled to 21 annual leave days per annum. This will increase by one day after 18 months service, two days after 3 years and three days after 5 years service. In order to request a leave day, you must complete the company annual leave request online in HR Locker. This will automatically be issued to your direct line manager for approval. Once approved you will be notified by email.

Sick Leave

Employees are entitled to receive full pay for three days sick leave per annum once they have completed 13 weeks of continuous service. This is above the current statutory entitlement outlined in the Sick Leave Act 2022.

Company Mileage & Expenses

From time to time you may be required to travel as part of your role and also incur expenses. All mileage and expense claims must be submitted to the Human Resource Department on a monthly basis.. The company operates the civil service mileage rates, details of which can be found on the Revenue website.

Professional Subscriptions

We encourage employees to subscribe to professional publications relevant to their role which will be paid for by the company.

Scholarship Programme

The Scholarship Programme is in place to support employees who wish to pursue postgraduate studies and thus further their own career and development. The company provides funding to employees approved under the programme which will be deducted from the company annual training budget. Applications for the Scholarship Programme must be approved by Senior Management. Employees should submit a written request to HR, using the Scholarship Programme Application Form. If the application is approved, employees will be informed by HR. The company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate, rescind or deny the option to participate in the Scholarship Programme.

Travel Saver Scheme

JJ Rhatigan offers all employees the opportunity to avail of the Travel Tax Saver Scheme. This is a fantastic way to save on your commuter tickets, with a significant saving of up to 52%. The company will purchase your ticket and the cost will be taken from your gross salary, therefore reducing the taxable element of the salary. This facility is available following the successful completion of your probation period. Please contact Human Resources for further details on this scheme.

Maternity Leave

The company pay 50% of gross salary inclusive of state benefit. In order to qualify for paid benefit you must have at least one year’s service completed. Should you leave JJ Rhatigan‘s employment within one year of returning from maternity leave all monies paid, less social welfare benefit, must be repaid to the company.

Paternity Leave

In order to qualify for the company’s two week paid paternity leave you are required to have been employed by the company for over one year. The company reserves the right to claim the state benefit for paternity leave on your behalf.

Employee Referral Programme

The company operates and Employee Referral Programme which currently, for a limited period, offers our employees a referral bonus of €5000 per appointment. This bonus is available to all employees who refer a friend or previous colleague to JJ Rhatigan who then goes on to be successfully appointed and pass the six month probationary period.

Bike to Work Scheme

The company operates a Bike to Work Scheme facility which employees can avail of from commencement.

The company can purchase a brand new bike and safety equipment to the value of €1,250 or €1,500 for electric bikes, for their employees. The company recovers the cost of the bike from the employee using Salary Sacrifice. This means that the employee saves up to half of the retail price of the bike and equipment and your company also makes a saving of 10.75% on Employers’ PRSI contributions.

Our Values

Our values are considered the personality traits of the business that inform, inspire and motivate our team, our clients and our industry. These values underpin our culture and the way that we interact with others and ultimately reflect and shape the character of the business.

Integrity

Delivering on what we promise and upholding fair minded principles of trust and understanding, we communicate honestly and clearly

Care

Safeguarding our people and communities, we place their well-being before everything and ensure a responsible approach to sustainability for the long-term good of our business and our environment.

Excellence

Applying our expertise to ensure excellence in everything that we do, whether it is health & safety, quality of finish, innovative problem solving or overall results for our clients we enjoy exceeding expectations.

Respect

Listening to and supporting the needs and views of others, we provide guidance and direction for development and value diversity of ideas and culture

Commitment

Driving consistent quality, service and value we are accountable, responsible and passionate about getting it right and ambitious about the future of our people, our business and our industry.

Relationships

Building long-lasting connections with our clients and supply chain partners based upon credibility and value, we recognise the worth in each other and collaborate for optimal results.

JJR’s vision is to be the construction company of choice in Ireland and the UK, known for delivering high-quality projects that prioritise safety, quality, innovation, and sustainability and to be the Employer of Choice in our sector.

With 400+ employees across 5 locations in Ireland and the UK, creating an environment that empowers our people, to be the best that they can be, is our driving mission.

Head Office

Wolfe Tone House

Fr Griffin Road

Galway, H91 PW72

T: +353 91 580 800

F: +353 91 580 888

E: building@jjrhatigan.com

Dublin Office

Thomas Burgh House

Newmarket Square

Dublin 8, D08 ATX9

T: +353 1 478 6900

F: +353 1 478 6901

E: dublin@jjrhatigan.com

Cork Office

1st Floor, Building 1000

Gateway Business Park

Old Mallow Rd

Cork, T23 W9XP

T: +353 21 494 2721

E: cork@jjrhatigan.com

Sligo Office

Baymount House

Ballincar

Sligo, F91 R851

T: +353 71 914 7100

F: +353 71 914 7599

E: sligo@jjrhatigan.com

London Office

Anna House

214–218 High Road,

Seven Sisters

London, N15 4NP

T: +44 845 399 2310

E: london@jjrhatigan.com

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