Job Summary
This position is with AirconMech Ltd. The role forms part of an Innovation Boost project supported by InterTradeIreland. Salary support under the programme is provided for 12 months; however, the employment contract is with AirconMech Ltd and is not limited to the funding period.
Company Introduction
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, AirconMech is a leading Irish mechanical engineering contractor specialising in HVAC, plumbing, mechanical services, BIM design, offsite prefabrication, and turnkey project delivery. The company operates across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, delivering complex projects in the life sciences, mission-critical data centres, healthcare, commercial, residential, and food and beverage sectors.
AirconMech has developed a strong reputation for technical excellence, innovation, quality, and safety, supported by internationally recognised ISO certifications and a highly skilled workforce. Through its continued investment in digital technologies, modern construction methods, and workforce development, AirconMech is well positioned to drive innovation within the UK construction sector through collaborative research and knowledge transfer.
Job Description
Purpose of the Role
To develop, deploy and embed Advanced BIM with AI tools across five integrated capabilities - automated model compliance and data-quality checking; Standard-Method-of-Measurement-aligned quantity take-off; AI-driven cost management integrated with the company's costing system; automated construction detailing and callout generation with AI compliance checking; and a unified BIM-AI decision dashboard - transferring this technology from Queen's University Belfast into the company's estimating, engineering and BIM functions through participation in InterTradeIreland's Innovation Boost Programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a model-agnostic data-extraction layer (native Revit and open IFC) with full element-level traceability.
- Design and build the AI compliance and data-quality engine detecting duplicated, overlapping, coincident and suppressed model elements before measurement.
- Develop automated quantity take-off with AI classification of fittings and accessories and generate Standard-Method-of-Measurement-aligned Bills of Quantities.
- Build the AI cost-management layer: integration with the company costing system, retrieval-augmented rate suggestion, AI-assembled cost plans, and model-linked cost control (cash flow, earned value, variance).
- Develop automated construction detailing and callout-section generation from the 3D model, with AI compliance checking on an engineer-approve-in-the-loop basis.
- Build the BIM-AI decision dashboard integrating quantities, cost, programme and embodied carbon, with revision differencing and scenario comparison.
- Deploy each module on live projects, benchmark against manual baselines, and evidence performance at the project's formal evaluation gates.
- Train company staff, produce user guides and documentation, and embed the platform operationally.
- Coordinate quarterly Project Management Group meetings and monthly steering meetings; report progress against the workplan.
The successful graduate will lead this project, in a supportive partnership with Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) as part of the InterTradeIreland’s Innovation Boost Programme.
Interviews will be held approximately week commencing: 26/10/2026