>The Department of Transport said the appointment was made following an international recruitment competition. It said a comprehensive benchmarking exercise carried out into pay into such roles in the sector found that average remuneration was more than €623,000.
>The department said Mr Sweeney had a proven track record of success more than three decades in leadership roles on large infrastructure projects in Australia, New Zealand and the US.
Better than paying some gobshite €250k for the whole project to cost billions extra
Why don’t we just get the ccp in to do these thing. I’m hearing about some of these projects since the 1980s, the Chinese have built cities and infrastructure for hundreds of millions of people in that time.
Should this be a salaried position or would it be better handled as a contractor?
For dealing with the shitshow this will inevitably become I’d have asked for at least a million a year.
Spoiler, recession leads to immediate cancellation of Metrolink until 2035
If they have the skills to deliver it, it’s worth it.
€30k relocation bonus. That’ll put him up for 2 weeks.
Nope. Fucking quango bullshit. Baaaad omen.
Stop it now
Sure, what’s another 500k for a project that started 15 years ago and hasn’t even laid a foot of track, and cost millions
I badly want a fantasy job.
I’ll do it for 300,000 a year. Give us a ring, Simon.
Sounds like a bargain given his CV. I’m actually shocked it’s going to be run by someone who has the correct qualifications.
Loads of missed deadlines and way overbudget, he’ll fit right in
Fuck. That.
You can find someone just as good, or better, for easily half the price. The good ol’ boys are jerking each other off in front of us here.
And still never be built.
As long as BAM don’t get within an asses roar of this thing!!
It’s worth paying for this type of expertise.
That salary is unrail.
I give him a month.
500k to hire some fella to make an absolute fuckup of an infrastructure project.
I would’ve done it for 50k. And I would’ve at least *tried* to make it work.
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>The Department of Transport said the appointment was made following an international recruitment competition. It said a comprehensive benchmarking exercise carried out into pay into such roles in the sector found that average remuneration was more than €623,000.
>The department said Mr Sweeney had a proven track record of success more than three decades in leadership roles on large infrastructure projects in Australia, New Zealand and the US.
Better than paying some gobshite €250k for the whole project to cost billions extra
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/focus-morning-bulletin-rail-costs-ceasefire-extended-and-mortgage-pain/YGHN4KNDWZCI3MYCFMDNWDPQP4/
“The boss of Auckland’s City Rail Link project is calling for solutions to New Zealand’s major infrastructure bills.
Sean Sweeney has revealed the cost per kilometre for building a metro rail line here is nearly $1.5 billion.
That’s about two-thirds more expensive than doing the same work in Australia.”
I hope he’s ready for Ireland
If he’s good at his job then who cares?
He’ll need this on the wall behind his desk
https://preview.redd.it/jh7gwfy78q8d1.jpeg?width=2200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff5f75d41b14a89647657f43a2db71edf4a4a5c0
Why don’t we just get the ccp in to do these thing. I’m hearing about some of these projects since the 1980s, the Chinese have built cities and infrastructure for hundreds of millions of people in that time.
Should this be a salaried position or would it be better handled as a contractor?
For dealing with the shitshow this will inevitably become I’d have asked for at least a million a year.
Spoiler, recession leads to immediate cancellation of Metrolink until 2035
If they have the skills to deliver it, it’s worth it.
€30k relocation bonus. That’ll put him up for 2 weeks.
Nope. Fucking quango bullshit. Baaaad omen.
Stop it now
Sure, what’s another 500k for a project that started 15 years ago and hasn’t even laid a foot of track, and cost millions
I badly want a fantasy job.
I’ll do it for 300,000 a year. Give us a ring, Simon.
Sounds like a bargain given his CV. I’m actually shocked it’s going to be run by someone who has the correct qualifications.
Loads of missed deadlines and way overbudget, he’ll fit right in
Fuck. That.
You can find someone just as good, or better, for easily half the price. The good ol’ boys are jerking each other off in front of us here.
And still never be built.
As long as BAM don’t get within an asses roar of this thing!!
It’s worth paying for this type of expertise.
That salary is unrail.
I give him a month.
500k to hire some fella to make an absolute fuckup of an infrastructure project.
I would’ve done it for 50k. And I would’ve at least *tried* to make it work.
Up to him to earn it now