Senior Project Planner | Dublin
* Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
* To build your career by assisting in the delivery of 'leading edge' engineering projects.
* To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
* To benefit from Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
* To work with the best.
* Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations
Role Summary
The Senior Project Planner will be responsible for the development, control and reporting of integrated project programmes for large-scale
mission-critical, pharmaceutical and industrial projects
with a strong
Mechanical & Electrical (M&E)
focus. You will support project teams by providing robust schedule control, progress tracking, earned value analysis and schedule risk management across the full project lifecycle.
This role is critical to ensuring complex, multi-discipline projects are delivered
on time, on budget and to regulatory standards
.
Key Responsibilities of the Senior Planner
Programme Development & Control
* Develop fully logic-linked
Level 4 & 5 project schedules
covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning & CQV / validation.
* Establish
baseline programmes
and manage all changes via formal change control
* Identify critical path, near-critical activities and mitigation strategies
M&E & Specialist Systems Planning
* Lead planning for electrical systems (Small lighting & Power, Cabling, Containment, LV, MV, HV, BMS, Busbar, I&C etc.)
* Develop commissioning, IST and validation programmes
* Coordinate vendor schedules for equipment such as chillers, AHUs, switchgear, skids and plant
Progress, Reporting & Forecasting
* Monitor site progress using physical progress, Earned Value Management and milestone tracking to keep project schedules accurate and up to date.
* Produce weekly and monthly reports covering programme status, critical path, float usage, delay analysis, recovery plans and forecast completion dates while proactively identifying schedule risks.
Risk, Change & Delay Analysis
* Perform
schedule risk analysis
and what-if scenarios.
* Prepare
Time Impact Analyses (TIA)
for variations and claims.
* Support commercial teams with delay, disruption and extension-of-time submissions.
Stakeholder & Team Coordination
* Work closely with project managers, construction and M&E leads, commissioning teams, clients and consultants, and chair programme review meetings to drive alignment and maintain schedule control.
Necessary Requirements of the Senior Planner
* 6+ years planning experience
on large-scale construction or engineering projects
* Strong M&E background
(either trade, engineering or project controls)
* Experience delivering
Data Centres, Pharmaceutical or Industrial facilities in-excess of €5M
* Experience managing multi-package contracts, long-lead equipment, phased handovers, commissioning and CQV.
* Expert user of
Primavera P6
& MS Office
* Familiar with Earned Value Management, Critical Path Method (CPM), Delay analysis techniques (TIA, windows analysis)
* Ability to read and interpret M&E drawings, Schematics, Construction and commissioning methodologies
For more information on this Senior Planner position or other Senior Project Planner / Lead Planner opportunities based in Ireland the UK or Europe contact a member of staff in Evergreen Talent Group confidentially on or apply in confidence.