Senior Planner
Location: Cork
Salary €75-€105
We are currently seeking a Senior Planner for one of irelands leading construction companies.
The Senior Planner leads the planning and project controls function across the business, setting standards and ensuring consistency in pre-construction and construction phases. This role supports delivery excellence through accurate programme development, progress monitoring, risk management, and reporting to senior management and the Board.
Responsibilities
Programme Development & Control
Lead the development of baseline contract programmes covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring logic links and critical path are clear.
Prepare construction target programmes to identify improvements and efficiencies compared to contract programmes.
Develop tender event programmes for subcontractor procurement, integrating design release and lead-in activities.
Maintain accurate programme documentation within a Common Data Environment (CDE).
Produce 4D graphical models and/or 2D phasing plans to illustrate build sequence, logistics and phasing.
Identify programme risks and opportunities, applying mitigation measures, float and time risk allowances.
Collaborate with project teams to develop construction methodologies that demonstrate sequencing and techniques.
Support preparation of preliminaries documentation including staffing, logistics and temporary works.
Engage with the supply chain to develop programme inputs, including design deliverables, lead-in times, construction durations, plant, and labour needs.
Reporting, Progress & As-Built Information
Develop and manage tracking schedules to monitor subcontractor programmes.
Maintain and update as-built programmes, highlighting variances from baseline.
Input into change requests, advising on programme impacts to facilitate approvals.
Validate and track progress using output rates and provide feedback to inform future tenders.
Undertake peer reviews of planners’ programmes to ensure consistency and quality.
Use 4D/2D planning tools to represent current progress visually.
Management & Leadership
Provide regular updates to Regional Planners and report programme positions at monthly contract reviews.
Lead programme reporting weekly and monthly in coordination with project management teams.
Manage, mentor, and support assistant and graduate planners, conducting performance and development reviews.
Ensure the quality and accuracy of planning outputs produced by project and site teams.
Benchmark programme periods using subcontractor input, historic data and project consultation.
Lead planning and programme management duties during both pre-construction and site phases.
Contribute to assessment of programme entitlements under contract conditions (e.g., NEC, JCT).
Qualifications
Essential
Degree or diploma in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
Certification or training in planning and programme software (e.g., ASTA Powerproject).
Desirable
Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant professional body (e.g., CIOB, ICE, APM).
Advanced training in ASTA Powerproject (e.g., progress analysis, S-curve reporting, resource management).
Training in contract management (NEC, JCT).
Training in Synchro, BIM and collaborative data environments.
Training in people management and presentation techniques.
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