About The Role
The Scheduler is responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date project schedules during delivery, ensuring progress is recorded, delays are tracked, and reliable forecasts are provided to management, clients, and commercial teams. The role provides the operational data backbone that underpins project control and claims. The Scheduler also contributes to developing capability within the team by mentoring junior colleagues.
Key Responsibilities
* Update and maintain live project programmes using industry-standard software (e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6).
* Collect & validate actual progress data from site teams and input into the schedule.
* Issue weekly and monthly lookahead programmes to guide site delivery.
* Monitor progress against baseline, highlight slippage, risks, opportunities, and propose mitigation options.
* Ensure programme updates remain fully logic-linked, with critical path and float analysis adjusted to reflect current performance.
* Track and analyse actual labour, plant, and subcontractor resources, highlighting productivity trends.
* Produce progress reports for internal management and client submissions.
* Support commercial and project teams with delay analysis, EOT claims and as-built programme preparation.
* Monitor compliance with planning and scheduling standards and company processes.
* Mentor and support junior schedulers in developing their technical and reporting capability.
About You
Required Skills & Experience
* 3 – 5 years’ experience in scheduling for civil engineering / infrastructure projects.
* Proficiency in MS Project, Primavera P6 or equivalent.
* Understanding of project controls, reporting, and delay analysis.
* Experience in updating logic-linked programmes and conducting float analysis.
* Familiarity with contract administration and delay analysis.
* Experience working closely with site teams to capture real-time data.
* Experience with 4D planning tools or BIM integration advantageous
* Full clean Irish driver licence
* Authorised to work in Ireland i.e. stamp 4 or critical skills visa
Key Attributes
* Detail-oriented and highly organised, with a focus on accuracy.
* Effective communicator with ability to work across project teams.
* Resilient and confident in challenging assumptions and highlighting risks.
* Commercially aware with understanding of delay and entitlement.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
About Us
Coffey is a family-owned water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist established in 1974. We are passionate about safety and have been delivering critical infrastructure projects on time and within budget for nearly 50 years. The hallmarks of our contracts are innovative solutions, engineering ingenuity, professional construction management and adherence to the highest safety and quality standards.
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