Planning & Programme Manager

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Set planning standards, coding structures, reporting cycles and programme governance across projects.
• Review tender, baseline, procurement, design, manufacturing, construction, commissioning and handover programmes.
• Challenge logic, sequencing, resource assumptions, critical path and schedule risk.
• Provide portfolio-level visibility of milestones, constraints, interfaces and recovery priorities.
• Support project teams in progress measurement, forecasting, look-ahead planning and change control.
• Lead programme reviews and present clear insights to senior leaders, clients and delivery stakeholders.
• Develop recovery and acceleration scenarios and support delay analysis where required.
• Coach planners and project personnel to improve programme ownership and data quality.
• Integrate planning with commercial, procurement, design, BIM, fabrication and operational reporting.
• Capture benchmarks and lessons learned to strengthen future tenders and delivery plans.

Your Qualifications and Key Criteria

• Significant planning and project-controls experience in construction, MEP or specialist engineering.
• Advanced capability in Primavera P6 and/or equivalent professional planning software.
• Strong understanding of design, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning and handover sequences.
• Ability to interrogate complex programmes and translate detail into executive-level insight.
• Experience leading planning reviews, recovery planning and stakeholder discussions.
• Credible, analytical and collaborative, with strong communication and leadership skills.

Desirable Additional Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Experience across data centre, pharmaceutical, manufacturing or international project portfolios.

Location        

• Ireland