Senior Project Planner – Construction & Risk Lead

Coffey; Hawton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Coffey is a water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist operating in Ireland and the UK. We are seeking a Planner who will take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay.

You’ll lead and coach a small team of more junior Planners, sharing experience to develop others and drive outperformance amongst the team. You will collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team, ensure plans reflect

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Project Planner within construction, engineering, or infrastructure environments.
• Knowledge of risk management, change control, and earned value principles.
• Strong knowledge of project planning tools and techniques (e.g. Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent).
• Demonstrable experience working with NEC contracts and associated programme requirements.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Confident communicator with the ability to challenge construction teams constructively and professionally.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in accordance with Contract requirements.
• Ensure project plans capture full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required.
• Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan and monitor the critical path and key milestones.
• Ensure planning standards are maintained and published processes are adhered to.
• Enable Project Management to control progress of contracts by identifying and producing integrated programmes of work.
• Minimise company risk by identifying the critical path for contracts.
• Enable resource planning and levelling by appropriate resource analysis of contracts.
• Lead the planning section at contract / progress review meetings.
• Production of required project reports including identification of project risks and opportunities.
• Support in producing tender programmes, with assistance from delivery managers & pre-construction team.

Skills

Project planning

Risk management

Earned value

Team coaching

Communication

Education

Degree in Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

NEC contracts

Job description

Coffey is a water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist operating in Ireland and the UK. We are seeking a Planner who will take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay.

You’ll lead and coach a small team of more junior Planners, sharing experience to develop others and drive outperformance amongst the team. You will collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team, ensure plans reflect