Planner

PJ Hegarty & Sons; Dublin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PJ Hegarty & Sons is seeking a Project Planner to join our construction team on a large-scale project in the Dublin Region. You will develop, monitor and report baseline schedules across CSA disciplines, integrating MEP schedules to support delivery.

The role requires a degree in Engineering or Construction Management, 3-5 years in a planner role, and strong communication skills. You will work with site teams and management to forecast and report progress.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering or Construction Management.
• 3-5 years experience in a Construction Planner role.
• Experience with Microsoft Project & Primavera.
• Experience with a main contractor on large scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning service for the project across disciplines.
• Prepare schedules for all phases of the project.
• Ensure schedule updates are cross-checked and consistent.
• Quality checks on the Schedule prior to client submission.
• Monitor progress, analyze deviations, and recommend actions.
• Coordinate a progress measurement system.
• Present schedules to project teams and clients.
• Extract and analyze information from schedules using filters and histograms.
• Plan project programmes and collect planning data.
• Work closely with Site management teams.
• Generate forecasts and variance reports to monitor projects.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Motivated

Education

Degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera

Job description

Overview

PJ Hegarty & Sons is seeking a Project Planner to join our construction team on a large‑scale project in the Dublin Region. Project‑based and reporting directly to the Contracts Manager, the candidate will work with the wider management team to develop, monitor and report on base‑line construction schedules across a wide range of CSA disciplines, integrating with MEP schedules in a co‑ordinated approach to assist with overall project delivery.

Key Duties

• Manage a reliable and responsive planning service for the project.


• Manage the preparation of schedules for all phases of a project across multiple disciplines


• Responsible for ensuring that schedule updates from the various area schedulers are carried out, and that these inputs are cross checked and consistent with one another to support the overall Program


• Ensures that all quality checks are carried out on the Schedule before submitting it externally to the Client.


• Monitor progress against schedules, analyse deviations and recommend remedial actions.


• Co‑ordinate a progress measurement system


• Manage the preparation of and make presentations to project teams and client on schedule control and procedures used.


• Extract and analyse specific information from schedules by the use of filters, lookaheads, histograms, S‑curves


• Project programme planning, collect and analyse information to plan and schedule construction projects.


• Work closely with the Site management teams


• Generate forecasts, variance reports, and other documentation to monitor and manage projects.

Requirements

• Degree‑qualified in Engineering or Construction Management.


• 3-5 Years experience in a Construction Planner role


• Experience with Microsoft Project & Primavera


• Experience working with a main contractor on large scale commercial building projects with knowledge of Civil works, M&E and Fit-Out's.


• Enthusiastic, motivated individual required


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Ability to use time productively, maximise efficiency and meet challenging work goals


• Possess ability to work well as part of a team and independently

Further Information

• The company assists in career progression of its employees. CPD & training will be discussed on an ongoing basis with the individual.


• We welcome applications from individuals returning to the workforce after a career break. Skills gained through previous work, volunteering, or life experience are valued, and training will be provided to support your transition back into the workplace.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Company is an Equal Opportunities employer and recognises its responsibility to provide equality of opportunity to employees and prospective employees.

Our Aim is to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of religious belief, political opinion, gender, marital status, civil status, sexual orientation, disability, race, age and membership of the Traveller community.

The Company will not accept or tolerate any form of discrimination, direct or indirect, by any member of the Company. The Company is committed to the fair treatment of employees at all times.