Planner (Construction)

Turner & Townsend; Ireland; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% Pension

25 days Annual leave

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Planner in Ireland to develop and maintain construction project schedules using Primavera P6. The position demands experience in managing project timelines and working collaboratively with various teams. A Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management and over 10 years of related experience are required.

The role offers competitive remuneration, an 8% pension, and 25 days of annual leave, along with career development opportunities and a chance to work on impactful projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in construction management or related field.
• Experience building and managing critical path schedules.
• Understanding of project governance and procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain resource-loaded schedules using Primavera.
• Coordinate with project managers to determine realistic project timelines.
• Conduct schedule reviews and evaluations of project changes.

Skills

Scheduling

Project Management

Communication

Coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together, delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. We partner to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

The Planner is responsible for the development and maintenance of detailed resource loaded schedules of construction projects using Primavera. The candidate must be comfortable in supporting the development of sustainable scheduling processes, influencing General Contractors and Trade Partners and helping influence the scheduling culture across the program.

Programme Scheduling Activities

• Develop individual Project Gantt Charts from first principles using Primavera P6 in accordance with the Delivery Programmes standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) while identifying all related project tasks, activities and milestones.
• Coordinate with Project Managers and other Project Stakeholders to identify realistic durations for all activities across the full lifecycle of projects including Feasibility; Design; Statutory Planning; Procurement; Construction and Operational Readiness.
• Develop the appropriate leads, lags, contingency allowances (float) and dependencies such that the critical path is identified for each project.
• Combine each individual project schedule into one Master Programme Schedule in Primavera P6 to provide an overview of the CIP from a scheduling perspective.
• Maintain and update individual project schedules on a monthly cycle and consequently update the integrated Master Programme Schedule to enable enterprise-wide reporting.
• Perform contractor schedule reviews and analysis on an ongoing basis and as part of tender evaluations across a variety of projects.
• Evaluate project changes and amendments for impact on budget and schedule.
• Assist with development of Earned Value Analysis monitoring across the portfolio of projects.
• Assist with the preparation of reports to the Project Management Team.
• Prepare cost loaded schedules to support detailed cash flow projections.
• Provide administrative support to facilitate efficient project management within the Project Controls team, including tasks such as analysing and reviewing data and compiling summary documents.
• Facilitate cross-project schedule meetings to engage the design consultants, the contracting entity’s personnel and contractors to align on scheduling expectations, optimize schedules and drive consistency in scheduling methodology.
• Interface with pre-construction, construction, design and capacity planning teams to produce schedules to assist with project kick-off, budget generation and construction timeframes.
• Work with the team’s Subject Matter Experts to understand and inform the impacts of new designs, materials and construction methods on the schedule.
• Develop a healthy interface between schedulers and Cost & Risk Management Team to inform accurate spend forecasting and risk identification.
• Formulate analysis of programme controls data and create summary level programme reports for various ad-hoc data/analysis queries from the Programme Controls Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, or equivalent technical degree and/or minimum 10+ years’ experience.
• Ability to coordinate and organise multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.
• Experience building critical path schedules from knowledge and first principles, interviewing and leading workshops with project resources. Experience in defining and agreeing progress reporting approaches with contractors.
• Familiar with large capital programs, extensive pre-construction programming and scheduling experience managing complex, multi-group, multi-disciplinary development projects.
• Ability to develop positive relationships with team members while balancing people and processes.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and high personal motivation and energy.
• Ability to plan, manage and prioritise work to meet deadlines and quality expectations.
• Good understanding of project governance and procurement processes.

Additional Information

• Full time
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• 8% Pension
• 25 days Annual leave (23 days + 2 company days)
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our people share our purpose and values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world. We champion our people to succeed in both work and life and promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees.