Planning Director

KCM Recruitment Ltd.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dublin City centre is seeking a Planning Director to lead the planning function across major international data centre projects. This senior leadership role requires steering the group’s planning strategy, schedules, and delivery performance across multiple sites.

You will chair a planning team, collaborate with project delivery, commercial, engineering, procurement and commissioning teams, and report on milestones, risks, and recovery plans. Dublin City, permanent.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in construction planning and scheduling.
• Strong experience within data centres, mission critical or other complex construction environments.
• Previous experience managing planning teams.
• A good understanding of construction sequencing, critical path and programme risk.
• Experience working directly with senior clients and project stakeholders.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• The ability to work at both strategic and project level.
• Experience working across multiple projects or locations would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the planning and scheduling team.
• Set and maintain planning standards across projects.
• Review and challenge project programmes, critical paths and progress.
• Provide senior-level reporting on programme performance, risks and key milestones.
• Work closely with project and operational teams to identify programme risks and develop recovery plans where required.
• Support pre-construction, tendering and project mobilisation.
• Work with clients, consultants and other senior stakeholders throughout project delivery.
• Drive consistency across planning processes and reporting.
• Support the continued development of the company's planning and project controls capability.

Skills

Planning

Leadership

Scheduling

Data centres experience

Job description

Dublin City | Permanent | Senior Leadership

Our client is a leading European main contractor specialising in the delivery of large-scale data centre projects. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint a Planning Director to join their senior leadership team in Dublin.

This is a senior role with responsibility for leading the planning function across major international data centre projects.

This is a key role in the company and the salary/package that will be agreed will be representative of this.

The Role

The Planning Director will take responsibility for the overall planning and scheduling function within the group, working closely with project delivery, commercial, engineering, procurement and commissioning teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and develop the planning and scheduling team.
• Set and maintain planning standards across projects.
• Review and challenge project programmes, critical paths and progress.
• Provide senior-level reporting on programme performance, risks and key milestones.
• Work closely with project and operational teams to identify programme risks and develop recovery plans where required.
• Support pre-construction, tendering and project mobilisation.
• Work with clients, consultants and other senior stakeholders throughout project delivery.
• Drive consistency across planning processes and reporting.
• Support the continued development of the company's planning and project controls capability.

The Person

We are looking for an experienced senior planning professional with a strong background in major construction projects.

You should have:

• Significant experience in construction planning and scheduling.
• Strong experience within data centres, mission critical or other complex construction environments.
• Previous experience managing planning teams.
• A good understanding of construction sequencing, critical path and programme risk.
• Experience working directly with senior clients and project stakeholders.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• The ability to work at both strategic and project level.
• Experience working across multiple projects or locations would be advantageous.

This role would suit someone currently operating as a Planning Director, Head of Planning, Senior Planning Manager or Project Controls Director, or a strong senior planning professional ready to take the next step.

Location: Dublin City

Job Type: Permanent