Planning Manager

Dr. Ekler & Associates Human Resources Development Consultants Ltd.; Leinster; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dr. Ekler & Associates Human Resources Development Consultants Ltd. is seeking an experienced Planning & Project Controls professional to lead governance, baseline management and progress reporting across complex projects in data centre, pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors.

You will drive scheduling standards (Primavera P6), challenge critical paths, support recovery planning and provide executive insights to senior leaders and delivery stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 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 across data centre, pharmaceutical, manufacturing or international project portfolios.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Planning & project controls

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Engineering/Construction Management degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

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