Regional Planning Director – Data Centre & Life Science

GemPool Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Pension

Job summary

GemPool Recruitment is seeking a Regional Planning Manager to join a Tier-1 international M&E contractor's Dublin leadership team. You will lead the regional planning department, establish governance, and manage portfolio risk across a 5+ year pipeline of major Data Centre, Life Science, and Renewable Energy projects.

Reporting to the Group Operations Director, you will mentor Senior/Lead Planners and drive planning standards across all active sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of planning and project controls experience in pharma, industrial or data centre projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional planning & project controls team across major project portfolios.
• Drive group wide planning standards, WBS/CBS frameworks, and governance across sites.
• Conduct monthly risk reviews to evaluate schedule health and forecast outcomes.
• Act as internal consultant to stabilise and recover distressed projects.
• Consolidate monthly reports and present portfolio risk insights to executives.

Skills

Planning & project controls

Leadership

Commercial/operational acumen

Influence senior stakeholders

Tools

Primavera P6

Earned Value Analysis

Quantitative risk modeling

Job description

GemPool Recruitment is seeking a Regional Planning Manager to join a Tier-1 international M&E contractor's Dublin leadership team. You will lead the regional planning department, establish governance, and manage portfolio risk across a 5+ year pipeline of major Data Centre, Life Science, and Renewable Energy projects.

Reporting to the Group Operations Director, you will mentor Senior/Lead Planners and drive planning standards across all active sites.