Senior Planner

AtkinsRéalis Group; Swords; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Training opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Planner to join the Transportation team in Ireland. You will develop, monitor and update project programmes using Primavera P6 and MS Project, prepare cost and resource loaded schedules, and provide dashboards to project teams.

You will work with stakeholders to identify risks and ensure on-time delivery of milestones. Familiarity with NEC contracts, GCC, and FIDIC, plus client-side experience, is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Basic understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
• Familiarity with GCC and FIDIC contracts.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience in civil engineering, infrastructure or large-scale projects.
• Rail experience desirable.
• Experience in client-side environments.
• Ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor and update project programmes using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Prepare cost and resource loaded programmes for forecasting and monitoring.
• Provide progress reports and dashboards to project teams.
• Identify and mitigate risks and constraints with stakeholders.
• Lead meetings and workshops to challenge progress and performance.
• Support NEC scheduling processes and contract requirements.
• Provide EVM-based reporting and scenario analysis.
• Deliver clear presentations to senior stakeholders and clients.

Skills

Scheduling

NEC Contracts

Stakeholders

Communication

Analytical

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland and is currently seeking a Senior Planner to join the Transportation team.

Your role

• You will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and updating project programmes using planning software such as Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• You will prepare cost and resource loaded programmes for forecasting and monitoring, and provide progress reports and dashboards to project teams.
• You will work closely with both external and internal stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks and constraints, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones
• Assist in developing and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Support the preparation of cost and resource loaded programmes for forecasting and monitoring.
• Understand and apply the requirements of the NEC suite of contracts related to scheduling and programme updates.
• Generate progress reports, forecasts, and dashboards for clients and management.
• Prepare and deliver clear presentations and briefings of programme scenarios, risks, and impacts to senior stakeholders and clients.
• Maintenance and Management of Baselines to support contractual and performance metrics.
• Lead/chair meetings and workshops to challenge the progress and performance of projects.
• Support the client and project management teams in risk management, early warning notifications, compensation event assessments, and other NEC processes.
• Manage the contract requirements for the schedules.
• Support Discipline Leads to maintain schedules and their interfaces.
• Identify scheduling risks and constraints and collaborate with team members to mitigate delays.
• Provide advanced hierarchical reporting outputs such as Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Knowledge of Integration of function corelating Schedule, Cost and Risk.
• Provide Critical Path evaluation and scenario planning options to mitigate issues and improve efficiencies. Conduct expert analysis on scheduling and programming.
• Proficient in various types of delay analysis techniques.
• Carry‑out Industry‑standard schedule quality assessments

About you

• Relevant degree or diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Practical experience using/Competent user Familiarity with Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Basic understanding of NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts.
• Familiarity with other Irish Forms of Contracts such as GCC and FIDIC.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience within civil engineering, infrastructure or large scale construction projects.
• Rail experience (not essential but desirable).
• Experience on client‑side environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on landmark projects shaping Ireland’s future including the likes of MetroLink and DART+.
• Supportive and inclusive team culture.
• Structured career development and training opportunities.
• Access to wellbeing programmes and flexible working arrangements.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture, international remote working opportunities, and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis_, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. _