Senior Planner | Transport

Murphy; Newbridge; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market rate pension scheme

Private healthcare allowance

Retail discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Planner - Construction in Newbridge, County Kildare to join our Civils team. You will prepare and articulate competent plans for projects, develop resourced programmes, and contribute to risk analysis and tender submissions.

You will coordinate with estimators and suppliers, coach others, and participate in bid reviews and handover meetings to ensure delivery aligns with client and company requirements.

Qualifications

• Relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of Planning and Project Controls experience within the Construction and Engineering industry
• Extensive experience of civil engineering contracting within the rail and civil engineering sector
• Active experience of working with planning techniques in serving tendering and contract delivery
• A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function
• Computer literate with Primavera P6, Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Project

Responsibilities

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
• Assimilate information and summarise it for clear communication of the work scope.
• Prepare a resourced programme and review conformance with expectations.
• Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.
• Prepare visual material in support of planned methods.
• Prepare resource schedules for review.
• Participate in coaching, support and formal training of others.
• Draw up a bid preparation programme and contribute to tender queries database.
• Define methods and establish competitive outputs with the estimator and team.
• Contribute written submission material.
• Attend bid review meetings to clarify work scope and delivery plans.
• Attend handover meetings to define tasks and deliverables.
• Advise project team on required feedback reports and support in consultation with Estimator.

Skills

Planning & project controls

Risk analysis

Communication

Education

Civil Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Planner - Construction

Newbridge, County Kildare (Civils)

About Us

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, USA and Australia, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, energy and natural resources. We also have a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Plant; Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services and Electrical Services.

Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs more than 4,300 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as ‘One Murphy’ by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

Main Purpose Of The Role

• To prepare and articulate competent plans for any scale of project that comply with Company and functional procedures and standards and contribute to business success.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
• Assimilate information and summarise it in a manner that can be used to communicate the work scope to others.
• Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.
• Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.
• Prepare visual material in support of planned methods.
• Prepare resource schedules for use at review.
• Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others.
• Draw up a bid preparation programme and contribute to the tender queries database.
• Define methods and establish competitive outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.
• Contribute the required written submission material.
• Attend the bid review meeting to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material.
• Attending the handover meeting to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material and accept further defined tasks.
• In consultation with Estimator advise project team of required feedback reports and support.

Qualifications & Skills

• Relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of Planning and Project Controls experience within the Construction and Engineering industry
• Extensive experience of civil engineering contracting within the rail and civil engineering sector
• Active experience of working with a wide range of planning techniques in serving both tendering and contract delivery.
• A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.
• Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Primavera P6, Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Project.

What Murphy Offers In Return

• Competitive salary & Benefits
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Generous private Healthcare allowance
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts, cycle to work scheme etc.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in Ireland.

If you have any queries, please email [e-mail].