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Planner
As a Planner, you’ll take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. Leading, coaching and guiding a small team of more junior Planners, you’ll be viewed as an approachable Planning expert who is keen to pass on experience and knowledge to develop others and drive outperformance amongst the team.
Key responsibilities:
- Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in accordance with Contract requirements ensuring methodology is consistently followed
- Ensure project plans capture the full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required
- Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan and monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes
- Design and implement effective and value-added communication plans ensuring relevant teams and individuals are clear and buy into the strategy and approach
- Ensure planning standards are maintained and published processes are adhered to.
- Appreciate and uphold the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes
- Enable Project Management to control the progress of contracts by identifying and producing integrated programmes of work (design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover), monitoring performance against plans and identifying problem areas and potential early warnings.
- Minimise company risk by identifying the critical path for contracts.
- Help the project team minimise company risk by identifying the critical path for contracts.
- Enable resource planning and levelling by appropriate resource analysis of contracts
- Detailed knowledge of the NEC contract and programme requirements
- Lead the planning section at contract / progress review meetings.
- Production of required project reports including identification of project risks and opportunities
- Resource load plans in collaboration with the lead disciplines to provide programme wide visibility of resource demand
- Support in producing tender programmes, with assistance from delivery managers & pre-construction team
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Essential
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Project Planner within construction, engineering, or infrastructure environments.
- Degree Qualification in Construction Management or similar
- Strong knowledge of project planning tools and techniques (e.g. Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent).
- Demonstrable experience working with NEC contracts and associated programme requirements.
- Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
- Confident communicator with the ability to challenge construction teams constructively and professionally.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Full UK driving licence.


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Desirable
- Experience working on multi-disciplinary or complex projects.
- Knowledge of risk management, change control, and earned value principles.
- Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Experience contributing to tender planning and pre-construction activities.
About us
Coffey is a water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist operating in every major construction sector throughout Ireland and the UK. Passionate about quality and efficiency, this passion drives our belief in delivering projects with the best workforce. The hallmarks of our work are innovative solutions, engineering ingenuity, professional construction management and the highest level of safety and quality. We pride ourselves in nurturing an environment that empowers critical thinking, creative problem-solving, customer focus, efficiency and flexibility.
Coffey values are at the heart of everything we do – Do the right thing, Do it better, Do it together.
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