Senior Planner

Breffni Air are a market-leading specialist contractor in mechanical and electrical installations, involved in projects across sectors such as Pharmaceutical, Commercial, Food Processing, Data Centres and Technology. We require a senior planner for projects across Europe and Ireland 

 

 

Duties/Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Scheduling

  • Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using tools like Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent
  • Create and monitor baselines, critical paths, and float analysis to track project performance

 

Progress Tracking & Forecasting

  • Perform regular progress updates and forecasting in collaboration with site teams and project managers
  • Monitor project performance and productivity
  • Record delay and disruption activities
  • Analyse schedule deviations and recommend recovery strategies to keep milestones on track

 

Reporting & Communication

  • Prepare high-level and detailed schedule reports for internal stakeholders and clients
  • Communicate schedule impacts, risks, and mitigation strategies clearly and proactively

 

Risk & Change Management

  • Assess time-related risks and develop contingency scenarios
  • Support the change management process by assessing time impacts of variations and change orders

 

Team Collaboration & Leadership

  • Mentor junior planners/schedulers and support planning capability building within the team
  • Liaise closely with cost engineers, procurement teams, and construction managers to ensure alignment across project controls

 

Compliance & Best Practices

  • Ensure compliance with planning and scheduling standards and procedures
  • Promote continuous improvement in scheduling methodologies and planning tools