About The Role

Senior Project Planner

About Our Company

Designer Group is a leading international mechanical & electrical provider specialising in turnkey packages for the design, supply, and installation of M&E services. Headquartered in Dublin, we employ in excess of 1000 experienced and dedicated colleagues across the Group. As an industry leader, we work with some of the world's largest multinational companies and our common purpose is delivering ambitious, innovative and sustainable engineering solutions, building client partnerships that bear testament to the standards we uphold.

Our people are the foundation of our continued growth across all client sectors. We invest in our people and have a philosophy of continuous professional development. This investment has produced an innovative and passionate team that deliver projects for our clients safely, efficiently and to the highest standards in the industry. Our approach to everything we do is underpinned by our Values of

Safe

Trust

Respect

Challenge

Deliver

This is an exciting time for Designer Group, with the fruits of our Engineering Our Future Strategy 2025 reflected in our substantial pipeline of work in Ireland, Europe, Africa and South America.

The Role

As a Senior Project Planner you will play an active role in project management support of multi-disciplined, multi-sector project delivery work by facilitating the planning, scheduling and controlling processes.

Key Functions of the Project Planner

Review Contract documentation and highlight key schedule and tracking requirements
Develop Construction schedule based on high level target schedule and WBS received from Project manager
Support in client schedule negotiations
Labour & Metrics load the schedule based on hours & quantities received from the Commercial Team
Develop the required Trackers and Reporting templates
Develop fully integrated construction schedule in conjunction with the Main Contractor and Project Manager
Measure & track weekly progress and efficiency in consultation with the Site Team and validate this formally with the Commercial Team every 2/3 weeks
Highlight potential risks and roadblocks to the project team and lead planner on an ongoing basis
Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or strong trades background coupled with technical ability will be considered
Ideally you will possess 5+ years’ experience/demonstrate ability to develop and implement plans, monitor and control work
Must be capable of producing project plans from design and commercial information
Microsoft Project/P6 or Equivalent Planning Software, Microsoft Office tools
Excellent report writing skills
Time management essential to satisfy demands of busy schedule and reporting calendar

Why Join Designer Group?

You will have the opportunity to work on technically complex, high-profile data centre projects as part of an international engineering business experiencing continued growth across Europe.

Designer Group offers

Exposure to major international data centre projects.
Long-term career and professional development opportunities.
A strong safety-first culture.
International and multidisciplinary project teams.
Continuous learning and development.
Opportunities for progression as our European operations continue to grow.
A competitive remuneration package aligned with experience and project requirements.

Interested?

If you are a Planning professional with construction experience and want to develop your career within the rapidly growing European data centre sector, we would like to hear from you.

Apply today to join Designer Group and help us deliver major mission-critical projects safely, efficiently and to the highest industry standards.

Designer Group is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, disability, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.