Construction Planner - Main Contractor - Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Office/Project Location: Balbriggan, Co. Dublin (Head Office with periodic site visits)

Employment Type: Full time

Work Location: Office Based

Pay: Salary €65,000 - €80,000 + Company Vehicle / Allowance + Package

Experience: 5-8+ years' Construction Planning / Programming experience with an established Main Contractor

Visa: EU passport or Stamp 4 visa required

Our client is a well-established building and civil engineering main contractor with a strong portfolio of commercial, residential, educational, and public sector developments across Ireland.

A Construction Planner is required to join their technical delivery team based at their Head Office in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

Reporting to the Planning Director / Operations Director, they will take responsibility for developing, maintaining, and monitoring master construction programmes across both pre-construction tender stages and live contract execution for building and civil engineering schemes nationwide.

Develop baseline master construction programmes for pre-construction tenders, bid submissions, and live contract execution

Collaborate with Estimating, Commercial, and Design teams to establish realistic construction sequences, logic links, durations, and resource loading

Perform site visits and progress audits across live projects, comparing physical progress against baseline programmes and updating schedules

Identify critical path activities, programme risks, bottlenecks, and logic float, proposing mitigation and acceleration strategies to project teams

Prepare detailed monthly progress reports, S-curves, line of balance diagrams, and executive planning dashboards for senior management

Assist project teams with delay analysis, time impact analysis (TIA), and substantiation of Extension of Time (EOT) contractual claims

Incorporate sub-contractor specialist programmes (CSA, MEP, Structural Steel) into integrated master execution schedules

Standardize planning software templates and contribute to continuous improvement of company programming procedures

Requirements

Degree (Level 8) in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Building Surveying, or a related technical discipline

5-8+ years' experience in a dedicated Construction Planner / Project Scheduler role with an established Main Contractor

Demonstrated proficiency in Primavera P6, ASTA Powerproject, or MS Project

In-depth understanding of Irish construction techniques, building regulations, sequencing, and standard contract forms (RIAI, Public Works, Design & Build)

Strong analytical, delay analysis, and communication skills with high attention to detail

Full clean driver's licence and ability to travel to project sites periodically from the Balbriggan base

Package

Competitive base salary (€65,000 - €80,000 depending on experience)

Company vehicle or travel allowance

Employer pension contribution

Funded professional membership fees (CIOB / IEI / APM)

Structured CPD and defined career progression path within an expanding main contractor

Contact

Laura McKenna is the consultant managing this position.

If you are a Construction Planner interested in main contractor roles based in North Dublin / Balbriggan, you can contact Laura by e-mail laura@jobcontax.com or phone +353-1-9696684 for a confidential chat.

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