Project Planner - Engineering

You are an experienced Project Planner looking to join a leading mechanical and process engineering contractor based in Dublin. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented planning professional who can drive project performance, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and deliver accurate schedule reporting across complex engineering and construction projects.

Your new company are a long-established mechanical engineering contractor delivering high-quality building services solutions across Ireland and Europe. With a proven track record in sectors such as data centres, pharmaceuticals, commercial developments, and high-tech facilities, the company is recognised for its technical expertise, reliability, and commitment to safe, efficient project delivery.

The team specialises in mechanical services installation, HVAC systems, pipework, commissioning, and turnkey mechanical packages, consistently supporting clients with innovative, cost-effective, and performance-driven engineering solutions.

For those eager to learn more about this exciting opportunity, please do not hesitate to reach out to Ryan at ryan@breaghrecruitment.com / 015314345

Project Planner Skills:

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
• 3–5 years’ experience in a planning role within construction, M&E contracting, or engineering.
• Experience working on large-scale Irish projects, ideally in mechanical, process, industrial, or commercial sectors.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 (preferred) and/or MS Project.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, M&E activities, and multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex project data.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.

As a Project Planner:

• Develop, monitor, and maintain project programmes from tender through to project handover.
• Build detailed construction schedules using industry-standard planning software (Primavera P6 and/or MS Project).
• Identify critical paths, constraints, and sequencing to optimise project delivery.
• Prepare baseline schedules and ensure they reflect project scope, contractual requirements, and resource availability.
• Track progress against the baseline schedule, identifying variances and providing clear corrective-action recommendations.
• Produce weekly and monthly project planning reports, dashboards, and KPIs for senior management and clients.
• Support project teams in developing look-ahead schedules and short-term planning strategies.
• Participate in internal and external progress meetings, providing detailed schedule insights.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, engineers, procurement, commercial teams, and site managers.
• Review subcontractor schedules for alignment with project requirements.
• Ensure all planning information is integrated, accurate, and communicated clearly to stakeholders.
• Assist in risk identification, mitigation planning, and development of recovery schedules where required.
• Develop tender-stage schedules and planning deliverables.
• Provide planning input to technical submissions, methodology statements, and project execution strategies.

The Package:

Salary will be DOE, but you can expect a salary of at least €75,000 plus package.

Interviews are taking place this week so if you are interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date CV to ryan@breaghrecruitment.com or call us now on 00353(0)15314345.

The Breagh Team:

Breagh Recruitment are the go-to specialist construction and engineering recruitment consultants, providing qualified and experienced professionals with Construction jobs across the UK and Ireland, with an ethos based on flexibility, hard work, and a bit of good old common sense. We live within these core values servicing our clients and candidates daily.

Key roles we recruit for include Health & Safety managers, M&E project managers, construction managers, M&E site engineers, M&E quantity surveyors, civil engineers, site agents, estimators, buyers, bid managers and M&E site supervisors, across Ireland and the UK.