Team Overview
The Commercial department is central to ensuring the financial viability and contractual success of our projects. Responsible for cost management, procurement, valuations, contract administration and project planning, the team works closely with project managers, quantity surveyors, and clients to monitor budgets, mitigate risk, and maximise value throughout the project lifecycle. Their expertise ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with contractual obligations, safeguarding both client satisfaction and company profitability.
Role Overview
Due to continued growth, we are looking to integrate a Senior Project Planner responsible for leading the development, management, and assurance of integrated project programmes for our data center business unit. This role ensures the delivery of accurate, contract compliant, and performance driven schedules, providing clear visibility of progress, risks, and outcomes to support successful project delivery. Acting as the focal point for planning, the Senior Project Planner will work closely with commercial, operational, and client teams, driving best practice in project planning, reporting, and programme control across multiple projects.
Job Title | Senior Project Planner
Location | Dundalk
Hours | Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm
Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience
Responsible to | Planning Lead
The Senior Project Planner will lead and oversee planning activities across multiple projects, acting as the key focal point for project programmes and ensuring consistency in planning standards, processes, and outputs. Will develop, manage, and maintain integrated programmes across all project phases, ensuring alignment with project scope, contractual requirements, and client expectations. Will monitor programme performance, analyse critical paths, identify risks and delays, and implement mitigation and recovery plans to maintain delivery targets. Will prepare programme reports, dashboards, and performance insights for senior management, while supporting delay analysis and change management activities. Will collaborate closely with estimating, commercial, operations, site, and subcontractor teams, as well as clients and stakeholders, to coordinate delivery sequencing, communicate programme performance, and integrate planning with cost, risk, and performance reporting.
With over 20 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.
Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and fabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m² of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.
We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe.
