Project Planner

Overview

Kirby Group Engineering, a leading international provider of multidisciplinary engineering services, is hiring a Project Planner in Finsterwalde, Germany. This is a permanent full-time role focused on supporting a Data Centre Project through comprehensive planning and efficient project delivery. The company operates across multiple regions including Europe and emphasizes an innovative, collaborative, and performance-driven culture with strong career development opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Project Managers, engineers, and commercial teams to ensure projects meet deadlines, quality standards, and budgets.
• Analyze contract documents to identify critical scheduling and tracking requirements.
• Create detailed construction schedules based on high-level target schedules and work breakdown structures.
• Negotiate schedules with clients and coordinate with main contractors to produce integrated construction timelines.
• Apply labor and resource metrics to schedules based on commercial data on hours and quantities.
• Develop customized trackers and reporting templates to monitor project progress.
• Measure weekly progress and efficiency in collaboration with site teams and validate with commercial teams periodically.
• Identify and communicate potential risks and bottlenecks continuously to project stakeholders.
• Act as planning contact for project management and support bid scheduling processes as needed.
• Lead planning meetings and ensure contract requirements for scheduling and reporting are satisfied.
• Optimize build schedules, managing discrepancies with contractors and producing labor-loaded schedules and S-curves aligned with budgets.
• Develop negotiation strategies regarding scheduling risks to protect company interests.
• Provide ongoing risk identification and mitigation support throughout project phases.
• Monitor progress and labor efficiency, providing early warnings and improvement advice to project teams.
• Organize and facilitate weekly look-ahead meetings onsite with site managers.
• Compile and distribute periodic internal and external progress reports and dashboards.

Requirements

• A tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or equivalent technical experience with a strong trades background.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in planning, implementing project schedules, monitoring, and controlling project progress.
• Ability to produce comprehensive project plans using design and commercial inputs.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or equivalent, along with advanced Microsoft Office skills and excellent report writing ability.
• Strong time management skills to effectively handle demanding schedules and reporting requirements.

Additional Information

This permanent role offers a substantial portfolio with projects slated for five or more years. The successful candidate will benefit from Kirby's career development programs aimed at enhancing leadership skills and will work with a dynamic, multi-functional team to deliver state-of-the-art engineering projects. Negotiable competitive compensation is provided.

Kirby Group Engineering values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.