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Posted 17 June, 2026

Senior Planner | Water

Murphy
Kildare, Ireland Full Time
Reference: 189621813

Kildare

Country/Region: Ireland

Murphy is recruiting a Senior Planner to support our expanding Water & Wastewater portfolio, delivering full design-to-operation solutions for Uisce Éireann, Northern Ireland Water and other key clients, underpinned by our commitment to delivering safely, responsibly and to the highest standards.

What you will be doing:
  • Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
  • Assimilate information and summarise it in a manner that can be used to communicate the work scope to others.
  • Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.
  • Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.
  • Prepare visual material in support of planned methods.
  • Prepare resource schedules for use at review.
  • Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others.
  • Draw up a bid preparation programme and contribute to the tender queries database.
  • Define methods and establish competitive outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.
  • Contribute the required written submission material.
  • Attend the bid review meeting and handover meetings to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material and accept further defined tasks.
  • In consultation with Estimator advise project team of required feedback reports and support.


Who we are looking for:
  • Relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
  • Minimum 5 years of Planning and Project Controls experience within the Construction and Engineering industry
  • Extensive experience of civil engineering contracting within the Water Industry
  • Active experience of working with a wide range of planning techniques in serving both tendering and contract delivery.
  • A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.
  • Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Primavera P6, Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Project.

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