4581
Group Preconstruction Planning Manager
Dublin, Ireland
Construction
Permanent
4581
Posted on:
August 20, 2026
The Highlights:
The Role:
Elusav Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for a Preconstruction Planning Manager with one of Europe's leading Engineering contractors based out of their headquarters in Dublin.
As the Planning Manager you will be responsible for supporting and advising on bids and tenders including the project selection process, and assisting in the preparation of claims and providing data for contractual disputes.
Job Responsibilities:
- Reports for Group Head of Planning
- Overall responsibility for pre‑construction planning strategy across the Group, covering all tenders, PCSAs, Early Works and bid-stage programmes.
- Ownership of the tender and PCSA planning process, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across all regions and business units.
- Define, implement and continuously improve Group tender & pre‑construction planning standards, methodologies and best practice.
- Act as the technical authority for bid and PCSA programmes, providing governance, challenge, and assurance prior to submission.
- Lead the review, validation and sign‑off tender and PCSA programmes, including logic, sequencing, durations, milestones, and risk allowances.
- Ensure tender programmes are aligned with commercial strategy, construction methodology, procurement strategy, logistics and commissioning approaches.
- Develop and maintain standardised templates, narratives, assumptions registers and programme deliverables for tenders and PCSAs.
- Work closely with Estimating, Commercial, Construction, MEP, CSA, Design and Procurement teams to ensure fully integrated and credible bid programmes.
- Provide early planning input to bid strategy, risk reviews, value engineering, buildability assessments and option studies.
- Establish and manage planning inputs for external client audits, technical reviews and bid clarifications.
- Support the transition from bid → PCSA → live project, ensuring programme connuity and clear handover to project planning teams.
- Collaborate with the Group Planning Training & Development Manager to ensure planners can deliver high-quality tender and PCSA programmes.
- Define capability requirements, guidance and development pathways for planners involved in pre‑construction and tendering activities.
- Mentor and technically support Senior, Project and Pre‑Construction Planners involved in bids and PCSAs.
- Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of industry best practice, client schedule specifications, DCMA principles and market expectations.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on bid outcomes, client feedback, PCSA lessons learned and project performance.
- Prepare regular management reports and dashboards on tender workload, programme quality, risk trends and pre‑construction planning performance.
- Ensure planning activities comply with Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality policies, particularly during early work and enabling phases.
- Provide strategic support to the business on planning resourcing, bid prioritisation and workload forecasting.
- Where required, support the wider Planning Leadership Team in planning governance, strategy and management activities.
- Carry out all other duties associated with the role.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 7+ years experience working in planning on large-scale construction projects or ideally tender/preconstruction programmes.
- Be proficient using Primavera P6, Earned Value Management, Excel.
- Clear understanding of construction methodologies and sequence.
- Able to produce programme to plan and monitor the works from necessary information (drawings/model/SOW etc.).
- Capable of managing the planning of large-scale projects with minimum supervision.
- Be highly motivated, a self-starter & able to work well in a team on or your own.
- Clear communicator
- Ability to work well within strict deadlines.
If you would like to learn more about the vacancy, apply now, or contact Aaron Gallagher at aaron@elusav.com or +353 61 541 446.
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