Your NewpanyHays Belfast have partnered up with a leading UK Water Framework Solutions Provider in their search to hire a Senior Planner for the Northern Ireland Water Framework. Your new employer is a leading design-and-build partner in the water sector, delivering major projects across long‑term frameworks. With a strong presence in Northern Ireland, they foster a collaborative, diverse, and people‑focused culture where innovation, development and progression are encouraged.With a reputation for delivering high-quality projects across Ireland and the UK, thepany specialises in large-scale industrial andmercial projects,bining technical expertise with amitment to excellence.Thispany has a growing order book and is currently recruiting a Senior Planner with P6 Primavera experience to work across water infrastructure projects as a main contractor,Offering a permanent role, a steady pipeline of work, highly attractive packages, this is an excellent opportunity for someone who is based in Belfast. UK Experience is essential and the role will be based in Belfast. Your New RoleAs Senior Planner, you’ll play a key role in supporting the NI region, developing and managing tender and contract programmes to ensure projects are delivered to planned timescales. You’ll work closely with project,mercial and operational teams, leading 4D planning, maintaining accurate baseline programmes, monitoring progress, and challenging delays. This role also includes coaching junior planners and ensuring the team is fully aligned on risks, priorities, and critical activities.You may also be required to work on similar water frameworks in the UK when required as part of the wider UK planning team however the role will stay based in Belfast. What You’ll Need to SucceedTo be successful in this role, experience at a similar Senior Planner level will be required and, ideally, you will have working experience of water frameworks, although those candidates with expertise in other areas of heavy civils such as roads, rail, infrastructure will also be considered.
1. Strong planning experience across civil and/or M&E projects
2. Proficiency in Primavera P6
3. Experience working with NEC3/4
4. Confidentmunicator, able to work to tight deadlines.
5. Skilled in identifying risks, opportunities, and programme impacts
6. Proactive, organised, and capable of managing your own workload
It would be desirable if you had experience in the water industry or came from a site engineering background with experience on NI Water projects, however all forms of civils sector planning will be considered. What You’ll Get in ReturnThis client is offering an extremely favourable £package inclusive of a highly attractive basic salary which can be discussed directly with Hays Recruitment Belfast. There will also be a variety of highly beneficial Add On’s to the package, such as:
7. Hybrid working (role dependent)
8. Car allowance
9. 25 days holiday + bank holidays (plus option to buy extra days)
10. Pension, life assurance, and private medical cover
11. Health insurance
12. Additional benefits including cycle‑to‑work, discounts hub, Kids Pass & more
13. You’ll join a business that truly invests in its people, supports career growth, and champions wellbeing, and also proudly supporting charitable initiatives.