Planning Engineer

About The Role
Currie & Brown is one of the leading international physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network. Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way. The role – what is it we would like you to do? We are seeking an experienced Planner / Planning Engineer to join the project team in Chonburi, Thailand. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring project programmes to ensure construction activities are delivered on schedule and in line with project objectives. This role will suit a planning professional with strong experience in greenfield construction projects. Data centre experience will be highly advantageous.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules from pre-construction through to project completion.
• Establish project baselines, key milestones, critical paths, and construction sequencing.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, site teams, subcontractors, and consultants to develop realistic construction programmes.
• Monitor actual progress against planned progress and identify schedule delays, risks, and potential impacts.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, look-ahead programmes, and schedule updates for project management and clients.
• Analyse schedule performance and recommend mitigation and recovery strategies where required.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, procurement activities, engineering deliverables, and construction activities.
• Coordinate with site teams to collect progress information and ensure accurate reporting.
• Develop short-, medium-, and long-term programmes to support project delivery.
• Review subcontractor programmes and ensure alignment with the overall master programme.
• Identify schedule risks and work with project stakeholders to develop appropriate mitigation plans.
• Support project meetings by providing programme updates, progress analysis, and schedule forecasts.
• Maintain accurate planning documentation and ensure programme changes are properly recorded.
• Assist with extension of time claims, delay analysis, and schedule-related commercial matters where required.
• Ensure project planning activities are aligned with contractual requirements, project objectives, and company procedures. Why choose Currie & Brown? Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long. We don’t offer just a job

we offer
a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis. We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients. We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

We offer
comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.