The Role
Leads planning and forecasting teams across projects, manufacturing, and multiple sites. The role manages demand, resources, capacity, scheduling, and operational risks while partnering with commercial, manufacturing, contracts, HSE, quality, and leadership teams. It also drives continuous improvement, data-informed decision-making, predictable delivery, team development, accountability, and sustainable growth.
Summary Generated by Built In
Want to be part of something exciting?
Alternative Heat are one of the leading players in the future of decarbonising commercial heating and data centre cooling systems.
We design, fabricate, surface finish, assemble and deliver modular offsite solutions to sites all across Europe for some of the biggest names in the world saving them time and money.
A locally owned company with a big future, we are delivering on our ambitions by growing by 40% a year over the past 4 years, but we haven't lost our family style connections. We develop small close-knit teams around a larger framework, and we want you to be part of it.
Planning, forecasting, programme management, capacity optimisation, and continuous improvement — we’re looking for strong capability across these areas. If you bring depth in some and the ambition to grow in others, we’ll support that development.
Who will you work with?
Who will you work with?
Our Planning & Forecasting function is central to aligning projects, manufacturing, and resources across the Business Unit. Working closely with the Business Unit Manager and senior leadership across Commercial, Manufacturing, HSE, Quality, and Plant Assets, your focus will be on enabling predictable delivery, optimising capacity, and supporting sustainable growth.
If you’re results-focused, care about what really matters, and want to lead teams that take pride in getting things done properly — you’ll fit right in.
Want to shape strategy, drive predictability, and influence how projects, resources, and manufacturing flow — no problem. Prefer to focus on delivering accurate plans, forecasts, and insights that support execution — no problem. With our growth plans, there are opportunities for impact and progression for leaders who demonstrate the right mindset.
Job Title | Head of Planning & Forecasting
Location | Head Office - Banbridge
Hours | Mon – Thurs 08:00 – 17:00 Fri – 08:00 – 15:00
Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience
Responsible to | Business Unit Manager
Job Title | Head of Planning & Forecasting
Location | Head Office - Banbridge
Hours | Mon – Thurs 08:00 – 17:00 Fri – 08:00 – 15:00
Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience
Responsible to | Business Unit Manager
What You'll be Doing
The role involves leading and developing planning and scheduling teams to ensure projects and operations remain efficient, accurate, and on track. It focuses on using data, forecasting, and available systems to manage demand, resources, and capacity across multiple sites, while turning insights into practical actions. You’ll work closely with Commercial, Manufacturing, Contracts, and other leaders to identify risks, resolve challenges, and improve operational performance. A key part of the role is developing people, driving continuous improvement, promoting accountability and data-driven decision-making, and creating a positive, solutions-focused culture.
About
With over 20 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector. Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and fabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m² of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe.
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The Company
What We Do
Alternative Heat designs, manufactures and delivers turnkey offsite-prefabricated mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) solutions for commercial and infrastructure projects. Its offering includes packaged plantrooms, plant skid modules, and MEP lateral and riser modules, supported by in-house design, fabrication, installation, commissioning and operation. The company also provides prefabricated renewable-energy solutions, including biomass and heat-pump systems, serving data centres, district heating, residential and healthcare projects across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
