Planner / Senior Planner - Data Centre Construction

About the role

Linesight, a global project and cost management consultancy, is looking for a Planner or Senior Planner to join its data centre construction team. You will work alongside experienced, culturally diverse teams and take responsibility for project schedules, with interviews held in person or virtually by video.

Key responsibilities

• Build project schedules covering the full scope, milestones and timelines using critical path methodology
• Define responsibility and ownership for project outcomes through a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Ensure the schedule follows the project execution plan, including contracting, procurement and project control documents
• Establish a method for baselining schedules and manage periodic updates
• Manage the fully integrated project schedule so it can be reviewed at different levels of detail
• Negotiate and mediate timelines and project interdependencies between key partners
• Provide regular updates on schedule progress and review external schedules against scheduling best practices

Required profile

• Experience scheduling and planning for large-scale, complex projects, ideally data centres or pharmaceutical builds
• Demonstrated quantitative risk assessment (QRA) experience, with ability to interpret and communicate findings to key partners
• Working experience using Primavera P6 to build schedules
• Detail-oriented, quality-focused, and able to manage own priorities and deadlines in a dynamic environment