Planning Lead

Job Description

Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Seniority for this role: Mid-Senior level
Planning Lead – Digital Infrastructure – Amsterdam Our client is evolving as a prominent player in both real estate for logistics and digital infrastructure, as well as the dynamic energy landscape. They own, develop, and manage modern industrial real estate including logistics facilities, data centres and business parks in strategic locations around the world. In total, they have a team of around 1.000, located across 5 continents. In Continental Europe they are active in 7 countries, including offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Paris. Responsibilities You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining best practice scheduling processes, procedures, and standards across our data centre program and projects within Continental Europe. The Scheduling Lead will serve as the primary contact for external consultants and contractors, overseeing detailed and daily scheduling activities. Additionally, this role involves delivering ongoing training in scheduling best practices to our project delivery teams. Lead collaboration with external project and cost management teams throughout all stages of the development lifecycle. Analyse live construction phase schedules with external project and cost management teams, ensuring alignment with industry standards and rectifying inconsistencies. Create and manage program-level risk, opportunity, and continuous improvement logs, incorporating lessons learned from project levels. Requirements Working in the advanced technology/manufacturing/pharmaceutical field of construction; Working on data centre projects, advantageous if working on Hyperscale; Demonstrated experience in applying Critical Path Methodology techniques on hyperscale Data Centre construction projects; Experience in assessing Data Centre commissioning planning templates and trackers; Demonstrated experience in the use of Construction Industry standard planning software, such as: Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and ASTA Powerproject; Demonstrated experience in the use of Earned Value Management Techniques and Systems; Experience in the use of Microsoft Power BI and expert use of the MS Office suite; Experience in QRA processes and software such as Primavera Risk Analyser or equivalent (DMCA); Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work with and lead a multi-cultural team; Strong problem solving skills and mindset with the ability to lead and influence multi-functional teams. If this role is of interest to you, please apply now! Show more Show less