Lead Scheduler – Data Center Due Diligence, Preconstruction

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced schedule reviewer for hyperscale data center programs. You will own and challenge construction schedules, analyze logic, critical paths and float, and ensure alignment with delivery, energization and commissioning timelines.

You will mentor junior reviewers, build benchmarks and templates, and coordinate with program managers while traveling for occasional site visits. This role requires 10–15 years of planning and scheduling experience and familiarity with P6

Qualifikationen

• 10–15 years of planning and scheduling experience.
• Data center or mission-critical delivery experience preferred.
• P6 scheduling software with logic, critical path and float credibility.
• Experience training or mentoring other schedule professionals.
• Strong written communication and team collaboration.
• Willingness to travel ~3 days per month.

Aufgaben

• Own the schedule review discipline for a confidential hyperscale data center client.
• Independently review construction schedules, including logic, critical path, near-critical activities, float, and sequencing.
• Assess whether delivery, energization, commissioning, and testing timelines are realistic.
• Review equipment and staffing plans, long-lead equipment orders, and resource loading.
• Identify risks involving long-lead equipment, permitting, utility connections, seasonal weather, and compressed commissioning windows.
• Track schedule trends and variances across successive reviews and identify likely causes.

Kenntnisse

Planning & Scheduling

Data center delivery

Mentoring

Written communication

Team collaboration

Prioritization

Problem solving

Tools

P6 scheduling software

MS Suite

Google Workspace

EVM knowledge

Jobbeschreibung

• Own the schedule review discipline for a confidential hyperscale data center client
• Independently review developer construction schedules, including logic, critical path, near-critical activities, float, and sequencing
• Assess whether delivery, power connection, commissioning, and testing timelines are realistic
• Review equipment and staffing plans, long-lead equipment orders, and resource loading
• Distinguish confirmed information from estimates, assumptions, and developer claims
• Identify risks involving long-lead equipment, permitting, utility connections, seasonal weather, and compressed commissioning windows
• Track schedule trends and variances across successive reviews and identify likely causes
• Analyze acceleration options and distinguish genuine recovery measures from cosmetic actions
• Ensure clear schedule records are handed to onsite construction teams at construction start
• Define and enforce schedule review checklists, testing depth, and evidence standards
• Allocate team capacity across concurrent deals based on risk and urgency
• Quality-control high-stakes findings before client delivery
• Build and maintain schedule benchmarks for equipment, permitting, energization, and commissioning
• Train new reviewers and develop less experienced schedule reviewers
• Improve templates, tools, and checklists as the portfolio and team grow
• Work closely with Program Managers and leads of other review disciplines
• Potentially perform applicable SOX control responsibilities

Requirements

• 10–15 years of planning and scheduling experience
• Data center or other mission‑critical facility delivery strongly preferred
• Preferably located in/near San Francisco, CA or Northern Virginia; remote candidates considered if able to travel occasionally for site visits and team collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to independently review and challenge development and construction schedules
• Prior experience training, mentoring, or reviewing other schedule or planning professionals' work
• Working fluency in P6 or equivalent scheduling software, including logic, critical path, and float credibility
• Familiarity with earned value management (EVM) or similar progress‑measurement methods
• Practical knowledge of long lead equipment timelines, utility and energization sequencing, permitting, and commissioning and testing durations
• Understanding of acceleration levers in data center construction
• Ability to deliver difficult findings professionally and hold colleagues' work to the same standard
• Ability to work from incomplete or dated information and state caveats plainly
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple concurrent projects and team workload
• Strong written communication
• AACE PSP or PMI-SP certification is a plus, not required
• Technologically proficient with MS Suite, Google Workspace, and scheduling software
• Market sector experience in data center development, mission‑critical facilities, or complex technical and hyperscale buildings strongly preferred
• P6 or equivalent scheduling software, MS Suite, and Google Workspace
• Minimal travel, approximately 3 days per month, plus occasional site visits and team collaboration

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in planning and scheduling for data centre construction, with a strong ability to independently review and challenge schedules while mentoring less experienced professionals. Proficient in utilizing scheduling software and managing competing priorities across multiple projects.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• 10–15 Years Planning And Scheduling Experience
• P6 Or Equivalent Scheduling Software
• Data Center Or Mission‑Critical Facility Delivery
• AACE PSP Or PMI-SP Certification
• Strong Written Communication

Hard Skills

• Schedule Review
• Critical Path Analysis
• Float Credibility
• Risk Identification
• Acceleration Options Analysis
• Quality Control
• Resource Loading
• Long Lead Equipment Knowledge
• Permitting And Commissioning Knowledge
• Earned Value Management

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Professional Communication
• Team Collaboration
• Prioritization
• Problem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• AACE PSP
• PMI-SP

Industry Keywords

• Data Center Development
• Mission‑Critical Facilities
• Hyperscale Buildings
• Construction Scheduling
• Utility Connections

Tools & Technologies

• MS Suite
• Google Workspace
• Scheduling Software