Planning Lead - Life Sciences (m/f/d)

Linesight; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Linesight is seeking a Planning Lead in the Life Science sector to develop and manage integrated project schedules, aligning execution, procurement, and control strategies across complex construction projects. You will lead client engagements, facilitate meetings, and negotiate schedule conflicts to deliver on timelines.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, and the ability to interpret schedule data for stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience in construction planning and scheduling in Life Science sector.
• Proficiency using Primavera P6 to build, manage, and analyse project schedules.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and ability to convey complex schedule data clearly.
• Confidence leading meetings and driving decisions in cross‑functional settings.

Aufgaben

• Lead project priorities, deadlines, and client engagements.
• Develop end-to-end project schedules using critical path methodology.
• Apply WBS to define roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Align scheduling with execution, procurement, and control strategies.
• Baselining schedules and managing ongoing updates.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Construction, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Jobbeschreibung

As aPlanning Lead at Linesight, in the Life Science Sector, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams. You will have a strong background in construction planning and will be responsible for developing and managing fully integrated project schedules while ensuring alignment with execution, procurement, and control strategies. The role requires exceptional communication and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with clients, suppliers, and internal stakeholders. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

In this role you will:

• Lead project priorities, deadlines, and client engagements.
• Develop detailed, end-to-end project schedules using critical path methodology, covering full project scope, milestones, and timelines.
• Apply Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology to define roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Align all scheduling with the project execution plan, contracting, procurement, and control strategies.
• Establish a robust method for schedule baselining and manage ongoing updates.
• Maintain a fully integrated project schedule viewable at multiple levels of detail and abstraction.
• Lead and facilitate meetings with both clients and suppliers to discuss timelines, progress, and dependencies.
• Negotiate and resolve interdisciplinary and inter-party schedule conflicts to achieve optimal outcomes for the client.
• Deliver regular progress reports to stakeholders, highlighting variances, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Review and validate supplier and third-party schedules, ensuring alignment with industry best practices.
• Apply working knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) to support integrated schedule and cost performance tracking, when required.
• Experience of CQV process is required for some projects.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Extensive experience in construction project planning and scheduling in the Life Science sector.
• Proficiency in using Primavera P6 to build, manage, and analyse project schedules.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and can convey complex schedule data in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
• Confidence leading meetings and are able to command attention, facilitate productive discussions, and drive decisions.
• Demonstratable experience with Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), including the ability to interpret and clearly communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Excellent technical understanding of planning processes in complex, high-value construction projects.
• A degree or equivalent experience in Project Management, Construction, Engineering, or a related field.

Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey - an agile business that is proudto be different.We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.

Our approach to DE&I

At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.

As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.

About Planning and Scheduling

Integrated and reliable construction planning, scheduling and project controls expertise are specialized management skills that support the effective use of funds, and provides a project execution roadmap of meaningful progress and realistic forecasts against a baseline. Our expert teams offer critical insights to our clients, to ensure predictability of outcome, timely and informed decision-making, and that the correct processes, tools and reporting are implemented effectively. We have a range of exciting opportunities around the world for professionals in these areas, to further develop their skillset and expertise, and to elevate their career to the next level.

"In a growing organisation the opportunity presented is not only to travel, but to grow both professionally and personally. By taking that first step to relocate, you are showing initiative, a willingness to bring your experience to help leadership teams grow Linesight’s presence in new regions, countries and cities."

Senior Director, Europe

"It’s a supportive and collaborative environment, where we remain connected, because we value each other on a human level, which can be quite unique in a corporate environment."

US Accounts Receivable Manager

"The scale of projects that we work on really appeals to me – I’m getting the chance to work on large-scale, complex projects for world-leading clients, with the opportunity to gain experience abroad as well."

"In a growing organisation the opportunity presented is not only to travel, but to grow both professionally and personally. By taking that first step to relocate, you are showing initiative, a willingness to bring your experience to help leadership teams grow Linesight’s presence in new regions, countries and cities."

Senior Director, Europe

US Accounts Receivable Manager

"The scale of projects that we work on really appeals to me – I’m getting the chance to work on large-scale, complex projects for world-leading clients, with the opportunity to gain experience abroad as well."

"In a growing organisation the opportunity presented is not only to travel, but to grow both professionally and personally. By taking that first step to relocate, you are showing initiative, a willingness to bring your experience to help leadership teams grow Linesight’s presence in new regions, countries and cities."

Senior Director, Europe

"It’s a supportive and collaborative environment, where we remain connected, because we value each other on a human level, which can be quite unique in a corporate environment."