Senior Data Centre Planner - Lead Scheduler

L.J.B & Co. Construction Recruitment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Bonus opportunities

Career progression

Job summary

LJ B & Co. Construction Recruitment is seeking a Lead / Senior Planner for a major data centre build in Ferrybridge, near Leeds.

You’ll be accountable for developing and controlling integrated project schedules, leading planning teams and driving recovery strategies across complex activities. The role requires strong Primavera P6 expertise, extensive data centre project experience and the ability to coordinate planning across design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven years in planning and project controls within large-scale construction or mission-critical environments.
• Proven leadership of planning activities on complex data centre projects.
• Strong understanding of the data centre lifecycle from design to handover.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and associated planning tools.
• Experience managing integrated master programmes and reporting baselines.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning activities and provide technical direction to planning teams.
• Develop and control integrated master schedules across design, procurement, construction and handover.
• Establish standards, WBS, coding, calendars and progress measurement systems.
• Produce progress reports, dashboards, KPI outputs and look-ahead schedules.
• Analyse critical paths, schedule variances and potential delays.
• Monitor performance and implement mitigation and recovery plans with project teams.
• Apply EVM and performance measurement where required.
• Audit schedules and progress for accuracy and alignment with site activities.

Skills

Primavera P6

Earned Value Management

Planning & scheduling

Look-ahead planning

Team leadership

Critical path analysis

Tools

MS Project

Job description

LJ B & Co. Construction Recruitment is seeking a Lead / Senior Planner for a major data centre build in Ferrybridge, near Leeds.

You’ll be accountable for developing and controlling integrated project schedules, leading planning teams and driving recovery strategies across complex activities. The role requires strong Primavera P6 expertise, extensive data centre project experience and the ability to coordinate planning across design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.