Strategic Planner Lead - Hospitality & Resort Developments

Turner & Townsend; Xico; On-site; MXN 2,209,000 - 3,313,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to support a portfolio of large-scale hospitality and resort development projects across the Caribbean. You will provide strategic leadership for planning, scheduling, and project controls.

The role requires extensive experience on hotel/resort developments, international projects, and strong ability to engage with executives, consultants, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of experience in project planning and scheduling within large-scale construction environments.
• Experience in hospitality, hotel, resort, mixed-use, luxury residential, or tourism-related developments.
• Experience on complex international projects and multi-stakeholder environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE, or similar certifications desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of integrated master schedules for multiple hospitality and resort development projects.
• Establish and maintain project baselines utilizing Critical Path Methodology (CPM) and industry best practices.
• Develop scheduling strategies covering all project phases, including feasibility, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Identify critical path activities, schedule constraints, project risks, and opportunities to optimize project execution.
• Prepare and present schedule narratives that clearly communicate milestones, sequencing, dependencies, and project delivery strategies to both executive and technical audiences.
• Support portfolio-level planning initiatives, ensuring consistency and alignment across multiple concurrent projects.
• Lead monthly schedule update cycles, ensuring accurate progress measurement and forecasting.
• Analyze project performance against established baselines and identify schedule variances, trends, and potential delays.
• Develop executive dashboards, reports, and presentations that provide meaningful insights into project health and delivery status.
• Produce rolling look-ahead schedules and recovery plans where required.
• Conduct schedule health assessments and recommend corrective actions to maintain project objectives.
• Perform schedule risk assessments and delay impact analyses.
• Lead "what-if" scenario planning to evaluate schedule alternatives and support strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate with project leadership teams to develop mitigation and recovery strategies for identified risks.
• Support change management processes by evaluating the schedule implications of scope, budget, or resource changes.
• Review and validate consultant and contractor schedules for compliance with contractual requirements and project objectives.
• Ensure integration of contractor programs into the overall master schedule.
• Act as the primary planning interface between the client, project management teams, consultants, and contractors.
• Facilitate planning workshops and schedule review meetings with key stakeholders.
• Communicate schedule performance, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and executive teams.
• Utilize Primavera P6 and other project controls tools to maintain schedule integrity and reporting consistency.
• Drive the implementation of planning standards, governance processes, and best practices across the project portfolio.
• Support the broader project controls function, collaborating closely with cost management, risk management, and project management teams.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives within planning and project controls processes.

Skills

Leadership & stakeholder management

Scheduling & CPM mastery

Project controls & reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Project Management, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to support a portfolio of large-scale hospitality and resort development projects across the Caribbean. You will provide strategic leadership for planning, scheduling, and project controls.

The role requires extensive experience on hotel/resort developments, international projects, and strong ability to engage with executives, consultants, and contractors.