Planner / Scheduler - Data Center

Turner & Townsend; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global project management firm is looking for a skilled Project Scheduler to manage construction project schedules, ensuring timely delivery and stakeholder satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in project planning, particularly in high-tech or data center projects, and be proficient in Primavera P6. Strong analytical skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a collaborative team are essential. The role is based in Shah Alam, Malaysia, with a focus on excellence and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in scheduling, project planning, preferably in data centers or high-tech semiconductor.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 with strong schedule understanding.
• In-depth knowledge of construction sequences for data centers.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-disciplinary construction project schedules.
• Partner with key stakeholders to identify scheduling opportunities.
• Evaluate and monitor schedule risks using Earned Value Method.

Skills

Project scheduling

Stakeholder management

Risk analysis

Fast-paced environment

Fluent English

Education

Degree in project management, engineering or similar

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance.

Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client’s projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.

Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client’s projects and programmes.

With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world. In 2025, we are combining with CBRE’s Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally. Through this change, our profile in Asia will scale significantly, comprising a team of over 4000 staff across all major countries in region. The combination of our programme management and project management and commercial management capabilities will provide a unique opportunity to do things for our clients.

Job Description

• Manage multi-disciplinary construction project schedules including design, engineering, construction, Commissioning and integration of contractor’s schedule
• Partner with key stakeholders including facility owners and global supply management and site construction contractors, etc to look for pull in opportunities
• Work directly with the schedulers from the various general contractors & design build teams to evaluate and monitor schedule risks using Earned Value Method (S curve) Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) or other industry widely accepted approach
• Define and analyze Project critical paths across all schedules and project stages and be able to produce reports, KPI metrics, float trends, lookahead reports, etc.
• Facilitate interactive planning and schedule review sessions with the project team as well as key stakeholders to walk through the critical path, showcase the critical activities and work with team to mitigate schedule delays
• Identify critical milestones from overall schedule
• Validate Contractor approaches/schedule's logic, duration and activities while measuring and reporting of progress against schedule including analysis of project documents to identify potential project impacts
• Consolidate progress reports for management review including preparation of appropriate project schedule indicators.
• Establish, implement and adhere to Schedule Change Control process including review and agreement of impact of project and scope changes to ensure control is incorporated in the overall project schedule and progress measurement system.
• Accumulate and access historical data for use in maintaining realistic future planning and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Degree qualifications in project management, engineering or similar function.
• Minimum 10years’ experience in scheduling, project planning, preferably with data center or high-tech semiconductor background.
• Proficient in the use of Primavera P6 software and overall schedule understanding.
• In-depth knowledge of construction sequences of data centre(CSA and MEP) and able to both challenge the General Contractor in their construction timeline and proactively advocate for more efficient construction methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and high pressure environment, to meet often tight deadlines, and to work pro-actively as part of a committed team
• Working knowledge of MS Project and MS Office suite of products.
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Additional Information

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