Senior Planner - Construction Life Sciences

Linesight; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking a Senior Planner for Life Science Construction to lead scheduling and planning efforts on complex projects. You will build schedules, define WBS, and ensure alignment with project plans, procurement, and controls.

The role requires strong planning skills, experience with QRA, and proficiency in Primavera P6. You will collaborate across teams to deliver on time, with a focus on quality and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated planning and scheduling skills in large projects.
• Experience interpreting QRA findings for partners.
• Proficiency using Primavera P6 to build schedules.

Responsibilities

• Build project schedules for full project scope with critical path method.
• Define clear ownership via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Ensure schedules align with execution and procurement plans.
• Baseline schedules and manage periodic updates.
• Manage integrated project schedule for multiple review levels.
• Negotiate timelines and interdependencies with partners for client outcomes.
• Provide regular schedule progress updates.
• Review external schedules to ensure best practices.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Quantitative risk assessment (QRA)

Education

Degree in project management or construction

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Senior Planner (Life Science Construction) at Linesight

As a Senior Planner (Life Science Construction) at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Build project schedules encompassing full project scope, milestones and timelines, using critical plan methodology
• Ensure clear responsibility and ownership for all project outcomes is defined via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology
• Ensure schedule adheres to the project execution plan and in particular contracting, procurement and project control strategy documents and plans
• Ensure there is a clear method in place for baselining of schedules and manage periodic updates
• Manage the fully integrated project schedule and structure it to allow review at a range of levels and details
• Negotiate and mediate timelines and project interdependencies between key partners for a great client outcome
• Provide regular updates on schedule progress
• Review external schedules to ensure that they are compiled using scheduling best practices

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have grown your planning and scheduling skills
• Have demonstrated quantitative risk assessment (QRA) experience, and expertly interpret and communicate findings to key partners
• Have working experience using Primavera P6 planning software to build your schedule
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction
• Are detail oriented and quality focused
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!