Senior Data Centre Planner – Narvik, Norway (On-site)

Nscale; Narvik; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Senior Planner to support the delivery of hyperscale data centre developments in Norway. You will own planning, scheduling, and progress reporting across 100MW+ projects, interfacing with GCs, designers, and internal teams.

The role offers high autonomy, requiring rigorous programme management, robust baselines, and proactive risk mitigation to keep projects on track in a fast-paced data centre environment. On-site in Narvik with potential future locations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of planning/scheduling experience.
• Strong understanding of data centre construction sequencing, MEP integration, and commissioning logic.
• Experience using Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject.
• Engineering/Construction Management degree or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project and master construction programmes for hyperscale data centre projects.
• Review, challenge, and manage GC contractor schedules to align with contractual, technical, and commercial requirements.
• On selected projects, build and own the baseline programme; on others, take ownership of the GC’s programme as the controlling schedule.
• Monitor progress against the programme, identifying variances, critical path impacts, and emerging risks.
• Lead detailed schedule analysis including critical path, float analysis, what-if scenarios, and mitigation planning.
• Proactively identify risks and drive solutions to programme issues in collaboration with GCs, consultants, and internal teams to ensure delivery does not slip.
• Produce clear and accurate programme reports for senior stakeholders, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recovery strategies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date programme data within Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, and related planning tools.
• Support change management by assessing schedule impacts arising from design changes, variations, and acceleration measures.
• Interface closely with project management, commercial, design, and construction teams to ensure programme integration.
• Ensure planning outputs reflect best practice for data centre, MEP-intensive, and fast-track construction environments.

Skills

Senior planning

Scheduling analytics

Contractor interface

Education

Engineering degree or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Asta Powerproject

Job description

Nscale is seeking a Senior Planner to support the delivery of hyperscale data centre developments in Norway. You will own planning, scheduling, and progress reporting across 100MW+ projects, interfacing with GCs, designers, and internal teams.

The role offers high autonomy, requiring rigorous programme management, robust baselines, and proactive risk mitigation to keep projects on track in a fast-paced data centre environment. On-site in Narvik with potential future locations.