Senior Planner - North Norway

overwatch; Norway; Hybrid; NOK 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Overwatch in Norway seeks a Senior Planner / Scheduler to lead integrated project scheduling for data centre developments. You will craft and maintain schedules from pre-construction through handover, coordinating across Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, ICT, and Commissioning disciplines.

This owner-side role demands expert scheduling, risk identification, and milestone delivery, working with contractors and consultants to ensure timely project execution.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in project planning or scheduling within large-scale construction or data centre projects.
• Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 is essential.
• Experience with MS Project or Power BI is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of scheduling, sequencing, and delivery methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in English; Norwegian knowledge is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules across all design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Produce baseline programmes, progress updates, look-ahead schedules, and recovery plans.
• Perform critical path analysis and mitigate schedule risks.
• Review contractor programmes for logic and resource loading.
• Monitor progress and report variances to leadership.
• Coordinate planning across Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, ICT, and Commissioning teams.
• Support earned value analysis, forecasting, and schedule reporting.
• Lead planning meetings and drive cross-disciplinary alignment.
• Promote best practice planning and continuous improvement.

Skills

Project planning

Critical path

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytical skills

Fluent English

Team coordination

Education

Degree in Construction Management/Engineering/PM

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Job description

Senior Planner / Scheduler

Norway

Applications only open to:

• EU passport holders
• British passport holders with a degree

Rotation:

• 3 weeks in-country, 1-week remote working

Employment type:

• Salary – fixed term employment
• Freelance – the worker needs to register in Norway

In partnership with Overwatch EMEA, our client is building the infrastructure for Europe’s AI revolution, developing cutting-edge sovereign generative AI solutions powered by a new generation of high-performance, sustainable data centres and GPUs built specifically for AI workloads.

We are actively recruiting for an experienced Senior Planner / Scheduler to lead project planning and scheduling across our client's hyperscale data centre developments. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and analysing integrated project schedules from pre-construction through delivery, commissioning, and project handover.

This owner-side role requires extensive experience in complex construction planning, critical path analysis, and programme management. You will work closely with project teams, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders to ensure programmes are accurately maintained, project risks are identified early, and delivery milestones are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Produce and maintain baseline programmes, progress updates, look-ahead schedules, and recovery plans throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform critical path analysis, identify programme risks, and recommend mitigation strategies to maintain project delivery milestones.
• Review contractor programmes for logic, sequencing, resource loading, and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Monitor project progress against schedule, analysing variances and preparing regular reports for project leadership and stakeholders.
• Coordinate planning activities across multiple disciplines including Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA), Mechanical, Electrical, ICT, and Commissioning teams.
• Support project controls activities including earned value analysis, schedule performance reporting, and forecasting.
• Facilitate planning and coordination meetings, ensuring programme alignment across all project stakeholders.
• Promote best practice planning methodologies, continuous improvement, and accurate project reporting throughout the delivery process.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience in project planning or scheduling within large-scale construction, infrastructure, mission-critical, or data centre projects.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 is essential.
• Experience using planning and project controls software such as Microsoft Project, Power BI, or similar reporting tools would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, commissioning activities, and integrated project delivery methodologies.
• Proven experience developing and managing complex project schedules across multiple contractors and disciplines.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to identify programme risks, drive schedule improvements, and support informed project decision-making.
• Fluent in English; Norwegian would be advantageous.