Planning Manager

g2 Recruitment; Bielsko-Biała; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

g2 Recruitment is recruiting a Planning Manager for a major data centre construction project in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. The role leads all planning and scheduling activities from construction through commissioning and handover, ensuring programme certainty. Start ASAP on a 12-month contract with a negotiable rate.

You'll drive schedules, monitor milestones, and coordinate across CSA, MEP, and Commissioning teams, delivering detailed progress updates and performance metrics for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading planning on major projects.
• Advanced scheduling and control methods for complex programmes.
• Strong reporting and forecasting abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration.
• Experience with earned value analysis and risk mitigation.
• Ability to coordinate across design, construction, and commissioning teams.
• EU work eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of the integrated master schedule across all project phases.
• Establish milestones, critical paths, resource loading, and recovery plans.
• Coordinate planning with CSA, MEP, and Commissioning teams for alignment.
• Produce progress reports, look-ahead schedules, delay analyses, and KPI metrics.
• Identify schedule risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Support leadership with forecasting and programme reporting.
• Collaborate with subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, and client teams to ensure planning requirements.
• Participate in project reviews through commissioning and handover.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Earned value analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Position: Planning Manager

Location: Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Contract Length: 12 Months

Start Date: ASAP

Rate: Negotiable

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Planning Manager to support the delivery of a major data centre construction project in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-paced, mission-critical environment where you will be responsible for leading all planning and scheduling activities, ensuring programme certainty, and driving successful project delivery from construction through commissioning and final handover.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance, and management of the integrated project schedule across all phases of the data centre construction project.
• Establish and monitor project milestones, critical paths, resource loading, and recovery programmes to ensure successful delivery.
• Coordinate planning activities across CSA, MEP, and Commissioning teams to ensure programme alignment and seamless execution.
• Produce detailed progress reports, schedule updates, look-ahead programmes, delay analyses, and key performance metrics for project stakeholders.
• Identify schedule risks and opportunities, implementing mitigation and recovery strategies to maintain programme objectives.
• Support project leadership with accurate forecasting, earned value analysis, and programme reporting.
• Collaborate closely with subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, and client teams to ensure planning requirements are achieved.
• Participate in project review meetings and provide strategic planning support through commissioning and operational handover.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Planning Manager, Senior Planner, Lead Planner, or equivalent.
• Previous experience working on data centre, mission-critical, pharmaceutical, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and strong understanding of project controls and construction scheduling methodology.
• Experience developing and managing complex integrated construction programmes.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and reporting abilities.
• EU work eligibility.

What's on Offer

• Long-term contract on a flagship digital infrastructure project.
• Competitive day rate.
• Immediate start available.
• Opportunity to work alongside leading data centre delivery teams on one of Europe's fastest-growing digital infrastructure markets.
• Exposure to a high-profile mission-critical project with significant future opportunities.