Senior Planner- Date Center

Turner & Townsend; Doha; On-site; QAR 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Qatar seeks a Senior Planner to lead scheduling for hyperscale data centre projects. You'll implement planning strategies, manage master schedules and coordinate with contractors and clients to align project timelines.

The role requires 10+ years in planning, expertise in Primavera P6 and MS Project, and strong communication to deliver reliable scheduling insights and effective mitigation plans.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Track record on hyperscale Data Centre projects from inception to completion.
• Expert experience with project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P3, P5, P6), Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI.
• Proven experience with resource loading, cost/schedule integration, and baseline management
• Experience coordinating multiple sources of schedule data into a master schedule
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies and contract terms
• Familiarity with PMI standards
• Ability to lead and coordinate multiple inputs into a master schedule

Responsibilities

• Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures reflecting company and contractor roles.
• Assess, review and monitor detailed Primavera P6 schedules including WBS, activities, constraints, and resource loading.
• Conduct schedule analysis, forecasts, and performance tracking (SPI, CPI, Earned Value).
• Integrate contract packages into master plan schedule; review contractor schedules and advise client.
• Prepare regular weekly and monthly progress reports for management and client.
• Develop project control procedures to monitor progress; verify data with contractors.
• Provide scheduling insights for key decisions; develop mitigation plans.
• Assess EOT claims and prepare defense, and recommend outcomes.
• Analyze critical path and changes; ensure financial periods are set and followed.
• Provide resourcing plans and peak leveling recommendations; coordinate with vendors and disciplines.

Skills

Project planning

Hyperscale data centres

MS Project

Primavera P3/5/6

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Cost/schedule integration

Baseline management

PMI standards

Leadership

Communication

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P3/P5/P6

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for a Senior Planner to join our data centre team in Qatar.

With a market leading client base and the opportunity to take the lead on strategic commissions and high-profile projects, this is an exciting time to join the business unit and grow a career with Turner & Townsend.

Responsibilities

• Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations


• Assess, review and monitor detailed Primavera P6 schedules including WBS, activities, relationships, constraints, and resource loading according to Client Specifications.


• Conduct schedule analysis, forecasts, and performance tracking (e.g., SPI, CPI, Earned Value)


• Integrate various contract packages into master plan schedule


• Review contractor’s submitted schedule and make recommendations to client


• Prepare regular internal/external weekly and monthly progress report for management and client


• Develop a project control procedure to monitor the progress of project.


• Interact with contractor and verify the project data to update project schedule


• Support project management in key decision-making with reliable scheduling insights


• Develop mitigation plans


• Assess any contractor’s extension of time claim and prepare defense claim report


• Put forward recommendation report for any contractor’s EOT claim


• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine the effect of changes to project schedule. Ensure that the Financial Periods are set and followed by the Contractor in the Schedule


• Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.


• Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and making recommendations for peak leveling.


• Ensure that schedule related from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.


• Working closely with various disciplines in project teams to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced.


• Provide onsite progress measurement and verification of billing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling.


• Track record of working on the construction of hyperscale Data Centre projects from inception to completion.


• Expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P3, P5, P6), Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI.


• Proven experience with resource loading, cost/schedule integration, and baseline management


• Experience in coordinating multiple sources of schedule performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project status reports required for large scale projects.


• Strong technical understanding of construction methodologies and contract terms.


• Familiarity with international project management standards (PMI).


• Ability to lead, coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.


• The tenacity and drive to inject value and create solutions.


• Develops good working relationships with project team.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.