Senior Planning Manager

TURNER & TOWNSEND PTE. LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TURNER & TOWNSEND PTE. LIMITED in Singapore seeks a Planner to support the project team by maintaining schedule quality across site projects, coordinating with project managers, and ensuring alignment with annual plans.

The role involves updating risk logs, conducting training on scheduling practices, and ensuring contractor schedules meet client requirements. Responsibilities include monthly schedule reporting, dashboard updates, and collaboration with regional program managers to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Planner or similar role in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and quality in all deliverables.
• Outstanding communication skills and professional etiquette.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Strong problem-solving skills and proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Maintain schedule quality and integrity across all site projects.
• Liaise with project managers to reflect progress onsite across Data Centers projects.
• Follow up on annual plan schedules bi-weekly to keep next quarter on track.
• Maintain and update risk logs from internal meetings.
• Conduct training to ensure new scheduling practices are followed.
• Ensure contractors' schedules align with best practices and client schedules.
• Liaise with global leads to roll out schedule requirements at client level.
• Support monthly schedule-related reporting and dashboard updates.
• Review cost milestones with cost lead and track variance against annual budget.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Organizational skills

Communication

Discretion & professionalism

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

Cost tracking tools

Job description

The Planner will support T&T project team with the key responsibilities detailed below:

• Maintain schedule quality and integrity for all site projects across the portfolio, ensure schedule best practice has been followed when updating schedules
• Liaise with all project managers to update and reflect progress onsite across all Data Centers project.
• Follow up on annual plan schedule on a bi-weekly basis to ensure projects planned for the next quarter is still on track
• Maintain and update risk logs based on internal meetings update
• Conduct training with the project managers to ensure that new scheduling practices that are implemented will be followed
• Ensure contractor's schedule is following the best practice and incorporating contractor's update into client's schedule
• Liaise with global leads to roll out new schedule requirements on client's level

Reporting

The Planner will support the team with the key responsibilities detailed below:

• Responsible for monthly report input on schedule related items and work with project managers to ensure updates have been done before review with regional program manager (RMPM) and data centre manager
• Update monthly dashboard to reflect monthly lookaheads, projects metrics, major milestones
• Ensure monthly major milestones has been updated for schedule compliance checks Gate keeper for all baselines updates on client's portal and primavera for publishing
• Work closely with cost lead monthly to review schedule milestones and to ensure cost variance is being monitored and kept to -10% based on annual budget planning

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Planner or similar role, preferably in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and quality in all deliverables.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including professional etiquette.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and maintain a high level of professionalism.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate needs and find practical solutions.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and work independently or collaboratively as needed.
• Able to multitask working on multiple projects across the region.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is preferred.