Director, Preconstruction Scheduling for Hyperscale Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life and AD&D coverage

Short-term disability coverage

Long-term disability coverage

Paid time off

Employee assistance

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers is seeking a Director of Preconstruction Scheduling to lead the development and governance of scheduling for hyperscale data center projects across multiple US locations. You will translate enterprise strategy into scalable scheduling processes and work with project controls, design, development, energy management and construction teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role requires 10+ years of scheduling experience, CPM expertise, and proficiency with Primavera

Qualifications

• 10+ years of scheduling, project controls, or preconstruction for large-scale or hyperscale developments.
• Deep expertise in CPM scheduling, design and preconstruction workflows, power-related scheduling considerations, labor productivity, and market dynamics.
• Experience evaluating contractor capability, schedule inputs, productivity assumptions, staffing plans, and readiness to support concurrent large-scale projects.
• Strong understanding of schedule risk analysis, forecasting, scenario planning, and alignment between schedule, cost, and project controls governance.
• Proficiency with enterprise scheduling tools, including Primavera P6 or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting high-density or AI-ready infrastructure preferred.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain standardized preconstruction scheduling templates, logic, and governance.
• Translate VP-level preconstruction strategy into actionable scheduling workflows for rapid, multi-phase campus delivery.
• Build early-stage schedules for site validation, due diligence, and market feasibility assessments.
• Support site selection by identifying schedule risks tied to workforce, permitting, market constraints, and contractor capacity.
• Develop and manage design schedules from concept through IFC.
• Coordinate with design partners and engineers to ensure schedule realism and early identification of bottlenecks.
• Build schedules that support contractor onboarding, bid cycles, GMP development, and early procurement planning.
• Validate contractor schedule inputs, productivity assumptions, staffing plans, readiness, and capacity to meet schedule demands.
• Partner with project controls to ensure schedules align with cost baselines and governance.
• Support development of schedule risk analyses and scenario planning to improve decision-making and execution certainty.
• Deliver fully coordinated preconstruction schedules to construction teams with clear scope, sequencing, milestones and mobilization plans.
• Maintain continuity with construction teams to ensure preconstruction assumptions carry through into execution.
• Serve as scheduling liaison across development, design, power, project controls, and construction teams to align milestones.
• Drive alignment around execution realism and repeatable scheduling methodologies.
• Advance scheduling methodologies that support modularization, prefabrication, and faster handoffs.
• Implement lessons learned to refine future schedules and templates.
• Additional duties as assigned by Management.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Vantage Data Centers is seeking a Director of Preconstruction Scheduling to lead the development and governance of scheduling for hyperscale data center projects across multiple US locations. You will translate enterprise strategy into scalable scheduling processes and work with project controls, design, development, energy management and construction teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role requires 10+ years of scheduling experience, CPM expertise, and proficiency with Primavera