Project Controls - Planning & Scheduling - North America

Iron Mountain Incorporated; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible work options

Health & retirement plans

Learning & development

Job summary

Iron Mountain Incorporated is seeking an experienced Project Controls Planning & Scheduling professional to develop, maintain, and analyze complex project schedules for major capital projects. You will collaborate with project teams, forecast completion dates, and provide actionable insights to support informed decisions. This role involves implementing Master Schedules and reviewing schedule impacts within a dynamic data center design context.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling for capital construction or IT infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of CPM, schedule analysis techniques, and EVM principles.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, OPC, MS Project, ASTA, and risk analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cost- and resource-loaded project schedules for capital projects.
• Collaborate with project managers and engineers to gather progress updates and identify critical path activities.
• Analyze schedule performance and provide insights into variances, risks, and schedule optimization opportunities.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Schedule analysis

EVM

PMP

PM software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

OPC

Microsoft Project

ASTA

Oracle Primavera Cloud

Procore

Job description

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That's why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you're looking to start your career or make a change, we provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced Project Controls Planning & Scheduling candidate to join our North America Data Centre Design & Construction Team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing complex project schedules for critical capital projects. Reporting to the Global Project Controls Director (Planning & Scheduling).

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

• Develop and maintain comprehensive, cost & resource-loaded project schedules using industry-standard tools (e.g., OPC / Primavera P6) to accurately reflect project scope and execution strategy.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineering teams, and key stakeholders to gather progress updates, identify critical path activities, and forecast project completion dates.
• Analyze and report on schedule performance, providing actionable insights into variances, risks, and opportunities for schedule optimization to support informed decision‑making.
• Contribute to Business Case efforts for cost & scheduling activities including development of Integrated Master Schedule to model different potential project sites.
• As a Planning SME, review project schedules, including critical path activities, logic, duration, and review schedule float for schedule slippages.
• Review submitted schedule impacts, delay notice, requests for time extension and analyze for sufficiency and justification and provide response/lead negotiation as necessary to facilitate resolution.

What You'll Bring (Skills & Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling for capital construction or IT infrastructure projects.
• With values in excess of 150m USD.
• Strong knowledge of critical path methodology (CPM), schedule analysis techniques, and Earned Value Management (EVM) principles.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in project management software such as Primavera P6 / OPC, Microsoft Project,ASTA, Microsoft Project, Risk Analysis & AI tools .
• Expertise in tools like Microsoft Excel/Google Workbooks for data management and analysis.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
• Experience in the implementation and governance of software platforms such as Oracle Primavera Cloud and Procore would also be desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• US Citizenship.

What We Offer (Benefits)

• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with the experience.
• Flexible work options to support work‑life balance.
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.

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Reasonably expected salary range: $123,500.00 - $164,700.00 Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.

Category: Real Estate & Facilities

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries.

We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts.

Take a look at our history here.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics.

Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

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