Project Planning Lead-Data Center

Enhanced Staffing, Inc.; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Enhanced Staffing, Inc. seeks an experienced Project Planning Lead to support a major data center development as the owner’s representative. You will guide planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and change management for a large-scale program.

Responsibilities include developing executive and detailed schedules, mentoring schedulers, and coordinating with GC/EPC partners. Expert Primavera P6, strong PM controls, and stakeholder-management skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline preferred.
• 10-15 years of hands-on planning and scheduling experience.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 experience required.
• Data center, mission-critical, EPC, or large-scale construction experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of project controls and PM best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and schedule change management.
• Develop and maintain executive-level and detailed project schedules.
• Mentor site schedulers and project controls teams.
• Collaborate with project leadership, GC and EPC partners.
• Lead Primavera P6 schedule development, baselines, updates, narratives, and trend analysis.
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and mitigation strategies.
• Translate GC/EPC schedules into owner-level reporting and analysis.
• Coordinate schedule information with cost controls for cash-flow and forecasting.
• Ensure schedule, progress, and earned-value information stay aligned.
• Perform schedule quality-control reviews and support data governance and checks.
• Develop project reporting, KPIs, and schedule metrics.
• Support standardization, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Excel / Google Sheets

PowerPoint / Google Slides

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Enhanced Staffing is seeking an experienced Project Planning Lead to support a major data center development program. This position will serve in an owner’s representative capacity, providing leadership across project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, schedule analysis, and change management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and schedule change management.
• Develop and maintain executive-level and detailed project schedules.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to site schedulers and project controls teams.
• Collaborate with project leadership, regional planning teams, General Contractors, and EPC partners.
• Lead Primavera P6 schedule development, baseline reviews, updates, schedule narratives, and trend analysis.
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and adverse trends and recommend corrective or mitigation strategies.
• Translate detailed GC/EPC schedules into concise owner-level reporting and analysis.
• Coordinate schedule information with cost controls teams to support cash-flow, forecasting, and commitment planning.
• Ensure schedule, progress, and earned-value information remains aligned.
• Perform schedule quality-control reviews and support improved data governance and automated schedule checks.
• Develop meaningful project reporting, KPIs, and schedule metrics.
• Support program-level scheduling standards, benchmarking, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline preferred.
• 10-15 years of hands-on planning and scheduling experience.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 experience required.
• Data center, mission-critical, EPC, or large-scale construction experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of project controls and project management best practices.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides skills.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising schedulers.
• Strong analytical, consulting, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and respond quickly to schedule analysis and reporting needs.