Scheduler/Planner – Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking experienced schedulers/planners to support complex data center construction programs across regional subregions. Senior planning professionals with Primavera P6 and MS Project expertise are required to communicate schedule risks and recovery options to project teams and executives.

Candidates must be able to travel and work onsite as needed in the US; roles involve leading integrated planning, CPM scheduling, and coordinating with clients, delivery partners, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of expert-level planning and scheduling with Primavera P6 and MS Project
• Experience supporting design and construction PM for large capital programs
• Background planning capital projects in the $500M to $2B+ range, data center preferred
• Strong CPM scheduling, schedule health analysis, and risk identification
• Ability to analyze EPC plans, identify trends, and communicate mitigation strategies
• Self-directed, problem solver in a fast-paced project environment
• Strong executive communication for leadership-ready summaries

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated planning and scheduling for large-scale data center projects
• Develop, maintain, and improve detailed schedules, milestone tracking, dependencies, and schedule reporting outputs
• Apply critical path method scheduling to assess schedule logic, identify trends, and communicate risks, impacts, mitigations, and recovery options
• Partner with client teams, project stakeholders, delivery partners, and contractors to align planning outputs with project execution needs
• Manage multiple project schedules simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and timely reporting
• Prepare clear schedule updates for project leadership and senior stakeholders, adjusting level of detail based on the audience
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable

Skills

Project scheduling

CPM scheduling

Executive communication

Self-direction

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

• Full-time

Company 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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking multiple Schedulers/ Planners to support complex, large-scale data center construction programs across several regional subregions. These roles require senior planning professionals with strong Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project expertise, critical path method scheduling capability, and the ability to communicate schedule risks, trends, and recovery options to project teams and senior stakeholders.

*Must be able to travel / work onsite when needed (Atlanta, GA - Dallas, TX - Phoenix, AZ - Richmond, VA)*

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated planning and scheduling support for large-scale data center construction projects
• Develop, maintain, and improve detailed schedules, milestone tracking, dependencies, resource assumptions, and schedule reporting outputs
• Apply critical path method scheduling to assess schedule logic, identify trends, and communicate risks, impacts, mitigations, and recovery options
• Partner with client teams, project stakeholders, delivery partners, and contractors to align planning outputs with project execution needs
• Manage multiple project schedules simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and timely reporting
• Prepare clear schedule updates for project leadership and senior stakeholders, adjusting level of detail based on the audience
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable

Qualifications

• 7+ years of expert-level planning and scheduling experience using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
• Experience supporting design and construction project management for medium-to-large capital programs
• Background planning capital projects in the $500MM to $2B+ range, preferably in data center construction or related process-intensive industries
• Strong knowledge of critical path method scheduling, schedule health analysis, and schedule risk identification
• Ability to analyze EPC plans and schedules, identify trends, and clearly communicate mitigation strategies
• Demonstrated ability to self-direct, solve problems, and operate effectively in a fast-paced project environment
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to present detailed schedule data in concise leadership-ready summaries

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center design and construction delivery experience
• Schedule risk analysis experience and familiarity with related planning tools
• Experience supporting executive reporting, recovery planning, or schedule governance in complex capital programs

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $140K-$170K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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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.

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