Lead Planner - Industrial and Data Center Projects

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.
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Job Description

We are seeking a Lead Planner to drive the development and oversight of all project scheduling activities in a data center construction environment, based on-site in Querétaro. This position plays a critical role in ensuring project timelines are realistic, controlled, and aligned with strategic objectives across multiple disciplines and contracts.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Development & Strategy

• Lead the creation and management of project schedules, utilizing Critical Path Methodology to ensure accuracy and traceability from project inception through completion.
• Establish and maintain baseline programmes, identify scheduling risks, and recommend corrective actions to align progress with contractual commitments.
• Develop and present programme narratives that clearly communicate sequencing, milestones, and dependencies for client and project team alignment.

Progress Tracking & Reporting

• Oversee monthly progress updates in line with the reporting cycle, integrating key metrics such as earned value and delay impact analysis.
• Generate and review planning reports, tracking actual performance against the baseline and highlighting deviations with actionable insight.
• Lead the production of 90-day lookahead schedules, identifying shortfalls and proposing strategic mitigations.

Contract Interface & Stakeholder Engagement

• Review and approve contractor programmes, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and integration across interfaces.
• Foster collaborative relationships with contractors, consultants, and internal stakeholders to ensure programme expectations are communicated, understood, and maintained.
• Lead or contribute to scenario planning (“what-if” analysis) to support change management and risk mitigation strategies.

Systems & Tools

• Utilize planning software such as Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 to manage programme integrity and automate reporting outputs.
• Support the implementation of planning processes and standards that meet both client expectations and internal project controls requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in project planning within large-scale industrial or data center environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, and planning methodologies.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, interface management, and contract planning requirements.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal), with proven ability to present programme information to both technical and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead planning in fast-paced environments and collaborate effectively across teams and disciplines.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.