Project Controls Manager, Planning - Data Centers

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

Our Data Center team is looking for a Senior Project Controls Manager to join our team in Barcelona. If you have experience in planning & risk management within industrial or technology-driven projects, we’d like to have you on board.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full schedule lifecycle, from early planning Requirements to detailed execution, for a major data canter project located in Barcelona .
• Facilitate collaborative Scheduling sessions with project stakeholders to build and maintain integrated schedules
• Own and manage the IMS master schedule, ensuring alignment with client expectations and market quality standards.
• Review contractor (CSA+MEP+CX) schedules to ensure completeness and accuracy; escalate gaps or misalignments proactively.
• Monitor and report schedule performance using key metrics (e.g., critical path, float trends, variance analysis, s-curves).
• Develop and maintain resource-loaded schedules to support forecasting and decision-making.
• Conduct scenario planning and “what-if” analyses to support strategic adjustments.
• Frequent visits to the construction site to provide team support, nurture relationships and assess the progress of the project.
• Drive continuous improvement by implementing scalable planning solutions and contributing to team development

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience in a construction-related discipline.
• Strong Knowledge on local Permitting Processes
• Strong knowledge of PMO and project controls with a focus on scheduling and risk management.
• Skilled in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project are mandatory.
• Skilled in Acumen Fuse and PowerBi is a plus.
• Competent in Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Fluent in both Spanish and English.
• Have a passion for building a global team and fostering employee development.

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.

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

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