Planning Manager

Planning Manager

Competitive Salary + Package

Helsinki, Finland

Large Data Centre operator with a base in APAC looking to expand their operations into the European market. One of their key hires is for a Planning Manager for Finland where they’re looking to develop a large amount of capacity in the region for their key clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop Level 1 to 3 project schedules for all development stages
• Delivery strategy alignment with procurement, design & engineering, construction, T&C and operation teams
• Support and assist PMC in developing Level 3 Project Coordinated Schedule with key project milestones sufficient for other departments such as Design and Procurement Team to plan
• Review and schedule quality check (Health check) of Level 4 and/or Level 5 project detail timeline schedule by Contractor/s
• Setting and ensuring that Contractors and PMCs adhere to schedule management policy
• Project control and monitoring to ensure projects’ progress is on target. Tracking and alignment on project delivery status including risk and mitigation
• Advise the construction team and any key personnel of any major slippages in the works, particularly those affecting key/interim milestones
• Review and tracking or any recovery plan or acceleration plan should projects fall behind in terms of progress
• Consolidating project’s progress reporting and preparation of weekly/monthly reporting in form of dashboards or presentation slides
• Managing and keeping records or updated project timeline schedule in OPC

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or construction and/or equivalent
• Min of 8 years of planning and scheduling experience, including management
• Data Center delivery experience will be added advantage
• Good understanding of construction industry practices and standards to perform planning and scheduling
• Experience and Proficiency in Primavera P6 / Oracle Primavera Cloud and Microsoft Project