Planner - Data Center / Mission Critical

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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Project Planning & Scheduling

• Develop, maintain, and update the master project schedule using Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Integrate schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, testing & commissioning.
• Monitor progress and ensure alignment with project milestones and critical paths.
• Review contractor schedules for logic, accuracy, feasibility, and compliance with project requirements.

Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Track weekly and monthly progress, flagging delays, risks, and deviations from the baseline schedule.
• Prepare schedule variance analysis, look-ahead schedules, S‑curves, and productivity reports.
• Support project leadership by providing data-driven insights for decision‑making.

Coordination & Communication

• Work closely with engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to gather updates.
• Communicate schedule impacts and updates clearly to contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Support project meetings with updated schedules, progress summaries, and recovery plans if required.

Risk Management

• Identify potential schedule risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate change requests, variation orders, and their impact on the overall schedule.
• Maintain contingency planning and monitor critical and near-critical activities.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain all planning-related documentation and ensure alignment with project controls procedures.
• Support audits and reporting obligations to management and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
• 3–7 years of experience in planning and scheduling for construction, data centers, industrial facilities, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 (preferred) or Microsoft Project.
• Solid understanding of construction sequencing, MEP coordination, and commissioning processes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to reconcile schedule data with actual site progress.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Thai language.
• Ability to work on-site at the Thailand project location.

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