Lead Planner

**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.

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._
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