Senior Integrated Planner – Front End Planning Lead
Construction, Engineering & Trades · Architecture & Planning · Construction Management
In short
Lead front-end planning and scheduling for large-scale data center construction projects. This role involves reviewing contractor schedules, assessing risks, and ensuring high-quality baselines. The successful candidate will collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to align execution strategies and promote best practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead front-end planning and scheduling activities across a portfolio of large-scale data center construction projects.
- Review and evaluate contractor, vendor, and project schedules during project development and procurement phases.
- Assess proposed schedules for completeness, logic, feasibility, execution strategy alignment, and overall quality.
- Perform detailed baseline schedule reviews to ensure schedules meet established planning standards and project requirements prior to approval.
- Partner with project teams to identify schedule gaps, risks, constraints, and opportunities during baseline development.
- Provide recommendations and guidance to improve schedule quality, constructability sequencing, milestone development, and critical path logic.
- Support development and maintenance of planning standards, schedule review criteria, and governance processes.
- Evaluate schedule revisions and baseline changes for alignment with project objectives and approved execution plans.
- Promote consistent planning methodologies and scheduling best practices across the portfolio.
- Develop executive-ready analysis and recommendations to support schedule approval and project decision-making.
- Lead collaborative planning workshops with internal and external stakeholders to align project execution strategies and schedule assumptions.
- Facilitate schedule development and baseline review workshops across multiple projects and regions throughout the Americas portfolio.
- Drive early identification and resolution of schedule conflicts, dependencies, and execution challenges.
- Foster a culture of proactive planning, accountability, and collaboration across project teams.
- Build strong working relationships with project teams, Lease Providers, consultants, and stakeholders to support successful schedule development.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in Construction Management, engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Must pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in Construction Management, engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 5+ years of experience in planning/scheduling utilizing scheduling software (P6 and MS Project).
- 7+ years of experience in design and construction project management.
- 7+ years of experience in planning medium sized capital projects ($50MM - $200MM+) in construction, oil, gas or chemicals (or related process industry).
- Proven track record of delivering medium-to-large scale construction projects on time and to the satisfaction of clients.
- Excellent understanding of Project Planning.
- Demonstrated skills in project planning software’s Primavera P6 and MS Project.
- Strong familiarity with CPM scheduling methodology.
- Ability to analyze EPC plans/schedule and provide deep insights into trends, issues, mitigations.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to self-direct work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to manage multiple project schedules simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work.
- Experience in Datacenter design and construction.
- Deep knowledge of Primavera P6 and other schedule health analysis tools.
- Strong experience with Risk Schedule Analysis.
- Ability to present data from detailed to high-level depending on audience.
Benefits
- In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
- Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Skills
P6MS Project
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2 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Remote
Salary
US$119,800–234,700 / year
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
United States
Qualification
Bachelor
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