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Planning Lead | Major Data Centre Project | North East England
Work on one of Europe's largest data centre campuses. Be part of a £10bn+ investment programme.
This is an opportunity to join one of Europe’s largest data centre campuses, a landmark hyperscale development in Cambois, Northumberland. The project represents up to £10bn of investment and will span approximately 540,000 sqm, making it one of the most significant data centre developments currently underway in the UK.
As Planning Lead, you’ll have a genuine opportunity to shape the programme on a project of a scale rarely seen in UK construction. You’ll sit at the centre of delivery, coordinating programme, sequencing and progress across major packages, contractors and project disciplines.
The Role
- Own and manage the integrated project programme.
- Lead planning and scheduling across the construction lifecycle.
- Manage critical path, progress, constraints and programme risk.
- Coordinate programmes across contractors, packages, design and engineering teams.
- Develop short-term lookaheads and long-term construction schedules.
- Identify delays and lead mitigation and recovery strategies.
- Review subcontractor programmes and ensure alignment with the master programme.
- Provide programme updates, reporting and critical path analysis to senior leadership.
- Support Commercial and Project Management teams with variations, claims and extensions of time.
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What We're Looking For
- 7+ years' experience in construction or engineering planning.
- Strong experience delivering large-scale, complex projects.
- Excellent understanding of construction sequencing and programme management.
- Strong P6, MS Project or similar experience.
- Experience managing multiple contractors, packages and interfaces.
- Confident stakeholder manager, comfortable working with site teams and senior leadership.
- Data centre, mission-critical, industrial, pharmaceutical or semiconductor experience is highly desirable.
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Why This Project?
- Gain exposure to hyperscale data centre construction at exceptional scale.
- Work across complex packages, interfaces and technically demanding construction.
- Build a career in one of the fastest-growing sectors in global infrastructure.
- Long-term opportunity on a major UK mission-critical development.
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