Project Planner, Industrial and Data Center Construction Projects
- Full-time
- Department: Real estate
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.
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Job Description
We are looking for a detail‑oriented Project Planner to support schedule planning, progress control, and project coordination for a large‑scale data center development in Querétaro. This role will be responsible for maintaining accurate programme data, supporting strategic decision‑making, and ensuring alignment across all construction and engineering disciplines.
Programme Planning & Development
- Support the creation and maintenance of project programmes using Critical Path Methodology (CPM), ensuring proper activity sequencing, dependencies, and milestone definition.
- Maintain accurate comparisons between current progress and the approved baseline across all construction and installation packages.
- Prepare and update rolling 90‑day lookahead plans, highlighting risks, delays, float consumption, and potential recovery actions.
Reporting & Project Controls
- Produce weekly and monthly planning deliverables, including progress curves, earned value indicators, schedule performance metrics, and variance insights.
- Provide consistent progress data for internal frameworks such as PORDAs or equivalent project control systems.
- Support the Lead Planner in preparing programme narratives, logic diagrams, and other planning outputs required for stakeholder reports or executive presentations.
Coordination & Documentation
- Work closely with construction managers, engineering teams, and subcontractors to gather accurate progress information and validate activity durations.
- Maintain planning documentation, including schedule assumptions, interface milestone logs, and change‑related updates.
- Participate in coordination and progress meetings, providing input on schedule impacts arising from design changes, construction delays, or procurement challenges.
Qualifications
- Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in project planning or scheduling within construction—preferably in data centers, high‑tech facilities, or mission‑critical environments.
- Proficiency with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, with solid knowledge of CPM principles and planning best practices.
- Strong understanding of construction phases, multi‑trade coordination, subcontractor interfaces, and contract‑based planning requirements.
- Fluency in Spanish and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills for reporting and stakeholder interaction.
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.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.