Lead Scheduler, Pre-Construction (Data Centers)

Skills

About the Role

You will own the development of pre-construction schedules for new data center builds, from the earliest planning stages through contractor mobilization. You will build tiered milestone and execution schedules in Primavera P6, lead schedule risk analysis, track long-lead equipment procurement, and facilitate review sessions with leadership. You will translate design progress, permitting timelines, and procurement lead times into a defensible baseline schedule, surface risks before they hit the critical path, and ensure a validated baseline is handed off to the construction team. You will also help standardize scheduling templates and best practices across the data center portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of scheduling experience on large-scale, mission-critical, or hyperscale construction programs
• Data center experience strongly preferred
• Subject matter expertise in Primavera P6 and Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling
• Demonstrated field construction experience with understanding of site operations, sequencing and trade coordination
• Strong understanding of data center or mission-critical construction sequencing
• Ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical drawings and specifications
• Experience managing an owner's planning and scheduling program across multiple concurrent projects
• Excellent communication skills for technical and executive audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Responsibilities

• Own development of pre-construction schedules for new data center builds
• Develop Tier 1 executive-level milestone schedules
• Build Tier 2 summary-level schedules bridging milestones and Tier 3 execution schedules
• Establish tiered schedule structure early in the Project Delivery Method process
• Build and maintain baseline schedules in Primavera P6
• Validate baseline schedules with General Contractors, Trade Partners and Consultants
• Lead schedule risk analysis during pre-construction
• Apply Theory of Constraints principles to manage critical and near-critical chains
• Coordinate long-lead procurement tracking and integrate delivery milestones
• Facilitate schedule review sessions with leadership and stakeholders
• Support transition from pre-construction to construction with validated baseline handoff
• Develop and maintain schedule dashboards, look-aheads and reporting
• Track entitlement, permitting, utility interconnection and site development milestones
• Identify schedule risks and dependencies and drive their resolution
• Contribute to standardization of scheduling templates and best practices
• Collaborate with Cost and Project Controls teams to align schedule and budget