Full-Time

Senior Planning and Scheduling Manager

Updated on 9/3/2026

Deadline 8/14/27
Linesight

Linesight

1,001-5,000 employees

Global construction consultancy and project management

No salary listed

Darmstadt, Germany + 1 more

More locations: Frankfurt, Germany

Remote

Bachelor's

Category
Project & Program Management

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Requirements
  • Several years of substantial experience in project planning and schedule control for construction projects in a life-sciences environment.
  • Very strong knowledge of Primavera P6 for creating, controlling, and analyzing project schedules.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex scheduling data clearly, concisely, and persuasively.
  • The ability to confidently lead meetings, guide discussions toward defined outcomes, and facilitate decisions.
  • Demonstrable experience in Quantitative Risk Assessment, including interpreting analysis results and communicating them clearly to stakeholders.
  • Strong technical understanding of planning and control processes in complex, challenging, and high-volume construction projects.
  • A completed degree or equivalent qualification in project management, construction, engineering, or a related field.
Responsibilities
  • Independently manage and drive project priorities, schedules, and client relationships.
  • Develop detailed, end-to-end project schedules using Critical Path Methodology that represent the full project scope, milestones, and timelines.
  • Apply Work Breakdown Structure methodology to clearly define roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
  • Align all scheduling with the project execution plan and contractual, procurement, and project-control strategies.
  • Establish a robust scheduling-baselining method and control ongoing updates.
  • Maintain a fully integrated project schedule that can be analyzed at different levels of detail and management.
  • Lead and facilitate meetings with clients and suppliers to discuss schedules, project progress, and dependencies.
  • Analyze, negotiate, and resolve scheduling conflicts among disciplines and project participants to achieve optimal client outcomes.
  • Prepare regular progress reports for stakeholders that transparently present deviations, risks, and corresponding mitigation measures.
  • Review and validate supplier and third-party schedules and ensure alignment with established industry standards.
  • Use Earned Value Management knowledge to support integrated schedule- and cost-performance monitoring when needed.
  • In selected projects, account for and support the Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation process.

Linesight provides professional consultancy and management support to the global construction industry from concept to completion. It uses multidisciplinary teams to offer market analysis, cost planning, risk assessment, and program management, drawing on global insights and local resources. Its long history since 1974, broad sector coverage, and worldwide footprint give it deep experience and local market knowledge that helps clients manage complex projects more effectively. Its goal is to help clients grow and run construction-related businesses by turning insights into practical outcomes across all project stages.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1974

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • June 2026 reports show U.S. construction growth returning, driven by infrastructure and data centers.
  • July 2026 Americas leadership hires expand sales and delivery across data, life sciences, energy.
  • August 2026 market insights emphasize supply-chain and long-lead equipment expertise clients urgently need.

What critics are saying

  • Data-center concentration ties Linesight to hyperscale capex pauses by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
  • Rising U.S. construction inflation, 4.5%-5.5% in 2026, squeezes fixed-fee advisory margins.
  • Competing consultancies can commoditize project controls; a lost anchor client would hit growth fast.

What makes Linesight unique

  • Linesight owns project controls, cost management, and procurement for hyperscale data centers globally.
  • Its 155 global data centers and 47 U.S. projects create hard-to-copy benchmarks.
  • The 2026 Project Controls Pathway builds accredited in-house talent and reduces delivery dependence.

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