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Sydney Metro Planning Lead

Microsoft· Technical Program Management
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Sydney, NSW, Australiafull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Datacenter EPC Integrated Planner / Scheduler for Sydney, responsible for integrated planning, schedule management, and coordination of EPC schedules for large-scale datacenter construction, with weekly/monthly reporting and risk-based recovery planning.

Responsibilities

  • Develop Integrated EPC Master Schedules (IMS) including timelines and dependencies for large-scale datacenter construction projects.
  • Work with cross-functional teams, including engineers, procurement, and construction to ensure project milestones are met and deliverables are completed on time.
  • Monitor project risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate potential issues.
  • Study the delay events and their impact to the EPC schedule and present to stakeholders & Regional planning leads.
  • Work with clients to understand their needs and ensure project outcomes meet their expectations.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
  • Continuously improve project management processes and tools to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Work on planning related works as directed by region planning lead/supervision
  • Facilitate and support the development of a detailed EPC Project Schedule along with Regional leads, project team, GC and Sub-Contractor vendors.
  • Work closely with the Regional Planning Lead to ensure the GC Baseline Schedule meets the standards and requirements defined within the DIV1 Specification.
  • Complete the GC Baseline Evaluation process and provide recommendations in MSFT formats.
  • Carry out the GC Proposal Schedule Evaluations and provide evaluation narrative and scores.
  • Facilitate and participate in weekly schedule reviews onsite with GC schedule teams to analyze and validate progress onsite.
  • Proactively analyze project schedules by; comparing cost and resource curves to actuals, tracking float consumption, perform schedule integrity (health) and quality checks, critical path analysis, analyze quantity progress curves, schedule performance index, carry-out delay impact analysis, monitor monthly performance and carry out variance analysis supporting Baseline Management and Change Control processes throughout the Project Lifecycle
  • Carry out and communicate Schedule Time Impact Assessments (EOT) of schedule delay events and recommend mitigation strategies to recover and/or control the impacts.
  • Record reasons for delay and quantification with all supporting documentation on a regular basis to enable protect owners interest supporting and providing inputs to claims management process.
  • Ensure GC compliance with MSFT Monthly and Weekly reporting cadence and Rhythm of Business requirements.
  • Evaluate GC Weekly and Monthly Schedule Reports, validate progress, review insights with EPC PMs and provides feedback and recommendations to GC.
  • Validate schedule updates along with a narrative for submission to the project team and MSFT stakeholders.
  • Identify and mitigate threats to the project's schedule and initiate corrective actions through field staff.
  • Analyze resource loading and recommend adjustments / corrective action as appropriate.
  • Assess impacts of design and/or long lead equipment changes and provide recommendations to mitigate/recover the schedule.
  • Provide final review of schedules for estimating as requested.
  • Conduct schedule workshops and its analysis
  • Lead collaborative Planning workshops by using the Schedule to help facilitate planning, coordination, and accurate progress reporting.
  • Interface with site management regarding critical schedule activities, change, impacts to schedule, change orders, project progress, and claims analysis.
  • Provide planning and schedule management support to DCD PMs, MSFT stakeholders, project teams and Redmond-based hub.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years' experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Skills

Required:Integrated EPC Master Schedules (IMS)Schedule health and variance analysisRisk management and contingency planningStakeholder management
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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