Planning Manager - Data Centre

Department:
Project Management

Employment Type:

Permanent
- Full Time

Location:

Buckinghamshire

Reporting To:
Ewan Ions

Title:

Associate Planning Manager / Campus Lead

Division:
Project Controls and Scheduling

Sector:
Data Centre

Location:

Buckinghamshire, on-site 2-3 days per week (with Hybrid Working)

Reporting to:
Senior Associate / Partner

At RLB, we live by four simple ideas:
Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB. A place where People Make Progress.

We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives – we think they are priceless.

Bring them to RLB and you’ll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.

We’ll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector.

You’ll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.

What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee-owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.

Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally.

Our dedicated Project Controls & Scheduling team supports projects from initial planning through to completion and operation. We develop and maintain high-quality project schedules aligned with client requirements, providing the insight and predictability needed to support informed decision-making and successful project delivery.

We work across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on Data Centres and Advanced Technology. Our Planning Managers work closely with clients, advising on project constraints, timelines and programme logic across procurement, design, construction and commissioning, as well as risk mitigation and trend analysis throughout project delivery.

The team has grown considerably in recent years and now comprises over 35 Project Controls Managers and Planners. We are committed to providing our people with rewarding, long-term careers while maintaining a consistently high standard of service for our clients.

Within Data Centres, we work with an enviable client base, from US hyperscale technology clients to UK-based developers across the UK and EMEA. The high level of repeat work we receive reflects the strength of our client relationships and the quality of our service and advice.

We are currently recruiting a Planning Manager with proven Data Centre experience for a key project of ours. You will join a client focussed team to be a client schedule lead on a project made up as part of a campus, the role will be to ensure project schedule standards meet and exceed client standards in relation to quality and deliverable timelines, support and reporting to the campus lead, client team and stakeholders and provide project insights related to project delivery in relation to project controls and schedule management.

The role is an opportunity to develop and drive our Data Centre capability, working on high profile projects in the London, the wider UK and Europe.

While the role will be partially site based in Buckinghamshire, the position is aligned to the wider London based Project Controls & Scheduling team, while also offering hybrid working.

• To lead and oversee the successful delivery of Data Centre projects with a view to securing repeat business.
• Detailed Audit…