Construction Scheduling Manager Site

Location: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reporting To: Project Director

CTS Group is a leading international design and build contractor specialising in the delivery of mission-critical data centre facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). We combine engineering excellence, innovation, and digital expertise to deliver high-performance, sustainable, and future-ready infrastructure for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise clients.

With a diverse workforce representing more than 40 nationalities, CTS fosters a collaborative and high-performance culture where technical excellence, safety, innovation, and continuous improvement underpin every project. Alongside our construction capabilities, CTS develops advanced digital solutions and standardised modular infrastructure, enabling faster, smarter, and more efficient data centre delivery.

As our UK operations continue to expand, we are seeking an experienced Scheduling Manager to join one of our flagship data centre projects and play a critical role in driving successful project delivery.

The Scheduling Manager will be responsible for developing, managing, and controlling project schedules across a major data centre construction programme. Working closely with project leadership, construction teams, design managers, commercial teams, subcontractors, vendors, and client stakeholders, you will ensure that project activities are accurately planned, monitored, and reported throughout the project lifecycle.

This is a key role within the project delivery team, providing strategic planning expertise, programme visibility, and schedule control to support the successful delivery of complex mission-critical infrastructure.

The successful candidate will be highly analytical, proactive, and collaborative, with a strong background in construction planning and data centre, infrastructure, or large-scale construction projects.

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules for large-scale data centre construction projects.

• Establish and monitor key project milestones, critical path activities, programme constraints, and schedule deliverables.

• Ensure project schedules accurately reflect project scope, procurement activities, design deliverables, construction sequencing, commissioning activities, and handover requirements.

• Analyse programme performance and provide recommendations to improve project efficiency and delivery.

• Support baseline programme development and change control processes throughout the project lifecycle.

• Monitor project progress against approved baselines and identify potential schedule risks and delays.

• Conduct critical path analysis, earned value assessments, and schedule performance reviews.

• Develop recovery plans and mitigation strategies where project milestones or completion dates are at risk.

• Track progress across all disciplines, including Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA), Mechanical, Electrical, and Commissioning activities.

• Ensure planning data is accurate, up to date, and aligned with project reporting requirements.

• Work closely with Project Directors, Construction Managers, Design Managers, Commercial teams, Commissioning teams, and subcontractors to coordinate planning activities.

• Facilitate planning workshops, progress reviews, look-ahead planning sessions, and schedule coordination meetings.

• Gather schedule updates from contractors, suppliers, and internal teams to maintain programme accuracy.

• Act as the primary point of contact for project planning and scheduling matters.

• Support collaborative programme…