Planning Manager
About this role
Location - Finland, Seinajoki
Type: Permanent (3/1 rotation - 3 weeks working on site - 1 week off back home)
Key Requirement: Candidates must hold valid EU passport & Experience with Data Centre
Shared Accommodation
Flights/travel expenses covered
This is an exciting opportunity to lead all planning and scheduling activities on a large
scale construction project, working alongside senior project leadership to drive
programme performance from design through to commissioning and handover.
As Planning Manager, you'll be responsible for developing and managing the integrated
project programme, monitoring progress, identifying risks, and ensuring projects are
delivered safely, efficiently, and on schedule.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and manage the integrated master project programme using
- Primavera P6.
- Coordinate planning activities across engineering, procurement, construction,
- commissioning, and handover.
- Establish and maintain project baselines while ensuring programme accuracy
- throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor project progress, analyse critical path activities, and identify risks,
- delays, and recovery opportunities.
- Produce regular progress reports, look-ahead schedules, dashboards, and
- programme updates.
- Lead planning meetings and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including
- CSA, Mechanical, Electrical, QA/QC, Commercial, Procurement, HSE,
- Engineering, and Commissioning.
- Support construction sequencing, logistics planning, and project delivery
- strategies.
- Assess programme impacts arising from design changes, procurement delays,
- and project risks.
- Support extension of time assessments, recovery planning, and delay analysis.
- Provide accurate programme reporting and planning advice to senior
- management and client stakeholders.
- Mentor and support project planners while promoting best practice across the
- planning function.
About Vallum Associates
Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Manage