Position Summary The Planner Lead is responsible for leading project planning and scheduling activities during the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover of IREN’s next-generation, renewable-powered data center projects.

The role acts as the planning and scheduling focal point within the Construction Technical Office, maintaining the Integrated Master Schedule, coordinating contractor schedules, monitoring physical progress, identifying critical-path activities and schedule risks, and supporting mitigation and recovery plans.

A key responsibility of the role is to connect construction planning and physical progress with CAPEX management , providing reliable schedule inputs for CAPEX phasing, cash flow forecasting, and investment planning. The Planner Lead works closely with the Technical Office Manager, Cost Controller, Project Management, Construction, Procurement, and Finance teams to ensure alignment between project progress, schedule forecasts, and expected expenditure.

Responsibilities

Reporting to Technical Office Manager, the Planner Lead is responsible for:

- Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) covering design, procurement, construction, utilities, energization, commissioning, and handover activities.
- Integrate and challenge contractor and vendor schedules , ensuring alignment across CSA, Electrical, Mechanical, BMS, Security, Power Infrastructure, utilities, and other project packages.
- Monitor physical progress against the approved baseline , ensuring accurate and consistent progress measurement across contractors and work packages.
- Perform critical path, schedule variance, and delay analysis , identifying emerging constraints, dependencies, milestone risks, and potential impacts on forecast completion dates.
- Develop mitigation and recovery plans in collaboration with Construction, Project Management, and contractors when progress deviates from approved milestones.
- Coordinate short- and medium-term construction planning , including look-ahead schedules, construction sequencing, key interfaces, and upcoming constraints.




- Support CAPEX planning and phasing by translating construction schedules, procurement milestones, equipment deliveries, and physical progress into reliable time-phased investment assumptions.
- Support CAPEX and cash flow forecasting by providing schedule-driven inputs to Cost Control and Finance and identifying changes in project timing that could materially affect expected expenditure.
- Integrate procurement and long-lead equipment activities into the project schedule, including engineering, manufacturing, FAT, logistics, delivery, installation, testing, and commissioning.
- Integrate energization, commissioning, and handover milestones into the overall project schedule, ensuring visibility of critical dependencies affecting data center readiness.
- Support change management and schedule impact assessments by evaluating the impact of scope changes, variations, delays, procurement issues, and other project events.
- Prepare schedule and progress reporting covering milestone status, critical path, progress versus baseline, forecast completion, key risks, constraints, recovery actions, and relevant CAPEX timing implications.
- Drive planning discipline and continuous improvement by establishing consistent scheduling, progress measurement, reporting, and forecasting standards across the project.

Requirements

- At least 8–10 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, or project controls , preferably within data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial construction, energy, infrastructure, EPC projects, or other large-scale capital projects.
- Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management , or a related technical discipline.
- Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience with Primavera P6 , including integrated schedules, baselines, critical path analysis,



progress updates, forecasting, and schedule reporting.
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules and integrating contractor and subcontractor schedules within complex multi-contractor construction projects.
- Strong understanding of construction planning, physical progress measurement, critical path, schedule variance, delay analysis, recovery planning, and schedule risk management .
- Good understanding of CAPEX-intensive project environments and the relationship between construction schedules, physical progress, procurement milestones, cost forecasts, cash flow, and investment phasing.
- Experience integrating procurement and long-lead equipment, construction, energization, commissioning, and handover activities into project schedules.
- Familiarity with data center construction and mission-critical infrastructure is highly valued, particularly major electrical and mechanical equipment, utilities, energization, and commissioning.
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel ; experience with Power BI or other Project Controls tools is well regarded.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with Construction, Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Cost Control, Finance, Commissioning, contractors, and vendors.
- Fluent in English , with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in an international, multidisciplinary project environment.
- Structured, analytical, proactive, and results-driven profile, with strong planning, coordination, problem-solving, and influencing skills.

Compensation

- Compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and market data for the region.
- Total Compensation package may be inclusive of annual incentive bonus, and equity (long-term incentive)

Health & Wellness

- Medical, dental and insurance coverage.
- Wellhub: access to gyms, fitness classes and wellness services.
- Pluxee: versátil benefits for meals, transportation and childcare expenses.

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