Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.
Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
The Construction Planner and Scheduler will lead the development and maintenance of the project master schedule, with a primary focus on Microsoft Project for planning and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
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Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely updates across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
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Prepare and maintain the Basis of Schedule for hotel development projects.
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Establish and manage the master schedule, ensuring alignment with project milestones and deliverables.
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Apply resource loading to optimize staffing and crew allocation.
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Track progress and performance using Earned Value KPIs, S-curves, and variance analysis.
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Coordinate schedule updates with general contractors, consultants, and client representatives.
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Facilitate interactive planning sessions with discipline leads, vendors, and client teams.
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Identify and monitor the project’s critical path, reporting deviations and proposing mitigation strategies.
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Incorporate scope changes and trends into the schedule, ensuring transparency and accountability.
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Provide weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly reporting on plan vs. actual performance, including forecast adjustments.
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Ensure compliance with owner policies, legal requirements, and regulatory frameworks.
Qualifications
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7–10 years of experience in project controls, planning, and scheduling.
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Proven experience in hotel development or large-scale hospitality projects.
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Strong background in creating and maintaining detailed construction schedules using Microsoft Project.
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Experience in public works or mission-critical projects is an asset.
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Ability to monitor trends, analyze schedule impacts, and prepare status reports.
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Degree in Architecture, Civil, Electrical, or related Engineering disciplines.
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Strong communication skills in Spanish and English.
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Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, and Office Suite.
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Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and work with diverse stakeholders from executives to field teams.
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Analytical, organized, and confident in client and stakeholder management.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
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Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
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LinkedIn
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
