Senior Planning Engineer
Location: Stockholm, SwedenAssignment Type: Permanent / Long-Term Contract or Staff Employment
Sector: Data Centres / Mission Critical Facilities
Start Date: ASAP
Role Overview
Join a leading engineering and technical services organisation in the Nordic region, delivering large-scale, technically complex construction and infrastructure projects across Europe. As a Senior Planning Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, implementation, control, and reporting of integrated project programmes from pre-construction through to commissioning and handover. You will provide programme leadership, schedule analysis, project controls support, and planning expertise throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with project delivery teams and client representatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
- Establish project baselines covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.
- Produce Level 3 and Level 4 project programmes.
- Monitor project progress against contractual milestones and baseline schedules.
- Conduct critical path analysis and identify schedule risks and opportunities.
- Develop mitigation, acceleration, and recovery programmes.
- Produce weekly and monthly progress reports for project teams, senior management, and clients.
- Facilitate programme review meetings and planning workshops.
- Support project managers with programme strategy and execution planning.
- Review subcontractor schedules and ensure alignment with master project programmes.
- Track engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning activities.
- Prepare short-term look-ahead programmes to support site delivery teams.
- Identify resource constraints and support workforce and resource planning.
- Perform earned value analysis and programme performance reporting.
- Support commercial teams with extension-of-time claims, delay analysis, and contractual programmes.
- Monitor project KPIs and report programme performance trends.
- Ensure planning procedures, standards, and reporting requirements are consistently applied.
- Work closely with project delivery teams to ensure programme objectives are achieved.
- Support project teams through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and final handover.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Planning Engineer or Senior Planning Engineer within construction, engineering, MEP, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
- Extensive experience delivering large-scale construction projects.
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (essential).
- Strong understanding of project controls, programme management, and scheduling principles.
- Experience developing and managing complex project schedules from inception to completion.
- Excellent knowledge of Critical Path Methodology (CPM).
- Experience producing acceleration plans, recovery schedules, and delay analysis reports.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing and commissioning activities.
- Experience supporting live construction projects in fast-paced environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Ability to communicate programme risks and recovery strategies to project leadership teams.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary and multinational project teams.
- Understanding of contractual obligations and programme-related contract administration.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and reporting tools.
- Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls, or equivalent discipline.
- Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Desirable
- Previous experience on mission-critical, data centre, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, or industrial projects.
- Experience managing complex MEP programmes.
- Knowledge of BIM-enabled planning and 4D scheduling.
- Experience using Power BI or similar reporting platforms.
- Understanding of FIDIC, NEC, or equivalent construction contracts.
- Membership of AACE, PMI, APM, or similar professional body.
- Experience working on projects throughout the Nordics or wider European market.
- Additional project controls or planning certifications.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to join a highly respected international engineering and construction organisation delivering some of Europe's most technically challenging and high-profile projects. You will play a critical role in project delivery, working with experienced project teams on large-scale developments while developing your career within a business recognised for technical excellence, innovation, and operational performance.