Senior Data Center Planner

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need.

About the role

The Construction Master Project Scheduler is an essential partner to the Construction Program VP, the General Manager, and the wider Construction Team in providing large-scale, complex project scheduling leadership, strategy, and support. The successful candidate will be an experienced and accomplished scheduler for large-scale Integrated Master Schedule development, maintenance, and performance analysis/reporting for campus-scale Data Center projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead all cross-functional schedule activities: definition, development, maintenance, and performance analysis/reporting for a complex data center construction project.
• Act as the Schedule Owner for the Integrated Master Schedule for a large-scale campus-level data center construction project.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on schedule status and incorporate activities into the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Support on-site at the project site to effectively and efficiently understand and report schedule performance.
• Communicate schedule performance effectively with Senior Project Leadership.
• Conduct early-stage schedule sanity/health-checks to ensure proposed durations to customers are realistic and achievable, especially for time-sensitive determinations and lease commitments.
• Expertise in complex schedule baselining, performance tracking, and predictive outcomes to support leadership decision-making.
• Create schedules that clearly and succinctly communicate schedule concepts (e.g., overall project health, pending risks, remaining float) to the Leadership Team, with a focus on graphical presentation and organization.
• Identify problems and risks early, report them to Leadership, and work with project teams to develop and implement mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Create and manage an Owner Schedule database/repository in SharePoint, including the creation, collection, tracking, and dissemination of schedule KPIs and rules of thumb.
• Assist STACK project teams in the review and analysis of preliminary and in-progress GC project schedules, providing expert insight and ad hoc/ongoing support as needed.
• Work with the Development Team Preconstruction Lead on conceptual/preliminary project schedules in conjunction with Sales & Development activities.
• Provide ad hoc mini-schedules, fragnets, hypotheticals, and scenario analyses as required.

Requirements

• Data Center scheduling experience is required.
• Work proactively and effectively, at times with minimal supervision, to address issues, identify and solve problems.
• Emphasis on continuous development and improvement of the program, templates, processes, training, and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Deep understanding of critical path method scheduling, risk analysis, and schedule optimization techniques.
• Expertise in Microsoft Project and Primavera P6.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to manage multiple segments and shifting priorities.
• Detail-oriented and organized, with a strong focus on accuracy and quality.
• Maintain strong working relationships with team leaders across the organization, including Finance, IT, HR, Strategy, Sales, Solutions Engineering, Client Success, and Operations.
• Represent the Construction Team when needed and work collaboratively to resolve issues.

Qualifications

This role might be right for you if:

• You are a strong communicator, persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily and can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You are a team builder who takes the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the team’s growth and success.
• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement, reviewing and analyzing campaigns for future learning.

Location

Shreveport, LA (heavier on-site presence will be expected in the beginning but could go down to as little as once per month). Some domestic travel, 20-25%. Must be eligible to work in the United States and pass a comprehensive background screening.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K program.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Cell phone subsidy.
• Culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.