Senior Planning Engineer

Enersense Engineering is currently looking for experienced Senior Planning Engineers to join our client’s data centre project in Lohja, Finland. This is a great opportunity for a planning professional who enjoys working in a dynamic project environment, coordinating complex schedules and ensuring projects stay on track. Work will start in the beginning of November 2026

In this role, you will take ownership of project planning and scheduling, with a strong focus on schedule development, progress forecasting, critical path analysis and recovery planning. You will work closely with the Planning Lead and key project stakeholders to identify risks, optimise project performance and ensure successful project execution. This is an excellent opportunity to take a key role in a large-scale data centre project and contribute to its successful delivery.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop and manage project schedules, including Level I, II and III schedules and the overall master schedule.
• Support baseline development, schedule updates, progress measurement and weekly/monthly reporting.
• Coordinate schedules and progress information from multiple contractors and integrate them into the overall project schedule.
• Monitor and forecast project progress, identify potential delays and recommend corrective actions.
• Analyse critical paths and develop alternative scheduling strategies to support successful project execution.
• Develop and maintain plan-versus-actual progress curves, histograms and other progress reports.
• Monitor resource allocation and provide recommendations to maintain planned progress.
• Coordinate key dates, interfaces and planning activities across project teams and contractors.
• Collect and analyse progress data, actual dates and work-hour information.
• Contribute to contractor progress reviews and schedule analysis.
• Prepare and issue updated project schedules, dashboards and narrative reports.

Requirements:

• Solid experience in project planning, scheduling or project controls, preferably in large-scale construction, industrial or data centre projects.
• Strong experience with Primavera P6.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks and deviations from plan.
• Experience in progress measurement, schedule analysis and contractor schedule management.
• Ability to develop and analyse critical paths and recommend recovery measures.
• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and a structured approach to planning and reporting.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary project team.

We understand that relocating for a new opportunity is a major decision. To support a smooth transition, we can assist international candidates with the relocation process to Finland.

We follow pay transparency principles and the salary level and the criteria used to determine it will be communicated to candidates before the interview.

Due to GDPR regulations, applications will only be accepted through our official application system.

We manage this recruitment process internally and therefore do not require support from external recruitment agencies.

If you have any questions, please contact: Sanna Uronen, HR Coordinator, +358 40 176 5270, [email protected]

About us:

We are Enersense’s Expert Services team. We deliver qualified and compliant workforce solutions for our clients' demanding technical and engineering projects locally and internationally. Our recruitment team’s experts have for a long time been contributing to the success of our customers and Enersense. We have helped our clients to employ over 3000 specialists in various projects across 40 countries globally.