Senior Planner

Company: CTS Nordics (A CTS Group company)

Location: Kristiansand, Norway

Reports To: Project Director or Planning Lead

Type: Full-Time, Site-based role

About CTS Group

CTS Group is a fast-growing international design and build company specialising in data center development across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and India. We combine engineering excellence, innovation and digital transformation to deliver high-performance, sustainable and future-ready data center solutions.

With over 40 nationalities represented across our teams, CTS fosters a collaborative, inclusive and high-performance culture where innovation and technical precision drive every project. Beyond construction, CTS develops digital systems and standardised modular data center units to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, colocation providers and enterprise clients.

In Norway, CTS Nordics AS delivers CTS Group's hyperscale data center construction programmes, acting as EPC contractor from design and procurement through site execution, testing and handover. Current projects include a 460 MW programme in Fyresdal (Telemark), a 400 MW programme at Kvandal in the Narvik region, and a 25 MW development in Vennesla in the Kristiansand region.

Role Overview

Own integrated planning and schedule assurance for complex EPC delivery through commissioning and handover. Work across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning interfaces to meet agreed safety, quality and delivery requirements.

The position sits within CTS Nordics' hyperscale data center delivery in Norway, where EPC teams coordinate design, procurement, subcontractors, construction and commissioning to bring each facility to handover.

The role reports to the Project Director or Planning Lead and works within the delegated authority set out for CTS Nordics site and project roles, escalating safety, cost, scope and programme matters as required.

Key Responsibilities

· Integrate design releases, procurement, construction and commissioning logic.

· Analyse critical paths, float, milestones and interface dependencies.

· Challenge progress evidence and produce forecasts and recovery scenarios.

· Lead planning workshops and align subcontractor schedules with project needs.

· Provide clear schedule narratives and support assessment of change impacts.

· Coordinate assigned work within delegated authority, request information or corrective action as needed, and intervene or escalate unsafe work, nonconforming conditions, or cost, scope and programme changes for approval.

Required Skills and Experience

· Engineering, construction management or relevant planning qualification.

· Typically 7+ years in project planning including integrated EPC schedules. Demonstrate transferable experience from complex EPC, industrial, infrastructure or data center projects.

· Primavera P6 or equivalent, schedule logic, progress measurement and schedule risk.

· Fluent written and spoken English is required.

· Norwegian or Scandinavian language skills are an advantage.

· Use digital project tools and maintain reliable records.

· Communicate clearly, cooperate across disciplines and act promptly on constraints. Combine practical judgement with accurate follow-up and a calm approach under pressure.