Senior Planner, Norway
Nscale is hiring a Senior Planner, Norway. Level rates it ; you can apply on Nscale.
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- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Mep, Scheduling Software and project planning among its tools and skills.
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- Nscale has 280 other open roles on Level.
- Posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Manage planning, scheduling, and progress reporting for hyperscale data centre construction developments powering AI infrastructure.
*Please note that this position is based full-time in Norway. You will initially work at our Kvandal campus in Narvik. Future projects may be located in other parts of Norway, the Nordics or Europe. You may be based centrally in Oslo and travel to projects, or relocate locally for the duration of the project*
About Nscale
At Nscale, we are building the infrastructure for Europe’s AI revolution. As a Neocloud company, Nscale is developing cutting-edge, sovereign generative AI solutions powered by a new generation of high-performance, sustainable data centres and GPUs built specifically for AI workloads.
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented global demand for compute and GPU infrastructure. Positioned at the heart of this transformation, Nscale is delivering the platforms that will enable the next decade of innovation.
Working closely with the world’s most advanced AI technology providers, Nscale integrates next-generation compute hardware and GPU clusters across both partner and self-delivered facilities. This is an opportunity to join Nscale’s journey, play a key role in delivering transformative AI infrastructure, and help shape a company designed to scale rapidly across Europe and beyond.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to support the delivery of Nscale’s hyperscale data centre construction developments. You will take ownership of planning, scheduling, and progress reporting across complex 100MW+ DC projects.
This role provides a high level of autonomy, with responsibility for managing your own workload, maintaining accurate project programmes, producing high-quality reports, and proactively identifying and resolving schedule risks. You will interface closely with General Contractors (GCs), designers, MEP contractors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring programmes are robust, realistic, and aligned with Nscale’s delivery objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, manage, and maintain project and master construction programmes for hyperscale data centre projects.
- Review, challenge, and manage GC contractor schedules, ensuring alignment with contractual, technical, and commercial requirements.
- On selected projects, build and own the baseline programme; on others, take ownership of the GC’s programme as the controlling schedule.
- Monitor progress against the programme, identifying variances, critical path impacts, and emerging risks.
- Lead detailed schedule analysis including critical path, float analysis, what-if scenarios, and mitigation planning.
- Proactively identify risks and drive solutions to programme issues in collaboration with GCs, consultants, and internal teams to ensure delivery does not slip.
- Produce clear and accurate programme reports for senior stakeholders, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recovery strategies.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date programme data within Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, and related planning tools.
- Support change management by assessing schedule impacts arising from design changes, variations, and acceleration measures.
- Interface closely with project management, commercial, design, and construction teams to ensure programme integration.
- Ensure planning outputs reflect best practice for data centre, MEP-intensive, and fast-track construction environments.
Who You Are
- A Senior Planning / Scheduling professional with c. 8+ years relevant experience and of a level where you are able to work independently
- Strong understanding of data centre construction sequencing, MEP integration, and commissioning logic.
- Extensive hands-on experience using the likes of Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject.
- Degree-qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Ability to interrogate contractor programmes and challenge logic, sequencing, and durations.
- Excellent analysis, reporting and communication skills, with the ability to present complex programme data clearly.
Why Work For Us
- Play a key client-side role delivering Europe’s most advanced hyperscale and AI-focused data centre projects.
- Work within a collaborative, technically driven team environment built on autonomy and accountability.
- Opportunity to grow alongside the business as Nscale continues to scale rapidly across Europe and beyond.
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How we rate this
Senior Planner, Norway at Nscale rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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