Director, Scheduling
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Director scheduling IREN’s renewable-powered AI data center construction across West Texas and Oklahoma. Managing master schedules, capacity planning, risk mitigation, and executive delivery reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, manage and govern comprehensive end-to-end master schedules for every data center project, integrating milestones across land and power, design, long-lead procurement, civil and vertical construction, energization, commissioning, IT fit-out and handover to Operations
- Oversee and hold accountable Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Power and Interconnection, IT, Operations and Finance teams to ensure dependencies and critical paths are met on time
- Direct long-term and short-term capacity planning across all regional data centers, aligning MW and IT-load build-out and energization sequencing with corporate demand forecasts, customer commitments and business growth
- Design, implement and maintain advanced capacity heat maps to visualize supply versus demand, identify capacity delivery gaps and trigger mitigation strategies
- Analyze schedule variances, float erosion and supply chain disruption, implementing rapid recovery plans and running what-if and scenario analysis to protect energization dates
- Communicate schedule health, confidence levels and capital phasing implications to the SVP – Data Center Delivery, executive leadership and the Board
- Improve scheduling methodologies, work breakdown and coding standards, tools and KPIs across the data center portfolio
- Set and enforce schedule submission, progress measurement and reporting standards for general contractors, EPCs and owner’s representatives; validate contractor schedules against the IMS
- Partner with Finance and Capital Projects to align the IMS with capex phasing, cash flow forecasting and earned value reporting
- Build, lead and develop a team of schedulers and planners and serve as the recognized scheduling subject matter authority
Requirements:
- Post secondary education in a relevant field such as Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Operations Research or a related discipline; a Master’s degree and/or PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP or CCP certification is preferred
- 10+ years of progressive experience in program/project management, with a heavy emphasis on complex mission-critical facilities, hyperscale data centers, or large-scale construction, energy or industrial engineering programs
- Demonstrated ownership of an integrated master schedule across multiple concurrent projects with a combined capital value of $100M+, ideally at gigawatt-scale campuses
- Mastery of advanced scheduling tools – Primavera P6 and/or MS Project – including WBS design, resource and cost loading, critical path and float management, and schedule risk analysis (including Monte Carlo)
- Working knowledge of data center delivery sequencing, including utility interconnection and energization, MEP long-lead procurement, commissioning levels (L1–L5) and integrated systems testing, and how each drives capacity availability dates
- Proven ability to build and interpret complex data analytics dashboards, capacity heat maps and scenario-planning models (Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet or similar; SQL or Python an advantage)
- Experience with enterprise capacity planning frameworks and demand versus supply forecasting
- Demonstrated success leading high-performing, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, high-stakes technical environment, including influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority
- Highly proficient in MS Office specifically; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, and Outlook
- Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with executive leadership, service providers and potentially members of the community
- Thorough research and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to operate where information is incomplete
- Superior time management and multitasking skills with a strong sense of urgency
- Passionate and confident individual with demonstrated organization, prioritization and critical thinking skills
- Experience with problem solving in complex projects that have a company-wide impact
- Willingness to be based within commutable distance of our West Texas operations and to travel regularly between the Texas and Oklahoma sites
- Authorization to work in the U.S. confirmed through E-Verify
Benefits:
- Base salary, annual performance incentives, and opportunities to build long-term wealth through equity programs
- Relocation Package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage – 100% company paid for employees, 75% company paid coverage for dependents
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA) – when combined with the High-Deductible Health Plan
- Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Financial wellness tools and resources
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
- Flexible work arrangements
- Opportunities for advancement and internal mobility
- Training and personal development opportunities
- Company events and team-building activities
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