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Scheduler/Project Planner

Hybrid in Madrid·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 29 Oct)

Mace

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Work mode: Hybrid, Madrid
Contract: Full-time
English: Required
Education: University degree

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

A degree in Engineering, Architecture, Technical Architecture, or equivalent technical training.
Experience in planning and control of construction projects.
Advanced experience in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
Solid knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM), baseline, progress measurement, forecasting, and deviation analysis.
Ability to interpret complex schedules and detect inconsistencies, risks, and interfaces.
Good level of Excel and reporting tools. Experience with Power BI will be valued.
Good level of English, especially for working in international environments.
Analytical skills, attention to detail and results orientation.
Good communication skills to work directly with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams.
Experience in data centre, industrial/manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology, or high technical complexity projects.
Experience working in Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environments or client representation.
Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and integrated cost and schedule management.
Experience in procurement, commissioning, and startup planning, in addition to construction.
Knowledge of delay analysis and extension of time methodologies.

The role

At Mace Consult, we combine technical expertise, practical knowledge, and management capabilities to maximize the value and potential of every project.

We are looking to bring in a Scheduler/Project Planner to reinforce our Project Management and Project Controls team on high-complexity construction projects, especially in the industrial, technology, data centre, and infrastructure sectors.

What you'll do

Develop, update, and control the project master schedule, covering all phases of the life cycle: design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
Integrate the schedules of designers, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders into a coherent global plan.
Define the WBS, activities, logical relationships, milestones, and the project critical path.
Analyze the Critical Path and evaluate deviations against the baseline.
Perform progress analysis, trends, and completion date forecasting.
Identify risks and opportunities related to timelines in advance and propose mitigation measures.
Develop scenarios and what-if analyses to support decision-making for the Project Manager and the client.
Review, analyze, challenge, and validate the schedules presented by contractors.
Prepare periodic planning reports, including milestones, look-ahead, critical path, float, and main deviations.
Coordinate planning with the Project Management, Cost Management, Design Management, Procurement, and Construction Management teams.
Participate in progress meetings with the client, contractors, and design teams.
Contribute to the development and improvement of Mace's Project Controls procedures.

How you'll work

We are also open to considering part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options, provided they are suitable for the role.

About Mace

Mace is a construction and programme consultancy. Its consultancy business, Mace Consult, delivers large infrastructure and capital development programmes, with stated market expertise across cities and places, defence and national security, health and life sciences, mobility, resilience, and technology and manufacturing, and project experience spanning markets such as Canada, the Middle East, Peru, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Oman and Australia. Following a majority investment in Mace Consult by Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, announced in 2025 via a demerger from Mace Group and completed on 5 March 2026, Mace Consult and Mace Group (which includes Mace Construct) now operate as two independent businesses.

Per current validated openings, Mace is actively hiring in Spain across a broad range of consultancy roles, including senior project managers, cost consultants, quantity surveyors, planners, estimators, project controls and BIM/information management specialists, serving sectors such as local government and universities, retail, defence, water, aviation, healthcare and major infrastructure. Its careers site describes Mace Consult as an inclusive employer that welcomes candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and is open to discussing part-time, flexible and hybrid working options.

Industry: Construction consultancy

Good to know if you are moving

Mace Consult describes itself as an inclusive employer that welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates and encourages applications even if you do not fulfil all of the criteria.
Mace Consult is open to discussing part-time, flexible and hybrid working options where suitable.
Consultancy work spans sectors including cities and places, defence and national security, health and life sciences, mobility, resilience, and technology and manufacturing, with current Spanish openings across cost consultancy, project management, planning, project controls and BIM/information management.

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Safety first - Returning home safe and well: We promote a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Customer focus - We deliver on our commitments: We take responsibility for the quality of our deliverables and strategic results, and we build long-term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always doing the right thing: We contribute to generating positive results in our sector, always acting in accordance with our regulatory compliance obligations.

Creating opportunities - For our people to achieve excellence: We promote a culture of continuous improvement in all our activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from candidates of diverse profiles. Even if you feel you do not meet all the criteria, we encourage you to submit your application, as you could still be the right person for this position or another position within our organization.

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