Hands-on Delivery Planner (Data Centres/Buildings/High-tech/Infrastructure) - Norway (Hybrid)

The Role

Purpose of the role

You’ll enhance the delivery of some of the most complex and interesting projects in the world by driving effective production planning and site delivery to the highest standards.

You’ll work closely with contractors to plan, sequence, and execute the work, using structured planning methods to improve certainty and logistical flow on site.

You’ll translate an integrated master schedule into practical and buildable plans, using lean planning software and collaborative planning techniques to ensure teams are aligned on priorities, constraints, and upcoming work.

Your team

This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy team which focuses on

Understanding what the real problems of project delivery are

Implementing practical, site-driven solutions with contractors

Developing scalable best practices, tools, and technology

More specifically, you’ll be part of our Project Planning Team, who are industry leaders in the planning and delivery of complex construction projects. Your initial leader will be one of our planning discipline directors.

Your top three objectives

To make construction projects deliver to near perfection through effective production planning and control

To create scalable and repeatable solutions that improve site delivery and logistics performance.

To develop yourself and everyone around you, including contractor teams and site supervisors.

Your top five responsibilities

• Own the plan (Production & Delivery Focus): Own and optimise the project plan and actively drive its implementation with contractors. Ensure plans are buildable, coordinated, and aligned with site realities, with a strong focus on short-term delivery. Mitigate/reduce delays through proactive delivery planning, constraint removal, and verifying construction sequencing with contractors.
• Facilitate contractor planning and execution: Work directly with contractors to develop and maintain high-quality, logic-driven programmes. Lead look-ahead planning (2–6 weeks), coordinate trades, and ensure teams are clear on priorities, access, and constraints.
• Implement collaborative planning methods: Facilitate Last Planner System (LPS) practices including look-ahead planning, weekly work planning, and constraint management. Lead milestone pull planning sessions to break down key phases into logistically deliverable and sequenced work packages.
• Report and improve delivery performance: Provide insights on plan performance, progress, and risks. Track metrics such as PPC and reasons for variance, and work with teams to continuously improve plan reliability and productivity.
• Make scalable solutions & develop others: Develop and implement repeatable planning and logistics approaches and tools. Support the development of project teams and contractors by coaching in planning best practices and delivery-focused thinking.

You must have

• A construction engineering background: You have at least 2+ years of experience on construction projects, experience in project planning both software and principles, as well as decent Excel skills, and a strong interest in data
• Communication skills: You’re proficient in written and verbal English and have the charisma and influence to get construction people to do new things and take the best approach
• Leadership capabilities: You lead yourself proactively and lead others by asking the right questions and challenging them
• Impact: You have a track record of making projects and organisations better beyond just doing the basics – implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that had a significant positive impact

Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true

• You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge
• You like to be the smartest person in the room
• You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback
• You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team

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Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of projects would I be working on?

It’s common for people to be exposed to several projects in their first year with us. You’ll work on some of the most complex and interesting environments in the world. We’ve delivered over 100 data centres internationally, many of them fast-tracked and multi-package. Our teams have supported flagship infrastructure programmes like HS2 through integrated planning and digital delivery, contributed to over $30bn in power generation and transmission projects, and played a key role in the development of high-containment labs and R&D campuses for some of the world’s most advanced industrial and life sciences clients. You might find yourself working in sectors such as data centres, infrastructure (including defense, rail, and highways), high tech (such as advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors), or complex building projects. These aren’t hands-off assignments. They’re dynamic, hands-on environments designed for people who want to be challenged. We bring back the lessons from every project to help our team grow and deliver the highest levels of value. (Check out our case stories.)

Who are our clients?

Major owners/operators and main contractors with project values between £1m and £1bn+ globally.

Where would I be working?

One week you might be working from home. The next, you might travel to the site to meet the construction teams and help organise them. Maybe you’ll pop into our London office for a workshop or a beer. Maybe you’ll fly out to exotic (and sometimes not!) locations in Europe or the Middle East to visit clients. It really depends on what you want to get involved in and what fits with your life.

How does what I do connect with the long-term impact on the construction industry?

You’re tasked with understanding and solving common problems. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel every time, so you’ll be responsible for documenting new solutions and evolving ones we’ve developed. This goes into our knowledge repository, which we’re going to open source to the industry.

The knowledge you capture will be used by us to build new products. You’ll constantly test those products in the field, so we can rapidly iterate and improve them for anyone in the industry to use.

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Important! Applying properly

We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining

• Why you want to join us
• What you’ll bring to the team

We aren't a giant, faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team, so your letter will be read carefully. After that, we’ll reach out to you to schedule a casual conversation to help you get to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself. A couple of technical and personal assessments follow to understand your capability based on our own development matrix.

This is to ensure that when you join, you’re starting at the right level of responsibility.