Construction Logistics Planner

Compass Datacenters•Dallas, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Compass Datacenters is seeking a Construction Logistics Planner to translate high-rise and heavy OFCI construction logistics expertise into the Compass campus build model. This new, high-visibility role reports into the SVP, Delivery and works cross-functionally to ensure logistics decisions are made early and intentionally to improve the schedule performance of Compass’s data center builds. The company culture emphasizes putting Culture First, aiming to make lives better by providing technology leaders with secure data center solutions.

Requirements

Logistics experience on high-rise construction or heavy OFCI/pre-fab modular programs — with direct experience managing concurrent vertical work: fitting out lower floors while structure continues above.
Proven track record on constrained urban job sites with limited lay-down space, active multi-trade sequencing, and real-time resequencing under pressure — and a history of finishing on time despite those conditions.
Exceptional communicator who is good with analogies and is able to translate complex sequencing logic to both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
Experience working “inside the box”, or within defined constraints, to change industry norms and confidently push back on GCs and other contractors to build our data centers the Compass Way.
Demonstrated ability to develop and lead prescriptive pre-construction walk-throughs with GCs; comfortable running a detailed sequence review before an initial GC schedule has been made.

Nice To Haves

Construction experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

Engage during site selection to provide logistics inputs (batch plant location, lay-down areas, staging, parking, traffic flows, ring-road installation, and berm timing) before land is acquired, ensuring site constraints inform the build model from the outset.
Maintain a single, live sequencing view across all active campuses, driving nimble pivots when site conditions, customer requirements, or GC schedules shift, and documenting resequencing decisions with clear rationale and downstream impact.
Make Compass’s logistics requirements prescriptive in the RFP, conduct sequencing walk-throughs with prospective GCs before an initial schedule is made, and hold bidders accountable to submitting draft logistics plans as a standard RFP deliverable.
Drive clearer sequencing logic with GCs during active construction, establishing “walk us through the sequence” as a standard checkpoint, and proactively identify fit-out conflicts, especially where base build and WSFO work is concurrent, before they become schedule risk.
Serve as the go-to resource for Delivery Managers across active campuses facing sequencing challenges, helping identify pivot options, quantify schedule impact, and communicate changes to project teams and stakeholders when conditions shift or a GC falls behind.