Planning / Senior Planner.

Head Energy AS; Drammen; On-site; NOK 750,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent or project employment

Career opportunities and mentorship

Pension and insurance schemes

Courses and training access

Job summary

Head Energy Consulting AS is seeking a Planning / Senior Planner to lead schedule planning, resource coordination and cost control for engineering scope in EPC projects.

The role requires mastery of Safran Project, excellent English and Norwegian, and a proactive, deadline-focused mindset. You will collaborate across contracts, estimation and risk teams, with continuous opportunity to improve project performance.

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor within technical or commercial topics; relevant experience may compensate for lack of formal qualifications.
• Minimum 3 years work experience within project planning from EPC projects.
• Experience with and working knowledge of Safran Project.
• Experience with and knowledge of client method.
• Excellent skills within the use of Safran Project; candidates with Primavera will be evaluated.
• Strong capability in critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis.
• Ability to scenario plan and suggest mitigating actions to recover delays.
• Collaborates with contract, estimation, risk and cost resources to align plan with deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Schedule planning, resource planning and cost control for the engineering scope.
• Establish and maintain Level 4 (and Level 5) for the engineering scope.
• Lead project progress reviews and validate & challenge actual progress.
• Highlight critical path and risks linked to the project schedule and propose mitigations.
• Follow up scheduling according to contract, regulations and client processes.
• Provide scheduling analysis to support management decisions.
• Communicate potential scheduling issues to ensure adjustments and improved performance.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve the schedule and realize them.

Skills

Communication skills

Team player

Deadline adherence

Proactive

Education

Master's or Bachelor's in technical or commercial topics

Relevant experience may compensate for lack of formal qualifications

Tools

Safran Project

Primavera

Job description

Head Energy Consulting AS

Head Energy is an independent Scandinavian engineering & consulting house providing a wide range of products to onshore and offshore industries. We work with reputed clients in Energy, Civil Construction & Infrastructure, and Industry.

Head Energy has more than 900 employees, and offices in Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo, Trondheim, Gothenburg, Stenungsund, Esbjerg, Odense, and Hamburg. We are employee owned, client focused and growth oriented.

We live by our core values: Responsible | Honest | Inclusive | Innovative.

Our vision is to bring our employees and clients one step ahead.

We are looking for Planning / Senior Planner

Job Description:

• Schedule planning, resource planning and cost control for the engineering scope. This requires proactively collecting information from various stkaholders in the project.
• Establish and maintain Level 4 (and Level 5?) for the engineering scope.
• Lead project progress reviews and validate & challenge actual progress.
• Highlighting the critical path and risks linked to the project schedule for the scope and propose the optimization & mitigation actions.
• Follow up the overall scheduling according to contract, authority regulations and client work processes.
• Provide planning manager and project management with scheduling analysis to ensure correct management decisions.
• Communicate all potential scheduling issues to planning manager to ensure needed adjustments, mitigations and improved performance.
• Proactively search for opportunities to improve the schedule and ensure materialization of these.

Qualifications:

• Master or Bachelor within technical or commercial topics. Relevant experience may compensate for lack of formal qualifications.
• Minimum 3 years work experience within project planning from EPC projects.
• Experience from engineering planning
• Experience with and working knowledge of Safran Project
• Experience with and knowledge of client method
• Excellent skills within the use of Safran Project. Candidates with excellent skills within Primavera will also be evaluated.
• Highly competent within critical path analysis, schedule risk analysis – monitor and follow up closely
• Scenario planning with the ability to suggest mitigating actions to recover project delay.
• Experience with working together with contract, estimation, risk and cost resources to ensure alignment between plan and their deliverables.
• Systematic and accurate
• Team player
• High loyalty to deadlines and quality requirements
• Solid communication skills in English - verbally and written work
• Proactive, seeking advice and share own experiences with others

Applications will be evaluated continuously

Language:

• English
• Norwegian

In Head Energy You Get:

• Permanent- or project employment with the best conditions.
• Access to the industry´s most exciting job opportunities
• Personal follow-up, mentoring and career guidance
• A large variety of project opportunities
• Good pension- and insurance schemes
• A pleasant and positive work environment
• Access to both specific and general courses.

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