Project Engineer

NES Advantage Solutions; Kristiansand; On-site; NOK 372,000 - 613,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is recruiting an Engineering Project Responsible (EPR) to join the Engineering Coordination & Reporting environment in Kristiansand. You will take end-to-end responsibility for coordinating engineering activities across multidisciplinary deliveries, ensuring execution to schedule, budget, quality, and applicable standards.

As the EPR, you will coordinate internal disciplines, drive progress, manage stakeholders, and ensure engineering outputs meet requirements.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a technical/scientific field; ideally Industrial Economics & Technology Management.
• Experience as a project engineer or product engineer is advantageous.
• Fluent in Norwegian and English; strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Structured, proactive, and able to own deliverables under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate engineering activities in ongoing equipment deliveries, establish and follow up delivery schedule and budget.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and clear communication across disciplines.
• Lead delivery start-up meetings and design/status reviews.
• Ensure deliverables comply with specifications, standards, and internal rules.
• Follow up project documentation and perform drawings checks and reviews.
• Report engineering progress in relevant reporting systems and to management.
• Act as single point of contact towards Project Management and Supply Chain Management.
• Close out deliveries with engineering delivery report and lessons learned.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Norwegian fluent

Written English

Documentation discipline

Education

Master’s degree in Industrial Economics & Technology Management

Tools

Reporting systems

Documentation tools

Job description

NES Fircroft is currently supporting our client with the recruitment of a Project Engineer (Engineering Project Responsible – EPR) to join the Engineering Coordination & Reporting environment in Kristiansand.

This is an exciting opportunity to take end-to-end responsibility for coordinating engineering activities across multidisciplinary deliveries—ensuring execution to schedule, budget, quality, and applicable standards.

The Role

As the Engineering Project Responsible (EPR), you will be accountable for engineering execution across equipment deliveries from start to finish. You’ll coordinate internal disciplines, drive progress, manage stakeholders, and ensure engineering outputs meet requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate engineering activities in ongoing equipment deliveries, establish and follow up delivery schedule and budget
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and clear communication across disciplines
• Arrange and lead:Delivery start-up meetings, Design review meetings andOngoing status meetings
• Ensure deliverables comply with specifications, standards, and internal rules
• Follow up project documentation, including:User manual documentation input,Drawing checks and reviews
• Report engineering progress in relevant reporting systems and to management
• Act as the single point of contact towards Project Management and Supply Chain Management
• Close out deliveries with:Engineering delivery report andLessons learned meeting

Additional Opportunities (based on interest/experience)

• Engineering project reporting
• Technical Project Manager responsibilities in projects
• Deliverable and project scheduling
• Training delivery within Engineering and other internal teams
• Process improvement initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical/scientific field (ideally Industrial Economics & Technology Management).
• Recent graduates with relevant education are encouraged to apply.
• Experience as a product engineer and/or project engineer is an advantage.
• Fluent in Norwegian and English (written and spoken), with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Structured, organized, and proactive, able to work effective under pressure and take ownership of deliverables.
• Adaptable and flexible, comfortable working across disciplines, with varied products and stakeholders.

Location: Kristiansand (on-site)

Duration: 26/10/2026 to 27/11/2027 with options for extensions

Budget: Max. rate to man NOK 445/hour plus 12% holiday pay and 2% pension (subject to experience)

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