Project Planning Engineer

Techconsult AS; Karmøy; On-site; NOK 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Insurance benefits

Close follow-up

Job summary

Techconsult AS is seeking a Project Planning Engineer to oversee overall project planning, develop and maintain schedules, and coordinate complex contractor timelines across multiple zones. The role involves critical path analysis, risk assessment, and ensuring alignment with project milestones.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in engineering with 5+ years in industrial or construction planning, proficient in Safran Project/Primavera, and strong Norwegian/English communication.

Qualifications

• Proactive and structured approach.
• Engineer Bachelor's or higher.
• Minimum 5 years' experience with complex industrial investment projects.
• Minimum 5 years of project planning and scheduling experience in industrial or construction projects.
• Experience with Safran Project or Primavera (knowledge of Microsoft Project is an advantage).
• Experience with Omega365 and SAP is an advantage.
• Good communication skills in Norwegian and English.
• Experience in construction or production planning in civil and building projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project overall planning.
• Develop, maintain and communicate the project schedules.
• Monitor, analyse, and report schedule progress, including deviations, trends, and recovery actions.
• Coordinate, integrate, and optimize contractors' schedules within the overall project schedule.
• Review, audit, and quality assure contractors' planning documentation.
• Perform critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis.
• Provide planning input to the project team.
• Coordinate planning and coordination of construction and commissioning activities at Site.

Skills

Structured approach

Proactive

Strong communication

Norwegian & English

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering

Tools

Safran Project

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Omega365

SAP

Job description

Techconsult is the link between jobs and professionals. For one of our customers we are now looking for a Project Planning Engineer 28464

Job responsibilities:

• Responsible for project overall planning
• Develop, maintain and communicate the project schedules.
• Monitor, analyse, and report schedule progress, including identification and reporting of deviations, trends, and recovery actions.
• Coordinate, integrate, and optimize contractors' schedules within the overall project schedule.
• Review, audit, and quality assure contractors' planning documentation, including schedules, milestones, progress curves, resource histograms, and related planning deliverables.
• Perform critical path analysis, schedule assessments and schedule risk analysis when needed.
• Provide planning input to the project team (ex. lookahead schedules, planning info in monthly reports).
• Responsible for planning and coordination of construction and commissioning activities at Site:
  • Establish systems and methods for planning and follow-up of construction and commissioning activities.
  • Re-view, quality check and follow-up the construction and commissioning schedules from contractors.
  • Develop, maintain and optimize the detailed construction and commissioning schedules based on contractors' schedules.
  • Schedule and prioritize activities between different contractors in different working zones in different operative periods (ex. 8 weeks, 3 weeks, weekly) based on contractors' maturity of the work to be performed, risks, interfaces and dependencies
  • Monitor and report site progress and productivity, including analysis and reporting of deviations from plan.
  • Facilitate and lead planning and coordination meetings at sit.
  • Monitor and follow up contractor manpower plans and resource forecasts.
  • Support coordination between engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure alignment with project milestones and execution priorities

Qualifications:

• Proactive and structured approach
• Engineer Bachelor's or higher
• Minimum 5 years' experience with complex industrial investment projects
• Minimum 5 years of project planning and scheduling experience in industrial or construction projects
• Experience with Safran Project or Primavera (knowledge of Microsoft Project is an advantage)
• Experience with Omega365 and SAP is an advantage
• Good communication skills in Norwegian and English
• Experience in construction or production planning in civil and building projects
• Good understanding of construction sequencing, production methods and dependencies between disciplines
• Experience in preparing and follow up of phase plans, look ahead schedules and detailed weekly work plans
• Ability to assess production readiness, including work documentation, materials, resources, access, logistics and interfaces
• Experience in coordinating contractors, subcontractors and concurrent activities
• Basic knowledge of Norwegian HSE and construction safety legislation, particularly the Norwegian Construction Client Regulations and the relationship between planning, construction time and safe execution is an advantage
• Understanding of risk assessments, method statements, permits to work and job safety analyses as part of production preparation

Job Specifications:

The application deadline for this position is ASAP, but we will also consider candidates for similar or other relevant positions consecutively.

Travel to WRK Project office in Oslo office in the period Q4 2026-Q1 2027 will be required on a regular basis. Travel to other location may be required

Start: ASAP

Duration: 03.2028, with options for extension

Employee Benefits:

• Professional development and flexibility by working in projects with the major companies within oil, gas and land based industry
• A close follow-up of each employee
• Insurance benefits

Techconsult emphasis being close to our employees and we focus on being a professional, safe and pleasant employer, where you will clearly notice that the focus is on you.

If any questions concerning this position, please contact me, Henrik Garmannslund, by email: [e-mail]