Project Planning Engineer

Head Energy Consulting AS; Kopervik; On-site; NOK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment

Mentoring and career guidance

Pension and insurance schemes

Course access and development

Positive work environment

Industry-leading opportunities

Job summary

Head Energy is seeking a Project Planning Engineer to lead overall project planning, develop and maintain schedules, and coordinate contractor timelines across multiple zones and phases.

The role requires a proactive, structured engineer with 5+ years in industrial or construction projects, and strong Norwegian and English communication, with experience in Primavera or Safran Project, Omega365, and SAP.

Qualifications

• Proactive and structured approach.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project overall planning.

Skills

Proactive approach

Structured planning

Strong communication

Norwegian & English

Primavera/Safran Project

Omega365

SAP

Construction planning

Education

Engineer Bachelor's or higher

Tools

Primavera

Safran Project

Microsoft Project

Omega365

SAP

Job description

We are looking for a Project Planning Engineer

Pnr:6001438

Job Description:

• 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

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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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.