Planning Manager

As Aker Solutions’ global recruitment partner NES Advantage are now looking for: Planning Manager in Stavanger who can help us succeed.

Aker Solutions take care of energy assets in a Life Cycle perspective. From the start to end of production Aker Solutions ensures safe operations, optimizes field utilization, and enables field life-extensions. We do business development and execute modifications and maintenance projects. There is a global trend towards decarbonization, and we aim to help our customers to decarbonize their operations and measure their emissions to manage them more efficiently, for instance by delivering brownfield electrification of existing offshore facilities. Now we explore opportunities in the aftermarket for renewables, to deliver offshore maintenance for the renewable sector when the market is ready. Aker Solutions employs approximately 11,000 people in more than 20 countries.

We have highly skilled, social, and creative people working in our plan department. Wellbeing, communication, and hard work is important to us, and we work together as a team to deliver to our customers.


What will you be doing? 

• Responsible for establishing and develop project execution schedules for a EPC project disciplines in all phases of projects, based on resource management, method & planning management philosophy and strategy. 
• Responsible for ensuring that activities within the area are carried out in accordance with project requirements and the company's procedures. 
• Responsible for the dedicated discipline schedule and resource need in all phases of the project. 
• Ensure improvement projects for continuously embedding work efficiency initiatives and measures into the planning function. 
• With high focus on digitalization and automation of processes. 
• Contribute to continual improvement of planning functions in project. 
• Monitor all discipline progress and budget developments based on the approved schedule and budget details. 
• Establish reporting structures for progress and resource need to project stakeholders. 
• Control of schedule discipline deviations caused by changes, delays, resource limitations or other factors. 
• Perform re-scheduling where necessary to secure overall schedule. 
• Contribute into consequence analysis to determine discipline consequences. 

Qualifications we think you should have:

• Do you have MSc, BSc, Technical College, or other relevant education and experience
• Experience as planning lead. The ability to acquire detailed knowledge of the scope of the project and handle a range of different disciplines or fields within planning. 
• Skills to tackle complex situations or problems by using combined skills of different disciplines to develop holistic solutions. 
• Good collaborative skills, outgoing and good abilities for working in team. 
• Proactive and transparent attitude against team interaction and towards clients. Focusing on honesty, predictability, and transparency in all aspects of the work. 
• Committed keen eye on HSSE in projects. 
• Software Skills: Experience from industry planning software, such as Safran Project and Primavera P6. Core Planning System in Segment is Safran Project. 
• Experience from method and execution system such as MIPS - Method Integrated Project System or other relevant system. Office 365 package In general, good knowledge and skills in common IT tools.
• Available for work in Norway
• Good communicative skills in Norwegian and English and team player

More reasons to work for Aker Solutions through NES Advantage:

• Opportunity to grow your network and develop professionally by integrating yourself into highly competent teams within world-renowned organizations in the energy sector
• On-going support from our experienced recruitment and back-office support professionals
• Exclusive access to all Aker Solutions’ project positions in Norway, with access to permanent positions when these are offered; we are the only company that has a frame agreement with Aker Solutions for project employments
• Fantastic office building with onsite canteen and training facilities
• Immediate proximity to restaurants and shopping
• HjemJobbHjem transport discount agreement and nearby train station

Interested? Contact us:

For more information about the position, please contact:
Team Lead Martin Mateja-Tjessem, Email: Martin.Mateja-Tjessem@nesadvantage.com - Phone +47 404 62 458

NES Advantage is part of the NES Fircroft group of companies. With over 90 years of combined experience, we are a global leader in engineering workforce solutions, dedicated to supporting innovative projects by supplying top-tier engineering and technical specialists. We operate on a global scale yet ensure deep local insights with our international talent network. Working with NES you will gain invaluable experience and broaden your professional network by working alongside with highly skilled teams within globally recognized organizations in the energy industry and be supported by our award-winning support teams.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.