Location: Lindesnes, Agder (NO)
Language: Norwegian, English
Workload: Full-time
Are you an organized and proactive Project Planner looking to support project execution in a dynamic manufacturing environment? This role offers the opportunity to work closely with project managers, engineering, production, procurement, logistics, and cross-functional teams to ensure efficient project planning, coordination, and timely project delivery.
You will play a key role in developing and maintaining project schedules, coordinating project activities, monitoring project progress, and ensuring effective communication between stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain project schedules using Microsoft Project (MS Project)
• Coordinate project planning activities across engineering, production, procurement, logistics, and project teams
• Monitor project progress and communicate schedule risks, opportunities, and status updates to relevant stakeholders
• Ensure effective communication between project teams and support functions to ensure on-time project execution
• Coordinate project schedules and communicate schedule changes according to project requirements
• Follow up project deviations and ensure appropriate actions are taken
• Coordinate planning activities to support material availability and project execution
• Monitor project milestones, critical activities, and resource availability
• Maintain project schedules, planning documentation, and related records in relevant systems
• Support project managers with planning, scheduling, forecasting, and project reporting activities
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and knowledge sharing
• Participate in project meetings and customer discussions when required
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience working with project planning and coordination activities
• Hands-on experience using Microsoft Project (MS Project) for project planning and schedule management
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and stakeholders simultaneously
• Experience with documentation handling and administrative processes
• Familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP is an advantage
• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering results
• Ability to work independently and in a structured manner
• Fluent in English
Sperton Norway is a consulting firm with offices across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. We help companies find and manage top talent across borders, delivering fast, compliant, and flexible recruitment, consultant hiring, and global mobility services.
SPERTON is a full-range provider of Global Recruitment, People Management, Global Mobility and Business support services within focused industry sectors. Our head office is located in Norway. We have over 20 years’ of experience supporting clients within the Human Resources area. We can support you globally through our own companies and partners in more than 140 countries.
Sperton had been specializing in the supply of the very best freelance and permanent white-collar professionals working with projects. We provide consultant and recruitment services to companies of all types and sizes, including consultancies, contractors, sub-contractors, developers and end clients operating across a wide range of projects and environments.
Now our services also include People Management, Global Mobility and Business Support Services.
Legal entity set-up, payroll services, HR administration, compliance, and insurance provision, cultural awareness training, and mobility support – everything needed to work compliantly with local legislation and regulations in different countries.
With over 20 years of global experience within project execution, we understand your challenges and know how to support you from the start to the end of the project.
