Discipline Manager-Planning

Ocean Installer is a global marine construction company delivering large complex projects in challenging environments. The company is based in Stavanger and has offices in Oslo, Aberdeen and Dubai. With a business model based on partnerships, we have a flexible asset strategy and customer mindset. This creates agility. Ocean Installer is owned by Moreld, a leading industrial multi-disciplinary engineering group offering services across offshore energy and marine industries

People are at the heart of our success. Our people are the driving force behind every triumph, every solution, and every project delivered with pride.

We’re a team that values expertise, celebrates dedication, and thrives on tackling challenges collaboratively. No unnecessary bureaucracy just a friendly, supportive team working together to turn complex subsea projects into standout achievements.

Now we’re looking for a talented Discipline Manager in Planning, who wants to be part of something bigger. If you’re ready to grow with a people‑first company, we’d love to have you onboard.

What we can offer you

If we look beyond the fact that you would get to work with some of the greatest minds in our industry, extraordinary people from all over the world, here’s some of the things you can expect as a Discipline Manager-Planner in Ocean Installer:

• Act as the single point of contact for planning and scheduling across all regions, ensuring all activities follow relevant standards and specifications.
• Develop and improve planning competencies, methods, processes, and tools, while mentoring and supporting Junior Planners.
• Provide timely, fit‑for‑purpose planning support for tenders, studies, and projects, and challenge client requirements when beneficial.
• Lead, guide, and develop discipline members, including performance appraisals, goal‑setting, and participation in recruitment.
• Contribute to a positive and collaborative working environment internally and externally.
• Create and maintain project and tender schedules, identifying long‑lead and critical items, and coordinating with operational/support units for accurate cost and progress data.
• Prepare schedule updates and management reports, monitor project progress, identify critical activities, and review forecasts.
• Ensure contractors deliver resource‑loaded schedules at agreed intervals and analyze Daily Progress Reports during offshore execution.
• Update and maintain the Global Vessel Schedule.

Who we`re looking for

Our ambition is to grow our team by hiring the best talent and to continue delivering the best possible projects, for our clients. This means that we need to find the people that complement our existing colleagues, and someone that meet the requirements within our projects. So, if you do possess some of these qualities, we could be a perfect match:

• Educated to College or University degree level in a relevant field
• Demonstrates knowledge of the market and competitors (SURF industry)
• Minimum 8 years previous experience in a related field or area
• Significant experience within planning and scheduling
• Experienced in Microsoft Project and Safran and Primavera Software
• Highly organized with strong prioritization, workload, and time‑management abilities, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Detail‑oriented leader with proven capability to guide and support teams effectively.
• Strong commercial and contractual mindset, paired with excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.

Reasons for joining us

If you’ve come this far you might be just what we’re looking for. We know that we all have individual preferences when talking about company perks, and we would love to tell more about all the perks you would have working for us. For now, we have settled with a small tease which we hope that you might appreciate:

• A flexible organisation characterised by direct lines of communication and swift decision-making processes, our voice is always heard in Ocean Installer
• Great working environment in a dynamic and international company
• Competitive pension and insurance schemes
• Flexibility to work from home
• Access to gym and showers
• Office located by the fjord, close access to the beach and public transportation

Ocean Installer actively work towards improving and developing the level of diversity in the organisation. We acknowledge and firmly believe in the benefits and increased value creation for the organisation becoming a further diversified and inclusive company. We welcome and appreciate all applications regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and disabilities.