Key Skills
Job Description
As a Planner at N-Sea, you play a crucial role in supporting our tenders, projects, and clients by developing detailed and realistic planning schedules for offshore projects. Your work forms the foundation for efficient resource utilization, risk identification, and project control, enabling our teams to deliver successful projects across the oil & gas and renewable energy sectors. You will create, coordinate, and maintain schedules that provide clear insight into project timelines, milestones, and resource availability. As a key member of both the Tender Teams and Project Teams, you ensure that planning information is accurate, transparent, and up to date. In addition, you support junior planners in the team and contribute to improving the planning and scheduling processes within the organisation helping N-Sea to continuously evolve towards greater efficiency and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities: Develop detailed project schedules in line with tender, project, and client requirements; Coordinate and integrate planning input from all relevant departments; Collaborate and align schedules with external planners, including subcontractors and clients; Incorporate critical resources (such as vessels, equipment, and key personnel) and determine critical paths and bottlenecks in cooperation with project stakeholders; Collect and share progress data in liaison with the project teams; Report project progress, identify potential issues, and develop mitigation measures and recovery plans where necessary; Guide, support, and develop junior planners and temporary planning resources; Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within the planning and scheduling discipline; Ensure full compliance with N-Sea’s policies, procedures, and EHSQ standards, and actively contribute to a safe working environment; Requirements: Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering or Technical business administration; Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a planner in a complex project environment; Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience with Primavera planning software; Experience in the offshore or maritime industry is a strong advantage; Strong analytical skills with a systematic and structured approach to decision-making; Proactive, solution-oriented, innovative, and flexible mindset; Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills; Proficiency in English (written and spoken); About N-Sea N-Sea is an integrated total subsea solutions provider in Survey, UXO ID& Disposal IRM & Construction, Subsea Cable Repair & Installation. We deliver total solutions for subsea infrastructures and assets that meet the needs of our clients in the international oil & gas and renewable industries, with a focus on safety and sustainability. We aim to create a sustainable business and increase our profitability through solid project management and full client awareness. Do you want to be part of our team? Please send your application including your CV to [email protected] for the attention of HR department. For more information about the position, you can contact Joël Martens. Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. No rights can be derived from candidates presented without obligation.
Core Responsibilities
The Project Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining detailed schedules for offshore projects to ensure efficient resource utilization and project control. They also support junior planners and contribute to process improvements to enhance operational excellence within the organization.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering or Technical business administration and possess at least 3 years of experience in a complex project environment. Proficiency in Primavera planning software and experience in the offshore or maritime industry are required.
About N-Sea Group
Industry: Oil and Gas
Company size: 201-500 employees
N-Sea is an end-to-end subsea services provider. With a fleet of 14 multipurpose vessels and a range of in-house systems and equipment, N-Sea delivers smart, fit-for-purpose solutions for subsea infrastructure projects in every stage of the offshore asset life cycle for customers in the international offshore energy industry. Our bespoke solutions focus on specific subsea capabilities, such as survey, UXO ID & clearance, cable repair & installation, or IRM, construction & decommissioning. With the support of an experienced, multidiscipline offshore operations team, we integrate these bespoke capabilities into a single project, delivering a smart, fit-for-purpose, safe and sustainable solution that improves the efficiency of subsea projects and reduces projects risks for our customers. N-Sea Group is a privately owned company headquartered in the Netherlands, with more than 500 people working offshore and onshore, on board vessels and in facilities across Europe and the Middle East, and a revenue of €200M in 2025. N-Sea. Smart Subsea Solutions.