Project Planner

Company Description

Enhanced Drilling (EDR) is a pioneer in creating cost-effective and benefit enhancing solutions for offshore drilling challenges. The company has a track record of drilling over 1000 wells with its RMR® and CTS technologies and its Controlled Mud Level (CML) system, EC-Drill®, enabling operators to "drill the undrillable." EDR's global team of experts is dedicated to developing next generation drilling solutions that deliver enhanced safety, reliability, cost effectiveness, and environmental benefits.

Role Summary

The Project Planner

is responsible for planning and scheduling EC-Drill® projects across our global operations. This role includes a crucial focus on global asset management, ensuring optimal allocation, maintenance, and availability of critical EC-Drill® assets.

Area of Responsibilities

Project Planning & Coordination

·        Coordinate the overall planning and schedule activities on projects by interfacing with different disciplines, project management and vendors, through all phases (initiation to close-out).

·        Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, supply chain, logistics, and field operations.

·        Track project milestones, deliverables, and resource allocation, identifying risks and deviations.

·        Assist in leading interactive planning sessions with the Senior Project Manager and key vendors.

·        Assist in preparing project reports, updates, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

·        Support the Senior Project Manager in budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking.

·        Ensures that assignment and scheduling of work follows company policy.

·        Evaluates current procedures and recommends changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects.

·        Ensures all work orders and projects are properly documented and closed in respective systems.

·        Determines the level of schedule compliance and identifies reasons for completion shortfalls

Global Asset Management

·        Coordinate the movement, maintenance, and tracking of EC-Drill® equipment and assets globally.

·        Maintain a centralized asset database and ensure accurate reporting on asset locations, conditions and availability.

·        Work with logistics and supply chain teams to align asset mobilization with project timelines.

·        Identify opportunities for asset utilization improvement and cost optimization.

·        Support compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards in asset handling and deployment.

·        Ensure maintenance is completed on idle, stacked, or long-term storage assets in accordance with the maintenance system.

Qualifications

·        Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, or a related field

·        3–5 years of experience in project planning, preferably in the oil & gas or MPD industry

·        Familiarity with project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, or similar)

·        Strong understanding of drilling operations and logistics a plus

·        Experience in asset management or inventory systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Maximo, etc.) is a plus

·        Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills

·        High level of ethics and integrity

·        Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances

·         Commitment to health, safety, environment, and quality stewardship

·        Ability to handle stressful situations under pressure to achieve desirable outcome for company and customer

·        Strong leadership, negotiation, and interpersonal communication skills

Ability to work under pressure and manage diverse global teams across time zones

Other

·        Within local Houston area between offices as necessary (workshop/warehouse and office)

·        International travel to Head Office (Norway) and customer locations for meetings, training, competency initiatives, management reviews, rig installation and operations handover.

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Offshore as required