Project Planner

Job Description

Drive project success with strategic planning

Do you want to aid in ensuring the smooth implementation of projects with a globally expanding team As a Project Planner, you will be at the heart of our project planning, analyzing, monitoring, forecasting, and reporting efforts. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the green transition and be part of a global company on a growth journey. Are you ready to innovate and improve processes

Ensure seamless project management

Your responsibility will be to: create project plans that meet project requirements by coordinating with all stakeholders. You will escalate and resolve any planning clashes, monitor project progress, and provide periodic reports to management and clients. Additionally, you will improve processes and tools to enhance project efficiency.

- Guide and train Associate/Junior Planners
- Identify project requirements and support the Tender Team during the tender phase
- Develop, implement, and maintain procedures for scheduling, progress control, and reporting
- Manage the Project Work Breakdown Structure to comply with project needs and company standards
- Coordinate schedules from multiple subcontractors/vendors and incorporate them into the overall project master schedule

You will report to the Planning Department and work closely with the Karlskrona Project teams. This position is based in Chennai / Mumbai with travel to Sweden for 1-2 months as part of onboarding and occasional site visits.

Experienced Project Planner With An Initiative-driven Mindset

We are looking for a candidate with an open mindset, communication skills, and a structured approach. You should be creative, customer-focused, and take responsibility for your work. Being collaborative with colleagues is essential for this role.

You also have:

- An engineering degree in any discipline with planning or equivalent
- Minimum 8+ years of industrial experience in project planning in High Voltage Cables, Oil & Gas, Offshore Industry
- Proficiency in English; knowledge of German or Swedish is a plus
- Advanced experience with Primavera P6 and Power-BI
- PMI-SP, AACE-CST/PSP certification (preferred)
- Deltek Acumen Fuse+Risk meritorious (Preferred)

Be a part of our global growth journey

NKT is committed to fostering a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.

This role offers career development opportunities, the chance to be part of a collaborative team, and the opportunity to grow your skills in an international setting. You will contribute significantly to our projects, aiding the green transition and our global growth.

Read more about our offer and listen to some voices of NKT Connectors here

We will review applications continuously, but we recommend you apply no later than 31st August 2025. Be aware that personality and cognitive tests might be included in the recruitment process. Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.

Be a Connector of the green tomorrow

About NKT

At the factory in Karlskrona, NKT is designing, developing and manufacturing the high-voltage power cable solutions enabling the transition to renewable energy. Here, you will join a diverse organization at an internationally recognized engineering center operating one of the most advanced high-voltage test halls, a state-of-the-art cable manufacturing and the NKT Victoria the most sustainable cable-laying vessel in the offshore industry.

NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and takes centre stage as the world moves towards green energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling sustainable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure for the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and employs 6,000 people. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.3 billion in 2024. We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com

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