Project Lead Engineer (420 kV GIS)

Proposed start date: January 2026
Duration: 1 year, with possibility for extension
Working hours: 5 days per week, 37.5 hours (7.5 hours per day)
Location: Preferably Oslo; alternative locations in Norway may be considered, with regular visits to the Oslo office
Travel & Overtime: No overtime. Travel time outside normal working hours is compensated at 50% of the hourly rate.

The Opportunity
We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Project Lead Engineer to take a key role in delivering technical leadership across several customer projects in Norway.
This is an opportunity suited for someone who enjoys responsibility, values strong customer relationships, and is committed to driving successful and sustainable project outcomes.

How You'll Make an Impact
• Lead and manage technical project activities, ensuring compliance with quality standards, timelines, contractual obligations, financial targets, and safety requirements.
• Focus on power and control system deliveries for customers in sectors such as grid operations, industry, and transport.
• Coordinate and guide a multidisciplinary engineering team, both internally and externally.
• Work closely with sales and project execution teams, maintaining strong customer engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the project manager to align objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
• Work with high-voltage installations (>36 kV), transformers, protection and control systems, and auxiliary power supplies.
• Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to the continuous development of technical solutions.

Your Background
• Senior-level engineering professional with over 5 years of relevant experience.
• Educational background in electrical engineering or related power distribution disciplines.
• Experience in leading technical teams or coordinating multidisciplinary engineering work is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of interfaces between high-voltage equipment, protection and control systems, and various engineering disciplines (electromechanical, electrical, systems, commissioning).
• Ability to work effectively according to quality, HSE, and financial performance standards.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to build trust with colleagues, partners, and customers.
• Proactive, self-driven, and capable of working independently.

Language Requirements:
o English - required
o Scandinavian language - preferred

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.