Helene has been a fixture at Geonor since 2013. As one of the longest-serving employees in the office, she has an invaluable amount of knowledge and has good control over what is happening both internally and externally with us.
As administrative manager, Helene is the link between customers, suppliers and the internal departments. She also acts as a backup for the different departments when needed. Her title does not cover nearly all the tasks she handles on a daily basis.
– I usually say that I am a potato with 27 hats. I do almost everything except being out in the field, she says.
At Geonor, no two days are the same, and it is precisely this variety that makes Helene enjoy her job so much. After over ten years with the company, she says there is never a dull moment:
– The job is very unpredictable. I am up and down – helping customers, assisting project managers, keeping track of administrative matters, HSE, quality audits (ISO), purchasing and sales. It is varied and hectic, smiles Helene.
In addition to enjoying her work, she does not hide the fact that good colleagues and a good working environment have had a lot to do with her well-being. Helene emphasizes that the workplace has become especially good after the team grew. She describes today's Geonor team as a "golden group" - a professionally strong group where the flow of information runs seamlessly between the different departments: sales, production, warehouse, technical, project and admin.
With her long experience, Helene knows a lot about Geonor's history – from the first manual readings for Statnett, among others, to today's advanced remote sensing.
– A major milestone came in 2017–2018 when we entered into a partnership with Spanish Worldsensing. It gave us the opportunity to enter into large projects such as the Fornebu Line with remote reading of data. We went from being a pure equipment supplier to becoming a total supplier responsible for ensuring that the signals are sent and that the measurements work along the entire line, explains Helene.
This development has made project work a central part of the operation. Today, Geonor supplies equipment to critical and socially beneficial infrastructure all over the world. For Helene, the international aspect of the job is particularly enjoyable.
– It's exciting to see the wide variety of customers. We have customers all over the world, from Papua New Guinea to Latin America.
Among the most famous products are the original wing auger and the rain gauge. These are pieces of equipment that have remained virtually unchanged since their launch in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively, because their design is both robust and accurate.
“We deliver very sophisticated equipment, and many customers come back every ten years to get spare parts or calibration. That says something about the quality of our products,” Helene smiles.
When the workday at Geonor is over, Helene often enjoys being out in nature with family and friends. Much of her free time is spent with her two adult children, at the cabin or on trips.
– There are a lot of walks. I often look after my daughter's dog, a Japanese Akita. She is very kind and quite stubborn, but it is incredibly nice to have company, she says.
But even though Helene thrives in the Norwegian landscape, she has a very special dream:
– My big dream now is to go back to Australia for a longer period. I was actually born down there, but haven't been back since I was two years old, so I still have contacts and people I consider family down there. One day I'll make it happen, Helene concludes.
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