Ognjen has worked with service and operations at Geonor since September 2024. As a service technician, he monitors the systems from the office and goes out into the field to correct errors – so that our customers always get the right data.
Ognjen is a trained telecommunications engineer and has eleven years of experience with network construction and maintenance in the field. It was completely by chance that he ended up at Geonor, but he quickly discovered that his expertise was a perfect fit for the geotechnical industry. Ognjen believes that there are many people in the telecommunications industry who are not aware that their experience and knowledge can be used for many things – for example, companies like Geonor.
But even though most of the expertise was in place when he started as a service technician, there was still a lot of new things to learn:
– I learned about the equipment itself when I started here. My foundation was good, but Geonor's products were new to me. Fortunately, I received very good training from my colleagues on how everything works and what to focus on.
Thanks to both talented colleagues and good training, he had full control after only six months.
As a service technician, Ognjen spends his working day on service, operation and troubleshooting. Together with his colleagues, he handles everything from small, local assignments to large community projects such as the Fornebu Line, new water supply to Oslo and monitoring of dams. When not working on projects that require installations, his days are spent checking the status of the many installations and instruments in the system.
The role of service technician therefore requires a high degree of vigilance. If the monitoring system shows deviations or a measuring point has stopped, Ognjen and the team must quickly go into the field to troubleshoot and correct the error. Regardless of the product, whether it is Geonor's own patented pore pressure meters or deformation cables along sheet pile walls, the goal is always the same: to deliver reliable data collection to the customer.
Errors in geotechnical projects can have major consequences for both society and the environment. Accurate data collection and rapid response to deviations are therefore crucial. Ognjen's daily work is therefore filled with both a lot of responsibility and unpredictability:
– I like that no two days are the same. It is also very exciting to be part of socially beneficial projects – such as new water supply, tunnels, construction pits, quays or new tracks for trains and metros. Our part of the projects is largely about safety and safe operation, both for the workers and for the population.
Ognjen is part of the service and operations department, and describes the team as a small and close-knit group. He enjoys his job and makes no secret of the fact that he has found a workplace he wants to stay in for a long time:
– There are very nice people here. We are a dedicated and professionally strong team that works very well together. There is good energy here and there is never any stress going to work. I enjoy it so much that I want to work here for many years to come.
The good teamwork also extends outside the office. Geonor has a permanent agreement with a gym chain and trampoline park, where several members of the team regularly exchange monitoring and measurement equipment with physical activity.
– We often go to the trampoline park and jump around a bit. It's really good to have fun and get some exercise – especially in the winter. Afterwards we like to have a drink and chat together, he says with a smile.
When Ognjen is not at work, his family is his focus. He and his wife moved to Norway from Serbia in 2019, and together they have two children, aged 4 and 13. They have settled well in Norway, and spend a lot of time outdoors in the Norwegian countryside.
– We live a very active lifestyle. We spend a lot of our free time outdoors, camping and cycling, and we go skiing a lot in the winter, he says.
Although most of his free time is spent with his children and wife, he also laces up his boots for some alone time. When Ognjen needs to completely unwind on a rare occasion, he seeks out the heights:
– When I have time off from everything, it's skiing and mountaineering that counts. That's when I relax the most, he concludes.
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