Job Description

Purpose:

The Subsea Cable Installation Engineer plays a crucial role within the Global Marine Group, and involves working within the Engineering and Project Delivery team. The main objective is to lead the successful delivery technical work scopes which will include: cable installation (shore-end and offshore) activities and wider engineering projects, whilst working within the defined company process.

To achieve this you will work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders (including project sub-contractors) to ensure effective utilisation of resources enabling the project requirements to be met.

This position requires representation of the project team both onshore and offshore, nationally, and internationally. The Global Marine Group offers flexible working locations with various offices in the UK, including Chelmsford, Portland, and Newcastle.

Key Deliverables:

Sales and Proposals:

• Provide technical expertise at the bid phase of a project develop the winning and achievable technical, commercial and financial solutions. This includes review and assessment of relevant tender documentation (e.g. Technical Specifications) and available data to ensure installation risks are considered from project inception.

Pre Installation:

• Technical lead for shore end related sub-contracts. This will include management of these sub-contractors during all phases of the project.
• Review and assess Route Position Lists and survey data, ensuring installation risks and challenges are captured and mitigations implemented.
• Co-ordinate the development of project procurement including the preparation of provisioning/sub-contracting scopes of work, acting both as a Client and Contractor, and evaluate sub-contractor's proposals on a technical and commercial basis ensuring cost effective and technically compliant solutions are progressed.
• Co-ordinate and develop project technical documentation as directed by the Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager (budgets, procedures, methodologies, drawings and operational storyboards, final reports etc.), ensuring each operation of a particular project has been carefully planned, documented and compliant with Company QHSE Policies. This includes the review of sub-contractor documentation.
• Prepare and use quality documentation such as FAT plans and ITPs as required.
• Carry out detailed Project Risk reviews, ensuring that risks are mitigated as far as reasonably practicable and provide updates to the Project Manager for maintenance of the project risk register.
  Installation:
• Ensure operations undertaken comply with Global Marine's environmental and Health and Safety policy and ensure that all practical measures are taken to protect the environment, prevent pollution and conduct operations in safe and recognised methods.
• Act as Global Marine's site/vessel representative:
  • at shore end landings and associated land-based works
  • on third party vessels on Global Marine owned or chartered vessels
• Provide onsite/offshore engineering to support the Offshore Installation Manager as required. Ensuring projects are delivered in a sound and safe manner in line with approved procedures.
• Raise Management of Change requests if/when required.
• Conduct operations with an awareness of project contractual and commercial implications. Monitor costs where appropriate to deliver work on/under budget.
• To oversee the mobilisation of vessels ensuring each vessel is fully equipped with required project equipment and procedures to ensure maximum efficiency and readiness.
  Other:
• Support requests from the across the Global Marine Group (e.g. input into proposals, cross functional working with other parts of the business)
• Promote continuous operational improvements through active contribution to lessons learnt.
• Mentor and support personnel (theory and practical support) when required.
• Report on project performance internally (and externally), as required, at frequent and regular intervals.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Packages: MS Project, Word, Excel.
• 5+ years experience in offshore vessel based work with a background vessel operations and subsea installation engineering.
• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Experience of planning, work package management and technical project management.
• Knowledge of the marine engineering industry, encompassing telecoms and or power cable installation and testing, including: executing shallow water & offshore cable installation and shore end cable landings.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills and a well proven ability to work with multi-discipline, multi-cultural teams.
• Results-orientated individual with a desire to improve performance
• Strong financial and commercial awareness
• Flexibility to travel nationally and internationally as required.
  Ideal:
• Ability to use AutoCAD
• A willingness to challenge the status quo and drive through new ways of working
• Able to work concisely under considerable pressure

About The Company

The Global Marine Group is a leading independent provider of submarine cable solutions offering a broad range of services including consultancy, installation and maintenance covering the lifespan of a submarine cable system and delivered to customers worldwide.

The Group consists of three business units; Global Marine provides fibre optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecommunications and oil & gas markets, OceanIQ provides unparalleled subsea cable data, survey, route engineering, permitting and consultancy services for telecom and power cable projects and SubConnect which provides extensive expertise and experience in all aspects of subsea cables, ranging from design and testing to the provision of subsea housing and interconnectors.

With a global workforce of over 800 talented individuals, together the Group has installed over 315,000 kilometres of subsea telecoms cable, performed maintenance operations on 33% of the worlds fibre optic cables and has detailed data records on over 2.8million km of cable - 97% of all fibre, and 90% of all power cable including, over 6,000 historic cable faults.

The Global Marine Group team is full of passionate people, sharing a wealth of knowledge and constantly achieving excellence.

Employee Benefits

• Group Pension with access to Independent Financial Advisor
• Life Cover - inclusive with Group Pension Plan
• Private Medical Insurance and Medicash Plan
• Dental Scheme - at a subsidised cost
• Fitness Club Subsidy
• X2 Professional Subscriptions
• Cycle Scheme - As per the green initiative, approved by the Government scheme
• Eye Sight Test contribution
• Perkbox - employee discount scheme along with a Wellness Hub
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• 25 days Annual Leave
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave per year
• Long Service Awards
• Reward & Recognition
• Referral programme
• 3 paid volunteer days
• Free on-site parking - At all sites
• Employee Assistance programme

Global Marine Group are committed to making our recruitment process accessible and inclusive for everyone. If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please reach out to during your recruitment process. We are more than happy to accommodate your needs to ensure you have the best possible experience during the selection process.

So that our organisation can comply with immigration rules, all potential candidates need to provide evidence of their Right To Work in the UK, to apply.