World-wide turnkey cable supplier seeks Senior Engineer -  Survey.

Join our team in Nexans in bringing energy to life

Nexans’ submarine power cables are key in the transition to more renewable energy whether connecting islands to the mainland or bringing green energy from the offshore wind farm to the grid.  In cooperation with our world-wide customers we push technological boundaries to go deeper, longer, at higher voltages and to provide turn-key solutions for installation and protection to meet future needs.

Nexans Norway is part of the Nexans Group which has industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide and has nearly 1,700 employees. The head office is located in Oslo and we have manufacturing plants in Rognan, Langhus and Halden. Nexans’ Norwegian activity is divided into three business groups: Submarine & Land Systems (SLS), Building & Territories and Telecom (B&T&T) and Telecom and Data (T&D).

Submarine&Land Systems is a global player in engineering, manufacturing and installing key submarine cable solutions to customers all over the world. The Business Group has manufacturing plants in Halden, USA, Japan, France and Belgium

Senior Engineer - Survey in the Marine Installation Engineering Group

Marine Installation department has the main responsibility for all marine operations and engineering work related to installation, transport and protection of subsea cables in Nexans, both in Norway and worldwide.  The marine installation engineering group is part of the Marine installation department. The Marine engineering group is divided in four disciplines areas, marine cable laying, marine subsea protection, marine Survey/GIS and marine mechanical/design. The position as Senior Engineer will be in the marine Survey/GIS discipline area.

Workplace: Oslo 

Why work with us?

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Interesting and varied work in an international, dynamic and multidisciplinary environment
• Good pension scheme and insurance agreements
• Company cottages

Responsibilities and tasks

• Work as Senior Engineer in projects covering survey aspects of the project.
• Be responsible for developing Scope of work for Geophysical and Geotechnical surveys that need to be performed in the project, technical evaluation of proposals from sub-contractors, technical and operational follow-up of sub-contractors
• Specify survey equipment and personnel required for our own installation vessels based on project requirement and frame agreements with survey-sub-contractor
• Survey input to procedures, plans, analyses, calculations and other documentations in projects
• Participate in developing and be responsible for technical solutions related to survey aspect of marine cable laying and marine subsea protection
• Participate in QA and HSE activities internally in the department and in projects

What we are looking for

• Minimum 5 years' relevant experience from offshore or subsea operations related to the following operations; Geophysical Surveys  Geotechnical survey or positioning.
• Relevant background could be online surveyor, survey data processing, Survey party chief, report co-ordinator or project surveyor
• Higher technical education from college or university (Bachelor / Master degree) and / or other relevant work experience
• Used to work in project teams but also independently
• Structured and accurate when writing technical documentation/procedures
• Creative and has an analytical and solution-oriented approach to challenges
• Knowledge with ESRI ArcGIS and Eiva Navisuite software.
• Like to seek more knowledge within own principal area and other interface areas
• Very good Norwegian and English language skills - both written and verbal

Other Information:

For more information please contact Frode I Karlsen on cell +47 90041543.
Please note that interviews will be held continuously, please apply as soon as possible.

At Nexans, we recognize the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. The diversity of experiences, origins, personalities, gender and disability are considered key to our global ambition to lead the world in energy transition towards a sustainable planet. This is why we encourage diversity in our recruitment - Bring yours to Nexans, it is welcome!