Nexans is seeking a Senior Engineer - Protection

Nexans, Electrifying the Future

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.

About the Position:

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 three disciplines areas, marine cable laying, Protection/Survey and marine mechanical/design. The position as Senior Project Engineer will be in the marine Protection/Survey discipline area.

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 

Workplace: Oslo, Freserveien 

Responsibilities and tasks:

• Have the responsibility for the technical solution for the marine protection SOW and be a technical resource during planning and executing the SOW, assist the Marine Lead Engineer to follow up on the schedule, cost and resources for the main SOW.
• SOW: Perform contract review and get an overview of the protection SOW, needed equipment and milestones. 
• Cost: give input on protection part of installation budget
• Review project MDR, schedule (focus on engineering, procurement and installation), procurement plan etc.
• Take ownership of the protection engineering work in the project
• Develop documents/drawings according to MDR
• Ensure that assessments of the protection requirements are performed, evaluated with feasibility and aligned with contract/client requirements

Qualifications:

• Leadership skill both on a technical and personal level
• Engineer with relevant education, preferable BACHELOR or higher. Extensive experience with similar positions can compensate for formal education.
• Experience from engineering work related to offshore work, cable installation, Cable/Pipe protection or seabed intervention. Ability to solve complex problems and think outside the box
• Fluent  English, verbal and written. Preferable also Norwegian.
• Be able to work in teams as well as independently
• High sense of quality, cost and time performance
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Ability to adapt to change

About Nexans Norway

Nexans Norway is part of the Nexans Group which has industrial presence in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide and has nearly 1,600 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).

About Submarine & Land Systems:

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