INSTALLATION ENGINEER – SUBSEA CABLES

Aventa Group; Wiefelstede; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aventa is seeking an on-site embedded technical representative for a multi-year subsea cable project in northern Germany. You will monitor the partner contractor's engineering activities and review the technical documentation to ensure cost, quality, and safety targets are met.

Based on-site at the contractor's offices, you will provide regular updates on document status, track technical discussions, and ensure alignment with the client's requirements and regulatory standards throughout the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Marine Technology, or related discipline.
• Proven experience in the construction or mobilisation of subsea assets.
• Hands-on exposure to trenching, jetting, burial and protection activities.
• Ability to review installation method statements and eng. deliverables.
• Nice-to-have: experience in shallow-water or nearshore environments.

Responsibilities

• On-site technical monitoring at the partner contractor's offices.
• Monitor contractor's day-to-day engineering activities and progress.
• Follow up on technical documentation and close comments.
• Review method statements and installation procedures for trenching, jetting, burial and protection.
• Interface with clients, authorities, and subcontractors to resolve comments.
• Report document status and project developments to the client installation organisation.

Skills

Subsea installation

Project monitoring

Documentation review

On-site liaison

Multinational coordination

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering/Marine Technology

Job description

The assignment supports the client's installation organisation on a multi-year programme of subsea power cable works in shallow-water and intertidal environments in northern Germany. The works are delivered in partnership with a specialist marine and subsea installation contractor, and the role is embedded on-site at that contractor's offices to provide close, day-to-day oversight of its engineering activities and technical documentation.

The engineering scope covers construction and mobilisation of subsea assets and cable-protection works, including trenching and jetting, cable burial and protection, and the associated survey, method statement, and documentation deliverables produced by the installation contractor for the client.

Role overview

To act as the client's embedded technical representative at the installation contractor's offices - monitoring the contractor's engineering activities, reviewing and following up the technical documentation it produces, and ensuring that installation solutions are delivered to the highest standards of cost, quality, and safety across the shallow-water cable scope.

Reporting line: You report to the client's installation organisation and provide regular updates on the contractor's document status, technical discussions, and any site activities monitored.

Key responsabilities

On-site technical monitoring

Act as the client's embedded point of contact at the partner contractor's offices for the assigned shallow-water cable scope

Monitor the contractor's day-to-day engineering activities and progress against the installation programme

Follow up on the technical documentation the contractor produces, tracking comments through to closure

Installation engineering and documentation

Review method statements and installation procedures for trenching, jetting, cable burial, and cable-protection works

Assess construction and mobilisation plans for subsea assets against the client's scope of work

Critically evaluate technical information and identify risks to schedule, quality, and safety

Interface and reporting

Confer with the contractor, end clients, and authorities to resolve comments on installation documentation

Report to the client's installation organisation on document status, technical meetings, and monitored site activities

Support alignment between the contractor's deliverables and the client's technical and regulatory requirements

Contractor engineering activities monitored on-site and reported against the installation programme

Method statements and installation procedures reviewed and technically assessed across the shallow-water scope

Technical comments from clients, contractors, and authorities tracked and closed in a structured, timely manner

Client installation organisation kept fully informed of document status and project developments

Required Qualification

Requirements

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Marine Technology, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent demonstrated experience in subsea or marine cable installation will be considered

Experience

Must-have:

Proven experience in the construction or mobilisation of subsea assets for marine installation works

Hands-on exposure to trenching and jetting and to submarine cable burial and protection activities

Ability to review installation method statements and engineering documentation

Nice-to-have:

Experience in shallow-water, intertidal, or nearshore cable installation environments

Experience interfacing with subcontractors or authorities on installation documentation

Familiarity with geophysical and geotechnical data interpretation in an installation context

Technical skills

Understanding of subsea cable installation and protection methods (trenching, jetting, burial)

Ability to interpret and assess installation method statements and engineering deliverables

Familiarity with survey, mobilisation, and construction planning for marine assets

Autonomous and structured - able to monitor a contractor's activities with limited supervision

Analytical and detail-oriented in reviewing technical and contractual information

Effective communicator in multicultural, international project environments

Comfortable being based on-site at a partner contractor for the majority of the assignment

Fluent English - mandatory; German is a plus but not required