Senior Engineer

Nexans; Hobøl; Remote; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexans is seeking a Senior Engineer-Protection for its marine and land cable protection scope. The role focuses on protecting cables during offshore installation, reviewing contracts, and contributing to budgets and documentation to ensure feasibility and compliance across worldwide projects.

Candidates bring 5+ years in offshore or seabed related engineering, strong problem-solving, self-motivation, and excellent English language skills.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc degree required.
• 5+ years of relevant offshore, cable installation, protection or seabed intervention experience.
• Problem-solver capable of thinking outside the box.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet short deadlines.
• Self-driven and able to take charge of tasks within project teams.
• Fluent in English—oral and written.
• Personal values aligned to Nexans: Pioneer, Dedicated, United.

Responsibilities

• Review project contract and analyze activities for cable protection, milestones and install protection budget.
• Review the MDR and develop documents/drawings in accordance with it.
• Verify protection requirements are met, and aligned with contract/client requirements and feasibility.

Skills

Problem solving

Self-driven

Teamwork

Fluent English

Education

BSc or MSc degree

Job description

Senior Engineer-Protection

ONBOARDING YOU TO THE COMPANY

At Nexans our global vision is to electrify the future. In Power Transmission, this means delivering the world’s longest and most complex HV subsea and land cable systems to connect nations and drive the global energy transition. We deliver EPCI turnkey projects anywhere in the world. This means we have the best tools, equipment and people with competence and skillset to produce, install and service those cables.

CHOOSING NEXANS

At Nexans, your work powers the global transition to renewable energy. We offer meaningful careers with purpose, backed by over a century of expertise in electrification. You’ll benefit from flexible work options, international mobility, strong development programs, private health insurance, competitive pensions, company cabins, and a culture that values inclusion, innovation, and wellbeing. Join us to electrify the future!

WELCOMING YOU TO THE TEAM

Located in Norway, France and UK the team consists of 35 highly competent and diverse members. Due to the unique engineering skills of our team, we are able to plan and execute marine and land cable installation projects anywhere in the world. We are able to overcome environmental constraints and client requirements with our unique engineering expertise. This time our team is expanding, so we are looking for a new colleague.

HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT

To succeed in Marine Installation, you need experience in the energy sector, maritime, marine, oil&gas, offshore or construction fields. Our projects will rely on you as a technical key-player for a marine protection SOW. You will review the project contract and analyze all related activities for protection of the cable, milestones, and contribute to the installation budget for protection scope. To ensure that engineering work is carried out at a high level, you will review the project MDR and develop documents/drawings in accordance with it. Last but not least, you will verify that all protection requirements are met, evaluated for feasibility and aligned with contract/client requirements.

YOUR STARTING POINT

We know that the best candidates don’t always match every requirement listed, but here are some examples of the background and experience that can help you thrive in the role:

• BSc or MSc degree
• More than 5 years of relevant experience in engineering work related to offshore work, cable installation, cable/pipe protection and/or seabed intervention
• In order to succeed in this role, you will need to be a problem-solver who is capable of thinking outside the box.
• Are you a challenge enthusiast? In our fast-paced environment, we are able to work at high speeds and meet short deadlines.
• Nexans works in teams based on project execution, so being self-driven and being able to take charge of one's own tasks are of the utmost importance.
• Fluent in English – oral and written.
• Your personal values are aligned to those of Nexans: Pioneer, Dedicated, United.

OUR GROWTH CULTURE

Among our employees we share the same values- we are pioneers of the energy transition, dedicated to deliver to the highest standards of performance united to achieve our ambitious goal.

At the individual level our growth culture is built on trust and collaboration. We wish to welcome you as a valuable member of our team. To enable impact we believe in autonomy at the local level at same time as we encourage knowledge sharing within our global engineering competence.

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