Senior Engineer - Survey

Onboarding you to the Company

At Nexans, our global vision is to electrify the future. In our business group ‘Generation & Transmission’ this means designing and fabrication the worlds’ best cable systems. We deliver EPCI turnkey projects all over the world. We have the best tools, equipment and people with competence and skillset to engineer, manufacture and install cable systems.

Welcoming you to the team

Located in Norway, the team consists of 50 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. The workplace is in Oslo, and you will be reporting to the Team Lead – Survey.

Getting a flying start
To succeed in the Survey department, you need experience in the energy, maritime, offshore, oil&gas, marine, or construction fields. The SOW of our projects will require you to have knowledge in geophysical and geotechnical surveys, ROV and survey equipment. Working closely with project subcontractors, you will first evaluate survey proposals and then specify survey equipment/personnel needed for our own installation vessels. This will be based on project requirements and frame agreements with the survey subcontractors. You will provide survey input to procedures, plans, analyses, calculations and other documentation. You will be an active participant in developing technical solutions related to the survey aspect of marine cable laying and marine subsea protection in collaboration with other Marine disciplines. On top of that, you will participate in QA and HSE activities internally in the department and in projects.

Your starting point when you join 

BSc or MSc degree in the area of Land & Hydrographic surveying, Geophysics Geology, Geomatics or similar
Over 5 years of relevant experience from offshore or subsea operations. Relevant background could be online surveyor, survey data processing, project surveyor, survey technician, or survey party chief.
Knowledge about ESRI ArcGIS and Eiva Navimodel will be an advantage. In this role the likelihood of succeeding will increase if you are used to work structured and accurate when writing technical documentation/procedures.
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. Norwegian is a plus. 
Your personal values are aligned with those of Nexans: Pioneer, Dedicated, United.

Our growth culture

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 freedom and autonomy at the individual level at same time as we encourage knowledge sharing, team-work mentality and can-do attitude amongst our team members.