Location: 

New York, NY, US, NY 10022

Function:  Industrial Operations
Employment type:  Full Time
Required experience:  Junior professional – up to 5 years
Reference ID:  73452

Marine Engineer

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 fabricating the world's finest cables. We deliver EPCI turnkey projects anywhere in the world. This means we have the best tools, equipment and people with competence and skillset to install and service those cables.

Nexans recognizes the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. Diversity is key to performance and to our global ambition to lead the world in the energy transition towards a sustainable planet. This we know from experience. All differences are appreciated and respected at Nexans. As a result, you will be an active part of a multinational organization where we cultivate the culture of sharing your unique point of view. This is why we encourage diversity in our recruitment - Bring yours to Nexans, it is welcome!

Onboarding you to the Company
At Nexans our global vision is to make our contribution to the energy transition and electrify the future. In the generation and transmission business group this means designing, engineering, fabricating and installation of the worlds’ best high voltage subsea power cables. We are one of the world leading companies for turnkey project delivery that includes engineering, manufacture and installation of interconnectors and offshore windfarm export cables. Now we are hiring bright heads to strengthen our  marine installation project execution in the US.

 

Welcoming you to the team
Our team provides the engineering and coordination of the installation of our subsea power cables according to the requirements of the offshore wind farm. The work is performed in close collaboration with in-house specialist resources in Europe and with local subcontractors providing the means for successful project execution. The local US team is a cross disciplinary team for the complete execution of marine installation sub scopes in the North East.

 

Getting a flying start
To succeed in our department, you should have some relevant experience from the energy industry, ideally with an employer related to subsea/marine activities. You also have experience working in a combined office site, and -offshore work environment. It is ideal if you have worked in companies that are project driven, and have activities related to marine operations, installation of HV subsea cables, umbilical’s or subsea pipelines. It is also great to have experience in working both domestically and internationally. To be able to fully deliver in this role you must have a commercial mindset and strive to find optimal balance between good technical and commercial solutions.

 

How you make an impact
In this role you will work in one or more project teams with focus on HV cable installation related activities including methodology, cost, schedule and subcontracting.  You will also study the Clients’ specifications and develop scopes for project execution. You need to further refine the projects’ proposed solutions for installation and protection of HV cables.
In this job you will take on the project role as "Package Engineer" where you will prepare and evaluate quotations to subcontractors in cooperation with purchasing department. In support of this you will prepare documentation, cost overviews, evaluate risk, and participate in coordination meetings, stakeholder meetings, participate in site visits, and follow up work being performed on vessels. To bring yourself and the team forward you naturally seek personal development and stay updated on relevant research, technology, industry practice and rules. The more you participate in developing and sharing technical solutions relevant to the department, the better it is for the company. You make a solid impact by supporting the QA and HSE mentality in Nexans.

 

Your starting point when you join

  • You are an engineer with relevant education, Master/Bachelor or similar. Typical education is offshore engineering, naval architecture, marine engineering, mechanical engineering, coastal engineering, ocean engineering, or similar. 
  • You have minimum of 2, ideally 3 to 4 years of relevant engineering  and project experience.
  • You are fluent in English, with excellent written and verbal good communication skills.
  • You have a good understanding and technical competence within discipline area.
  • You are able to work both independently and in teams, as well have an ability and willingness to share.
  • Seagoing or marine construction experience is highly desired, as is knowledge of or experience with offshore wind permitting within the US market.
  • "Self-propelled”/inner drive to prioritize and perform own tasks.
  • Able to find alternative solutions in the work and ability to adapt to change.
  • Ability to work under pressure and with a high sense of quality and on time performance.
  • Strongly aligned with Nexans values: Pioneers, Dedicated, United.

 

Salary range: 

USD 95 000 - USD 115 000 

 

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.

 

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 the same time as we encourage knowledge sharing within our global engineering competence. 

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