Specialist 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, France and US, the team consists of more than 60 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 Nantes, France, and you will be reporting to the Team Lead – Survey. 

Getting a flying start  

To succeed as the Specialist Engineer-Survey, you need experience in the survey, energy, maritime, offshore, oil&gas or marine construction fields. The SOW of our projects will require you to have knowledge in geophysical and geotechnical surveys, ROV and survey equipment.

It is expected that you will have a good knowledge and network within the offshore survey industry, that will be utilized to keep Nexans in front when it comes to technology and methods with the survey discipline.

Working closely with subcontractors, you will first evaluate survey proposals and then specify survey equipment/personnel needed for our own installation vessels and subcontracted vessels. This will be based on project requirements and frame agreements with the survey and ROV subcontractors.

You will provide survey input to procedures, plans, analyses, calculations and other documentation. You will be an active participant in developing technical solutions and methods related to the survey aspect of marine cable laying and subsea cable 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.