Specialist for Offshore Cable Installation

Imagine a future where you’re part of building new offshore wind farms and are responsible for cable installation

Join us in this role where you’ll ensure quality of planning, tendering, and installation of offshore array and export cables. You’ll be responsible for providing project management skills and technical support associated with the development, engineering, and execution of the offshore cable installation to facilitate the installation of HV array and export cables connecting our offshore wind farms to the shore interface. You’ll be interacting directly with the contractors, consultants, and a vast suite of internal stakeholders to manage the scope and relevant interfaces.

Welcome to Project Services
You’ll be part of our diverse Offshore Cable Installation team where you, together with your colleagues, will ensure the quality of the planning, tendering, and installation of offshore array and export cables, including landfall scopes. We’re a team of 70 globally spread offshore installation managers, specialists, and engineers who share complementary skillsets and a common commitment to delivering high-quality work. You’ll be cooperating closely with colleagues across Europe, the US, and APAC. In our department, we embrace learning opportunities, personal development, and continuous improvement. As a team, we work together to learn, train, and excel in our scopes. This requires open and honest communication and open minds who are willing to take on new challenges.

You’ll play an important role in:

• planning the installation of the offshore cable scope, incl. technical and commercial assessment of different installation methodologies and equipment
• tendering process and contract negotiations for the offshore cable installation scope
• being responsible towards the installation contractors and their delivered technical quality, managing the processes, time schedules, and budgets of the assigned projects
• being responsible for the technical interfaces to internal and external stakeholders, e.g. GIS, engineering, CPS, FOU and OSS installation, local authorities, and governmental agencies, etc.
• identifying and actively sharing synergies and optimisation opportunities across the projects by implementing a lessons learned process
• timely project closing incl. required technical documentation release and handover to Operations & Maintenance.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have deep technical knowledge of subsea cable installation for array, export, and landfall scopes
• demonstrate a can do attitude and ability to problem solve within a complex matrix organisation
• possess strong project management capabilities with a structured, service minded, and flexible approach to the assigned scope
• are a team player, self-starting and highly motivated, and are willing to travel
• have strong intercultural communication and negotiation skills in English
• hold a degree or equivalent within mechanical engineering, civil engineering, marine engineering, or wind energy.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accomodation@orsted.com.

Please note that you’re expected to do some travelling in relation to your work, as you’ll need to attend various meetings across Ørsted, travel to contractors’ offices and site locations during the lifetime of projects.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country.