Hydrographic Surveyor

We have a great opportunity to join our client in Greenwich as a Hydrographic Suveyor/Cable Route Engineer on a full-time, permanent basis.
 
As the Hydrographic Surveyor/Cable Route Engineer, you will support the planning, designing, manufacturing and installing submarine cables across the world’s oceans.  You will be responsible for working on turnkey supply projects overseeing cable route studies and marine survey phases within various project timelines.
 
THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT
  • Degree in Hydrographic Survey and/or an Earth Sciences subject.
  • A good working knowledge of GIS packages.
  • An ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally with suppliers and customers, delivering presentations in a confident and professional manner.
  • Self-motivated, flexible, and cooperative within a dedicated team, working in a matrix organisation structure for the successful delivery of company projects.
  • Flexibility to travel.
JOB DESCRIPTION 
  • Office based responsibilities for all aspects of Cable Route Studies (desk top studies, site visits), database compilation and chart production using ESRI ARCGIS software.
  • Carrying out Cable Route Engineering using Makai Plan (on Geomedia GIS) to generate Route Position Lists (RPLs) and Straight-Line Diagrams (SLDs) for cable manufacture and installation.
  • Reviewing and performing quality control of the Marine Survey Reports delivered to company prior to Customer delivery.
  • Offshore work and worldwide travel (site visits, customer & sub-contractor meetings, survey operations) as required or requested.
  • Working as a member of the Route Engineering team, seeing projects through from initial feasibility studies to marine survey and up to installation phase. Working within and supporting the company Marine and Project Management directorates.
  • Generation of the Cable Route Study (CRS) report includes performing Desk Top Study (DTS) research, Site-Visits to future cable landings, identifying threats (natural and manmade) and evaluating risks to the cable system.  This enables creation of Route Position List (RPL) to define initial route and engineering design. 
  • During the Marine Survey operations phase, the Cable Route Engineer oversees the planning, mobilisation, and operational activities of subcontracted hydrographic survey operations, which use full-ocean depth capable vessels for most of the cable route, and smaller vessels inshore and topographic activities at cable landing locations. 
  • The Cable Route Engineer liaises with offshore teams to ensure the quality of operations, and to receive survey data deliverables that enable the creation of post-survey RPLs, an essential output for the company’s manufacturing teams to use.
  • The Cable Route Engineer role is a highly skilled and key role within companies’ Marine directorate, enabling all pre-manufacturing decisions to be made about cable routing, manufacturing design and installation strategy.
REMUNERATION PACKAGE ON OFFER 
 
Competitive salary and attractive benefits package (including bonus and car allowance)