Manager Marine Liaison

Job Details:

Job Location:

Sub Com LLC Newington Piscataqua Dr
- Newington, NH 03801, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: Bachelors Degree,

Travel Percentage :
International Travel
- Shoreside, Job Shift: 5x2-8a-430p, Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe
- Sub Com has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the Sub Com team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), Sub Com has opportunities to advance your career.

The Marine Liaison Manager is responsible for all marine and fishing liaison activities for cable installation supply contracts by providing risk assessment and mitigation of manmade impacts to undersea cables.

• Provide cable risk assessments and fault risk analyses for new systems
• Support cable planning, installation and operation phase
• Maintain Sub Com Cable Fault Database and update records from available sources
• Conduct or contract fisheries desktop study, identify fishing hazards before survey and pass relevant information to route survey group
• In cooperation with cable owners conduct liaison with fishing industry prior to cable routing, where appropriate
• Provide fisheries information to installation and repair personnel
• Notify fishermen and mariners prior to cable operations
• Support the contracting of guard vessels to support installations
• Develop cable awareness programs for system owners, work with cable owners to develop policies regarding fishing
• Make port visits to inform fishing fleets of cable routes, develop and distribute flyers showing new cable routes
• Develop databases of fisheries contacts in various regions and negotiate fishing agreements
• Develop and maintain procedures for Vessel Snag Hotline operations, train hotline staff in procedures.
• Work within Automatic Identification System (AIS) monitoring programs in support of our maintenance contracts including refining vessel monitoring methods and refining effective criteria for automated alerts, making recommendations for AIS data feed and/or antenna placement, and management of staff to conduct this work.
• Maintain and enhance Sub Com’s presence in the field through contacts with fishing experts and by presenting at conferences and meetings
• Manage relationships with subcontractors and other supplier

• Knowledge of global fishing and seabed uses
• Knowledge of cable engineering and installation
• BS or BA degree in marine-related field
• Ability to research and report concisely on current maritime activities
• Experience in direct liaison with commercial fishermen is desired
• Skills with diverse software including MS Office are desired
• Knowledge of charting and GIS mapping tools is a plus
• Domestic and international travel is required
• Skills in the Spanish, Portuguese languages would be a plus but not required

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