Senior​/Principal Cable Route Engineer

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We are passionate about what we do, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this is a great place to be. We offer flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

We have a great opportunity in our UK team for an ambitious Cable Route Engineer to join our experienced and dynamic Marine Geo‑team, with a focus on offshore cable route analysis and CBRA.

Within Atkins

Réalis’s Ground Engineering and Tunnelling Practice you will join a small team of Marine Geophysicists, Engineering Geologists, Geotechnical Engineers and Geomorphologists to provide support to our clients’ offshore cable projects.

You will act as Technical Lead for our offshore cable routing scopes of work, leading GIS‑based route analysis and offshore Cable Burial Risk Assessment (CBRA) scopes of work. This will include mentoring junior members of staff in these activities. You will take the lead in developing Atkins

Réalis’s offshore cable routing capabilities, such as by proposing technical capability enhancement activities, undertaking business development activities, and presenting our offshore cable routing and CBRA capability to key clients.

We recognise that offshore cable routing is a highly multi‑disciplinary activity, and we therefore welcome applicants with a range of industry backgrounds, including but not limited to geospatial consultancy, subsea engineering, geotechnical engineering and engineering geology.

• Act as technical lead for offshore cable routing scopes of work.
• Develop Atkins
  
  Réalis’s offshore cable routing capability, including presenting to key clients, business development activities and proposing technical investment and capability enhancement activities.
• Act as a champion for offshore cable routing within Atkins
  
  Réalis’s Marine Geoscience team, providing technical input to bids for subsea cable routing scopes.
• Provide input to Cable Burial Risk Assessments (CBRA) and Depth of Lowering Assessments.
• Route offshore and onshore cables using GIS‑based analysis; conduct GIS‑based analysis of geophysical, geospatial and geotechnical data and data management.
• Work closely with marine geophysicists & geoscientists, engineering geologists, geotechnical engineers and engineering geomorphologists on a wide range of projects.

• Good academic background with a degree (ideally MSc or equivalent) in GIS, subsea engineering or geoscience.
• Experience of acting in a relevant role within the offshore renewables industry, interconnector or telecommunications cables industries or a related field.
• Experience of working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Experience of offshore cable routing using ArcGIS, Makai Plan or AutoCAD.
• Experience in analysing geotechnical and geospatial data for Cable Burial Risk Assessments (CBRA) or Depth of Lowering (DoL) assessments.
• Excellent interpersonal and technical skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team on subsea cable projects.
• Excellent report‑writing skills with the ability to self‑check and produce accurate work.
• Experience in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software (ArcGIS, QGIS or similar).

• Experience of subsea cable installation activities.
• Experience of providing input to Burial Assessment Surveys (BAS).
• Experience in the evaluation of AIS or VMS data for Cable Burial Risk Assessments.
• Working towards chartership with the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) or Geological Society of London (GSL).

Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and…