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Overview

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 AtkinsRéalis' 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 of junior members of staff in these activities. You will take the lead in developing AtkinsRéalis' offshore cable routing capabilities, such as by proposing technical capability enhancement activities, undertaking business development activities as well as 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.

Responsibilities

• Development of AtkinsRéalis' offshore cable routing capability, including presenting to key clients, business development activities and proposing technical investment and capability enhancement activities.
• Acting as a champion for offshore cable routing within AtkinsRéalis' Marine Geoscience team. Providing technical input to bids for subsea cable routing scopes.
• Input to Cable Burial Risk Assessments (CBRA) and Depth of Lowering Assessments.
• Routing of offshore and onshore cables using GIS based analysis. GIS based analysis of geophysical, geospatial and geotechnical data and data management.
• Working closely with marine geophysicists & geoscientists, engineering geologists, geotechnical engineers and engineering geomorphologists on a wide range of projects.
• A good academic background with a degree (ideally MSc or equivalent) with GIS, subsea engineering, or geoscience content.
• 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 analyzing 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 cables 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).

Desirable

• 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).

About AtkinsRéalis

As one of the UK's leading geotechnical consultancies, AtkinsRéalis offers a comprehensive service in ground engineering. With more than 325 UK based ground engineering professionals, AtkinsRéalis' geotechnical reputation is built on the skills, excellence, and commitment of our people.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once, they join. We've also made the Times Top 50 employers for women. Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo. We're committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for our under-represented groups. Not to mention programmes supporting communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces and professionals returning after career breaks.