PROJECT INSTALLATION ENGINEER in Wiefelstede

Location: Northern Germany (on-site at a partner installation contractor's offices)

Work mode: Office at client site (approximately 70% on-site; remainder flexible)

Contract type: Contract

Compensation: Competitive

Travel: Predominantly based at the partner contractor's offices in northern Germany; occasional travel for coordination and site visits

Right to work / visa: Valid EU work authorisation required

Language: English is the working language; German is not required

Client: Confidential - leading international power cable manufacturer and installer

About the client

Our client is a leading international power cable manufacturer and installer with an established track record in delivering complex offshore, subsea, and onshore cable projects across Europe and beyond. Their installation organisation coordinates technical documentation, method statement development, and stakeholder engagement across the full installation lifecycle, including nearshore, intertidal, and shallow-water cable works delivered with specialist marine contractors.

Project scope

The assignment supports the client's installation organisation on a multi-year programme of subsea power cable works in shallow-water and intertidal environments in northern Germany. The works are delivered in partnership with a specialist marine and subsea installation contractor, and the role is embedded on-site at that contractor's offices to provide close, day-to-day oversight of its engineering activities and technical documentation.

The engineering scope covers construction and mobilisation of subsea assets and cable-protection works, including trenching and jetting, cable burial and protection, and the associated survey, method statement, and documentation deliverables produced by the installation contractor for the client.

Role overview

To act as the client's embedded technical representative at the installation contractor's offices - monitoring the contractor's engineering activities, reviewing and following up the technical documentation it produces, and ensuring that installation solutions are delivered to the highest standards of cost, quality, and safety across the shallow-water cable scope.

Reporting line: You report to the client's installation organisation and provide regular updates on the contractor's document status, technical discussions, and any site activities monitored.

Key responsibilities

On-site technical monitoring

• Act as the client's embedded point of contact at the partner contractor's offices for the assigned shallow-water cable scope
• Monitor the contractor's day-to-day engineering activities and progress against the installation programme
• Follow up on the technical documentation the contractor produces, tracking comments through to closure

Installation engineering and documentation

• Review method statements and installation procedures for trenching, jetting, cable burial, and cable-protection works
• Assess construction and mobilisation plans for subsea assets against the client's scope of work
• Critically evaluate technical information and identify risks to schedule, quality, and safety

Interface and reporting

• Confer with the contractor, end clients, and authorities to resolve comments on installation documentation
• Report to the client's installation organisation on document status, technical meetings, and monitored site activities
• Support alignment between the contractor's deliverables and the client's technical and regulatory requirements
• Contractor engineering activities monitored on-site and reported against the installation programme
• Method statements and installation procedures reviewed and technically assessed across the shallow-water scope
• Technical comments from clients, contractors, and authorities tracked and closed in a structured, timely manner
• Client installation organisation kept fully informed of document status and project developments

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Marine Technology, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent demonstrated experience in subsea or marine cable installation will be considered

Experience

Must-have:

• Proven experience in the construction or mobilisation of subsea assets for marine installation works
• Hands-on exposure to trenching and jetting and to submarine cable burial and protection activities
• Ability to review installation method statements and engineering documentation

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in shallow-water, intertidal, or nearshore cable installation environments
• Experience interfacing with subcontractors or authorities on installation documentation
• Familiarity with geophysical and geotechnical data interpretation in an installation context

Technical skills

• Understanding of subsea cable installation and protection methods (trenching, jetting, burial)
• Ability to interpret and assess installation method statements and engineering deliverables
• Familiarity with survey, mobilisation, and construction planning for marine assets
• Autonomous and structured - able to monitor a contractor's activities with limited supervision
• Analytical and detail-oriented in reviewing technical and contractual information
• Effective communicator in multicultural, international project environments
• Comfortable being based on-site at a partner contractor for the majority of the assignment
• Fluent English - mandatory; German is a plus but not required