OFW - Cable Engineer

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility. We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers. As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you. The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:  Roles & Responsibilities: Integration and management of interfaces between the submarine cable suppliers and project system engineering, turbine system supplier, installation/BOP contractor, logistics contractor and services team.  Provide discipline engineering support for submarine cable deliveries and interfaces with suppliers for specified Projects. Provide discipline engineering support for electrical system design for specified projects during concept development and pre-bid. Support will include developing wind farm electrical system design, cable layouts and sizing.  Demonstrate good safe work practices and be proactive in always ensuring safe practices including a strong influence role with suppliers.  Identify Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) risks and communicate as appropriate.  Working with procurement, manage the supplier selection and award process for submarine cables ensuring best value is achieved and contract is placed to meet project schedule requirements. Support tender clarification/evaluation and contractor/vendor selection, ensuring all activities are in accordance with Code of Conduct. Review, comment, and approve design documentation, quality plans and other procedures as appropriate.  Budget management of contracts. Working with Project Controls, responsible for accurate cost and schedule forecasting in support of in year quarterly updates (QPCF) and project lifecycle cost estimate updates (MCE).  Build strong working relationships with the key suppliers.  Help develop the wider supply chain of HV cable m anufacturers – AVL status, audits, and supplier management.  Identify and manage key engineering and delivery risks and provide input to project risk management and mitigation action plans. Manage the interfaces between key stakeholders, including engineering contractors, installation contractors and suppliers. Assist in the performance of all project assurance activities, including the management of Design Verification Plans. Support the collection and reporting of key performance data for submarine cable product designs, manufacture, and installation.  Working with the quality team, responsible for ensuring an appropriate verification plan is established for the deliveries to provide confidence in the product quality.  Part of a global engineering and delivery team, sharing lessons and collaborating across Projects.  Provide technical mentoring to junior members of the team. Required Skills (Technical Competency): Bachelors’ Degree or higher qualification in an Electrical Engineering discipline. Chartered or Professional Engineer  Extensive track record and experience with submarine cable (array and/or export) package delivery  Track record of supplier management   Track record of managing people / teams located or remote.  In depth working knowledge of HV submarine cable design, manufacture, and installation .  In depth working knowledge of codes, standards, and guides (including, but not limited to)  IEC (60840, 60228, 62067, 60287, etc)  DNVGL-ST-0359, DNVGL-RP-0360  Cigre (TB490, TB 623, TB722, etc)  In depth working knowledge of offshore wind farm electrical cable system design. Good interpersonal and communication skills  In-depth knowledge of good engineering practice