Senior Subsea Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 May 2026
LOCATION
Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth or Glasgow
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£87,200 / year
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

Subsea Engineering HVDC Cable Projects Offshore Design Installation Engineering Risk Management Technical Leadership Industry Codes and Standards Communication Skills

FULL DESCRIPTION

Senior Subsea Engineer

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is hiring a Senior Subsea Engineer to join its HVDC Project Engineering team, supporting subsea HV cable projects from development to execution. The role involves providing senior-level expertise, mentoring junior engineers, driving technical excellence, and ensuring safety-in-design across offshore and nearshore activities.

  • Base Location: Inverness, Aberdeen, Perth or Glasgow
  • Salary: £58,100 – £87,200 + company car/cash allowance + performance-related bonus
  • Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
  • Closing Date: May 13, 2026

The Role

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is currently recruiting for a Senior Subsea Engineer to join our HVDC Project Engineering team, supporting our growing portfolio of subsea HV cable projects. This discipline engineering role supports all offshore and nearshore design and installation engineering activities across the project lifecycle; from start of development to end of execution. In undertaking this key role for delivery of critical national infrastructure projects, you’ll be a key player in helping us achieve Net Zero. The overriding objective for the Senior Subsea Engineer is to drive and maintain technical excellence across the offshore engineering discipline.

You Will

  • Provide senior level expertise and mentorship to junior members of the engineering team, challenging the status-quo with innovative thinking.
  • Support engineering teams across a number of different projects, driving swift resolution of complex issues.
  • Drive standardisation of Employer requirements/specifications, including implementation of technical “Lessons Learned”, ensuring effective follow-up and affirmative action for the betterment of all projects.
  • Promote our safety-in-design ethos and taking a leading role in identifying and managing risks pertaining to offshore and nearshore design and installation.
  • Support the Engineering manager to comply with internal governance, including preparation of design and safety assurance reviews.

You Have

  • Minimum qualification level of BEng in a related engineering discipline.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in subsea design, engineering, and installation/construction works.
  • Strong understanding of relevant industry codes, standards, specifications, and safe-working practices.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, time-management, and organisational skills.
  • Enthusiasm to provide technical team leadership towards our Net Zero ambitions.

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.

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