Senior Submersibles Manager 3P (6245)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world? 

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities. 

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns. 

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career. 

Position Overview 

The Senior Submersibles Manager provides technical and operational oversight for subsea cable burial programs executed by third-party installation vessels using plow and ROV systems and reports to the Director of Submersibles. This role ensures burial operations meet SubCom’s technical, operational, and contractual standards while coordinating closely with contractor vessel teams, SubCom onboard representatives, and marine coordination groups.

Responsibilities 

• Act as SubCom’s technical authority for third-party installation vessels.
• Review and approve contractor documentation, including MOPs, sea trial plans, spare parts lists, and engineering analyses
• Oversee audits of third-party submersible systems to confirm compliance with SubCom standards
• Oversee plow and ROV cable burial operations to meet contractual and performance requirements
• Ensure post-lay and inspection & burial operations achieve specified burial depth and quality criteria
• Validate readiness of plow systems, ROV spreads, LARS systems, and all supporting subsea tooling
• Review burial feasibility, equipment performance estimates, and operational limits
• Ensure correct execution of cable crossing procedures and marine exclusion-zone controls
• Support BFS reviews, trial sites, deployment strategies, and readiness checks
• Manage incident reporting and corrective actions to closure for 3rd party vessels
• Develop lessons learned, and recommendations for continuous improvement
• Support planning, scheduling, and third-party labor demand management (LDM)
• Manage SubCom employees and contractor representatives providing oversight on chartered vessels or SubCom equipment
• Support SubCom vessels and subsea equipment as necessary