Manager Marine Liaison (7912)

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 Marine Liaison Manager is responsible for all marine and fishing liaison activities for cable installation supply contracts by providing risk assessment and mitigation of manmade impacts to undersea cables.

Responsibilities include risk assessment, recommend mitigation measures, and develop fishing agreements, support surveys and cable installation to minimize fishing interference. The group is also responsible for cable awareness programs and for growing our Automatic Identification System AIS monitoring programs in support of our maintenance contracts. This includes identifying cable awareness sales opportunities, developing technical and cost proposals, closing the sale, and executing the work. A direct customer interface is required of this position.

Responsibilities

• Provide cable risk assessments and fault risk analyses for newsystems
• Support cable planning, installation and operationphase
• Maintain SubCom Cable Fault Database and update records from availablesources
• Conduct or contract fisheries desktop study, identify fishing hazards before survey and pass relevant information to route survey group
• In cooperation with cable owners conduct liaison with fishing industry prior to cable routing, whereappropriate
• Provide fisheries information to installation and repairpersonnel
• Notify fishermen and mariners prior to cableoperations
• Support the contracting of guard vessels to supportinstallations
• Develop cable awareness programs for system owners, work with cable owners to develop policies regarding fishing
• Make port visits to inform fishing fleets of cable routes, develop and distribute flyers showing new cable routes
• Develop databases of fisheries contacts in various regions and negotiate fishingagreements
• Develop and maintain procedures for Vessel Snag Hotline operations, train hotline staff inprocedures.
• Work within Automatic Identification System (AIS) monitoring programs in support of our maintenance contracts including refining vessel monitoring methods and refining effective criteria for automated alerts, making recommendations for AIS data feed and/or antenna placement, and management of staff to conduct this work.
• Maintain and enhance SubCom’s presence in the field through contacts with fishing experts and by presenting at conferences and meetings
• Manage relationships with subcontractors and othersupplier

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Knowledge of global fishing and seabeduses
• Knowledge of cable engineering andinstallation
• BS or BA degree in marine-relatedfield
• Ability to research and report concisely on current maritimeactivities
• Experience in direct liaison with commercial fishermen isdesired
• Skills with diverse software including MS Office aredesired
• Knowledge of charting and GIS mapping tools is aplus
• Domestic and international travel isrequired
• Skills in the Spanish, Portuguese languages would be a plus but notrequired

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. 

Candidates for positions with SubCom must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire.Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Our selection procedure is based on local, state and federal law.

Please be sure to attach a resume to your application. We are not able to consider applications without a resume. 

BENEFITS 

SubCom offers a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to: competitive salaries, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverages, FSA, HSA, generous vacation, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with generous company match. Additionally, some positions may be eligible for shift differential. 

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL EMPLOYER OPPORTUNITY 

SubCom is committed to providing a work environment that prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other characteristics protected by applicable law or regulation. 

SubCom engineers, manufactures, and installs subsea fiber optic data cables - the unsung heroes of global communication. With an unrelenting focus on quality, reliability, and value, SubCom offers flexible end-to-end building blocks for the high-tech networks that are the backbone of the world's digital infrastructure. While the company's origins date back to the mid-19th century, SubCom has deployed enough cable to circle the equator more than 25 times since its entry into the communications industry in 1955.

SUBCOM’S CORE VALUES 

Quality   -   Accountability   -   Teamwork   -   Innovation