Date: Aug 26, 2026
Location: St. John’s, CA
Company: Subsea7
We are seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join our engineering team in St John’s, Canada, on a full-time, permanent basis.
The company is committed to ensuring first consideration for employment and training opportunities will be provided to Newfoundland and Labrador residents, including members of under-represented groups. This role is open only to external candidates with a right to work in Canada and who are based in or open to relocating permanently to the local area.
Our Engineers play a key role in delivering complex offshore and subsea projects. As a Senior Project Engineer, you’ll provide technical knowledge across project execution, tendering, engineering studies, vessel operations, and offshore activities, ensuring safe, efficient, and effective project delivery.
Working within multidisciplinary teams, you'll develop engineering solutions, support project planning, and provide technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle. This role offers a mix of office, site, vessel, and offshore work.
Key experience includes:
Onshore fabrication and construction methods
- Subsea construction and IRM activities
- Rigging and seafastening engineering
- Pre-commissioning operations
- Vessel motion response principles
- Fabrication and construction contracting, with solid commercial understanding
Ideal candidates will bring offshore or subsea engineering experience, effective problem-solving skills, and readiness to travel offshore as required.
What will you be doing?
This is a diverse and practical role offering involvement across the full project lifecycle. Key responsibilities include:
Onshore
- Developing engineering procedures, installation methodologies, and technical documentation.
- Conducting risk assessments, HAZIDs and task planning, collaborating with clients and subcontractors.
- Designing and overseeing the fabrication, testing and certification of offshore installation aids and equipment.
- Performing engineering analyses to ensure the safe execution of offshore activities.
- Selecting and managing offshore equipment, ensuring compliance with industry standards and project requirements.
- Supporting tendering activities, project variations, and commercial deliverables.
- Mentoring and developing junior engineers.
Offshore
- Support vessel mobilisations and offshore project execution.
- Deliver technical briefings, toolbox talks and operational guidance to offshore teams.
- Provide real-time engineering support and manage changes to approved procedures.
- Work closely with vessel crews, clients, and contractors to ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Monitor project progress, document key activities, and support contractual and commercial requirements.
What experience would we like you to have?
Please note, if you don’t tick all the boxes below but believe you have some of the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for, please do consider applying. We would encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience
- Degree in Engineering, Marine, Naval Architecture, Offshore Technology, Civil or Mechanical Engineering, or a comparable discipline.
- Experience in a Project Engineer role focused on IRM and Subsea Construction projects is essential. This should include site and offshore based experience.
- Good commercial understanding and cost awareness within SURF projects.
- Effective interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and interface effectively across all levels of the organisation. Capable of working on their own as well as collaboratively within a team.
- Experienced in producing clear and accurate technical documentation, including offshore method statements and operational procedures.
- Demonstrates effective organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and deliver work within agreed deadlines.
Qualified Candidates are encouraged to apply directly to Subsea7 Careers using the following link: https://careers.subsea7.com/job/St_-John%E2%80%99s-Senior-Project-Engineer/1365715155/
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Ability to commute/relocate:
- St. John's, NL A1C 1C2: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Work Location: In person
