Shore Ends Planning Intern

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 

Someone with an engineering and mathematical background with writing skills is in a strong position for this internship. This intern can help us chip away at some of these relatively easier tasks which require access to SubCom’s internal computer systems. The group has administrative tasks where we need assistance, including but not limited to the following, some of which may be pursued based on business priorities, successful candidate's background and interests, and available time:

• Developing/updating job aids, work instructions and planning guides,
• Updating Bill of Materials (BOM) sheets with changing product/supplier/price information,
• Desktop survey and historical report of all shore ends quality issues and statistical analysis (% attributed to various failure modes and reasons)
• This intern may update our internal pull calculation methodology and template plus guides for using existing calc software and Cable-supplier equations to determine tensions through non-straight routes. 
• Studying the reasons our Documentation unit has on file for failure of installations and why we’ve had to return to sites and rebuild/replace/repair installations.  
• Researching industry standard buried utility separation guides such as National Electric Code and document these as rigor behind our request to separate cables and OGBs from buried utilities would be helpful.

Qualifications 

• Essential Functions: Desk and computer work, meeting and speaking/listening, note-taking. Report writing. Mathematical and Engineering Analysis.
• Nonessential Functions: Statistical analysis, Pivot tables, Surveying and Utility location, GIS experience. AutoCad experience is highly valued.  
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Must be proficient in Excel, Word, MS Teams. Needs to have Engineering mathematics background, and entry-level statistics. Must understand data collection and analysis.
• Minimum Qualifications: Minimum level of education and experience required to perform the job. Ocean Engineering, Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering major.
• Success Factors: Someone who listens well, is curious, can produce timely work, and has attention to detail will excel in this position.

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. 

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-19^th 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