project engineer

senior project engineer

engineer

lead engineer

senior engineer

SUBSEA 7

As my first job out of college, Subsea 7 was a great place to work. They excel at training young engineers, and I was part of a rotational program in the structures department (modeling) and the project engineering department (managing/procedures). This hands-on exposure, including offshore and office life, was very beneficial.

Learning Opportunities: Gained experience in structural modeling and project management, understanding subsea engineering comprehensively.

Work-Life Balance: Decent balance with one WFH day. 9hrs M-Thu and a half day on Fri.  Core hours were 9am - 3pm and remaining 3hrs were flexible.

Management: Supportive, providing guidance and fostering a positive work environment while understanding that we have lives outside of work (at least in my departments).

Challenges: Constant tasks and deadlines, making it challenging to maintain work-life balance at times. Some weeks were easily over 50 hours and others under 40, depending on project delegation and urgency.

Enjoyable Aspects: Hands-on experience in various departments, spending time both offshore and in the office.

Workplace Culture: Promoted growth, learning, and job security in a collaborative environment. I never felt like it was a toxic environment. 

Compensation: Healthcare was excellent with a decent retirement match. Pay was not competitive, but they offered annual raises and larger increases with promotions, stating job security during market downturns justified the pay. However, there was a decent amount of turnover as competitors offer could offer substantially more. But it's all about what you prioritize.

Overall, it was a positive and enriching experience that laid a solid foundation for my career. Enjoyed it.

typical day at work: engineering analysis, project management, cross-department interface
learning: typical engineering analysis work and offshore installation procedures. you don't need smart brains to learn those things. Easy work, but may need to work long hours and over the weekends due to schedule reasons. 
culture: not bad. but a typical oil gas contractor. you need to know how to play politics for sure
hardest part: nothing is hard to learn here. you just need to spend some time on it. 
enjoyable: nothing is enjoyable in a shrinking oil gas sector. Young engineers: don't come to oil gas contractors. no good for your career path. Go to other more promising sectors, or go to those oil operators (bp, shell, exxon, chevron, etc) if you really want to come to oil gas sector

Exciting job with different challenges each day. Very high focus on safety. A constant need to be aware of events and conditions. Local management very good and team orientated. Senior management out of touch with employees.
Hardest part of the job; uncertainty of job security.
Most enjoyable part of the job; Overcoming difficult physical and mental tasks. Working with a processional and highly motivated team.

They are professional and genuinely safety oriented. Thorough work and planning. Will honor prior commitments and try to accommodate you when scheduling offshore assignments.

At the end of the day people's likes & dislikes about a company come down to people, and your relationship with them.  I feel like I had a good/decent one with everyone and there are no hard feelings for leaving the company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The ability to work on state of the art vessels in various locations around the world with a great bunch of multi national crew. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some chief engineers were difficult to work for! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good culture and moral from crew onshore and offshore

Worked as a summer intern there. Manager was horrible and had no clear set expectations for me. Gave me a few things along the way to work and the end gave me an evaluation critiquing a lot. Manger was also pretty rude and made me feel uncomfortable to ask questions. Work culture felt toxic, lots of cursing and angry people working there.

During my time with Subsea 7 I had an extremely enjoyable working relationship with both management and colleagues alike.  It was a very difficult decision to leave, my husband getting the opportunity to relocate to Houston was my only reason for terminating my employment.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Steady employment for 7 years. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Wasn't recognized for my abilities to be a manager. I left and became a manager elsewhere. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was good, not perfect, but good.

Workforce was a family
Hardest Part- Shut-down activities
Management/Entire workforce maintain high degree of safety
Enjoyable Part- Going on time off

Don't try and put forth effort at this company, you won't be rewarded for anything. In fact someone above will take credit for you ideas and work. If something goes right, it's because of management, if something goes wrong, it's your fault. Absolutely the worst company I've ever worked for. 

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