Graduate Subsea Engineer

Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Naval Architecture.

About the job:

Kent is looking for a Graduate Subsea Engineer to be based in Aberdeen. 

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference and engineer solutions that make not only the UK’s energy security stronger but actively impact the way in which the world drives towards a net zero future?   

Kent. The Energy Within.

We use our experience and heritage to help mould the future of energy. With Kent, you’ll gain hands-on experience, better your problem-solving skills and learn more about complex, high-end engineering.

Our Engineering & Consulting Software Development team works closely with our clients to develop high-quality software solutions that add real value to their operations. By combining high-end technical knowledge with modern software development, the team provides its clients with the tools needed to efficiently and reliably solve many of the Energy industry’s technical challenges, across a wide range of disciplines. As a graduate in our team, you will be working on intelligent and useful software to support some of the most challenging engineering projects, helping shape the future of energy. You will get involved in the full software development lifecycle, solving exciting challenges and growing into a high-quality software engineer.  

About our Graduate Scheme

Our Subsea and Pipelines team works closely with our global clients to understand their problems and opportunities, and imagine, assess, and implement innovative solutions to help them deliver energy in the safest, most sustainable way possible while ensuring security of supply. As a graduate, you will be contributing to a variety of technically challenging and exciting projects: from helping clients on their net zero journey by designing H2 and CO2 pipelines, to extending the field life of existing oil & gas pipelines, to performing advanced analysis of pipelines and risers, and supporting decommissioning projects.  

Our average projects timescale is 8-12 weeks, so you will continually be learning new skills and working with different experts across our global teams to help shape your development as an engineer and consultant.  We strongly encourage our engineers to innovate our approach to engineering studies, so that we continue to deliver as efficiently and effectively to face the ever-changing challenges of the energy industry. 

Skills & Responsibilities:

You’ll be joining a team that actively encourage and foster innovative solutions and new approaches to our clients’ problems.  Your work could involve the following: 
Concept development and feasibility studies for brownfield and greenfield development projects in the Energy industry. 
Integrity management, life extension, and decommissioning studies. 
Advanced finite element analysis of pipelines and risers in Abaqus. 
Cable lay and J-tube pull-in analysis in Orcaflex. 
Supporting FEED project stages in our Engineering delivery business. 
Participating in innovation projects to continually streamline our toolkits for delivering our assessments. 
Supporting our external markets, business development and work winning activities.

In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience: 

Master’s degree in Mechanical/Civil/Structural Engineering or Naval Architecture.

Communication:

Excellent command of the English language in both oral and written communication and skills.

Behaviour/ Core Competencies:

A passion for working in a consultancy environment. 
Embracing equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything you do. 
A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions. 
Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team. 
Motivation to achieve professional accreditation. 
Comfortable to embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies. 
We are looking for candidates who are due to graduate in 2027 or have graduated in the last 2 years.

Application Process

As part of the application process, candidates will be required to provide confirmation of the academic modules completed during their university studies. This information will help us assess the relevance of your academic background to the role. Please ensure that confirmation of your completed modules is submitted alongside your CV as part of your application.

Recruitment Timeline

Shortlisting and pre-screening of applications will commence in early November. Candidates selected to progress to the next stage will be invited to interview, with interviews scheduled to take place from late November to early December 2026.