Employed through GMSG, you will earn a starting salary of £36,000 as a Trainee Cable Engineer (TCE) or Junior Systems Technician (JST), along with a competitive benefits package that supports your wellbeing and long-term career.

Benefits include:

• • Company pension scheme
    
  • Private medical insurance
• • Dental insurance
    

• • Generous sick pay (6 months full pay and 6 months half pay following probation)

• • Retention pay,including an operational uplift of 5% (JST) and 10% (post-training TCE/3CE equivalent)

This package recognises the value of your skills, while providing financial stability and enhanced rewards as you progress in your role.

Our TCE and JST training pathways are designed to build on your existing technical experience, providing a structured transition into a highly specialised and rewarding subsea cable career. Here are the key benefits:

• • Advanced, Role-Specific Training: Our programmes combine structured learning with practical, on-the-job experience, enabling you to quickly build expertise in subsea fibre optic cable systems and operations. An engineering or technical background is enhanced with highly specialised, industry-relevant skills.
  • Strong Career Progression Opportunities: Starting as a TCE or JST provides a clear pathway for career development. As you gain experience, there are opportunities to progress into more senior offshore or onshore technical roles.
  • Stability in a Critical Global Industry: Subsea telecommunications infrastructure underpins global connectivity. As demand for data continues to grow, skilled cable engineers and system technicians remain in high demand, offering long-term job security in an essential and resilient industry.

• Global Travel and Varied Work Environments: With operations spanning the UK, Far East, Europe, and the Caribbean, you’ll have the opportunity to work internationally. This role offers exposure to diverse environments, projects, and cultures.
• Highly Transferable Technical Expertise: You will gain in-depth knowledge of advanced cable systems, fault-finding, and marine operations. These technical skills are widely transferable across industries such as offshore energy, marine engineering, telecommunications, and infrastructure.
• Personal Growth and Resilience: Working in offshore environments will further strengthen key personal attributes such as problem-solving, adaptability, attention to detail, teamwork, and resilience.

• Professional Network Development: Through training and project work, you’ll develop strong connections within Global Marine and across the wider subsea and maritime industry. These relationships support long-term career development and future opportunities.