Graduate 2024 – Subsea Facilities

As a graduate at Equinor, you’ll be joining 21,000 colleagues delivering oil, gas, wind, and solar power to 170 million people worldwide. By 2050, we aim to become a net-zero company and deliver the energy the world needs without contributing to global warming. It’s one of the defining challenges of our time and attracting and developing the brightest minds will be critical to our success.

The programme lasts for 2-years and includes rotations of 3-12 months across functions, business areas or locations.

The position

In Subsea Facilities, you will play a vital role in safeguarding Equinor's submarine infrastructure, driving innovation, and developing projects for new and existing fields. This means collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders such as partners, suppliers and authorities.  

Subsea Facilities provides support to oil and gas, renewables and low carbon solutions (LCS). You’ll be part of a team that focuses on optimizing our existing portfolio both in value generation and reduced emissions. Our 50-year experience is also used to develop new technologies and processes in LCS and renewables – creating an exciting place of work at the centre of the energy transition. 

When joining our team in Subsea Facilities you'll develop a diverse skillset in one or more technology development initiatives within renewables, oil and gas and LCS, focusing within the following disciplines: 

• Subsea production systems, including structures, manifolds and tie in systems.
• Subsea control systems.
• Rigid and flexible flowlines and risers.
• Pipeline Commissioning.
• Static and dynamic cables and umbilicals.

You will also integrate multidisciplinary project teams and contribute in tasks in different phases of project development. This includes from early phase feasibility studies through concept development, evaluation and selection, FEED, detail design, fabrication, construction, offshore installation, commissioning and operations. 

Tasks include technical and commercial follow-up of external suppliers to Equinor during these phases, which requires personal qualities and competence within engineering subjects as detailed below.  

Depending on work location, employees within subsea facilities usually have the possibility to go offshore on installation vessels for some weeks per year. Having an interested in prolonged stays (e.g. typically 1 to 3 years) as an expatriate outside of Norway, e.g. Europe, Asia, South America, North America, is advantageous. 

You

Some qualities are essential for Equinor. You identify with our values, open, collaborative, courageous and caring, which guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow. You make safety your priority and contribute to our zero-harm culture. For this position, we are also looking for: 

• Master’s degree or PhD with good academic record within  mechanical, marine or civil engineering or cybernetics.  
• Completed degree by the year of starting (2024).
• Fluent in English.
• No more than two years of relevant fulltime work experience.
• Formal experience is not a requirement.
• Extracurricular activities and/or voluntary work is an advantage.

Knowledge on mechanical analysis, material technology, fluid dynamics, geotechnics statistics and/or digitalization are relevant and considered as an advantage  

Your personal qualities: 

• Ability to live by our safety and security expectations. 
• High ethical standards. 
• Good communication skills. 
• Global mindset.  
• Team player with the ability to work and deliver results in a diverse environment. 
• Have a positive attitude to take on new challenges and adapt to dynamic environments. 

Equinor is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all candidates who meet the educational and experience requirements, including candidates with disabilities. If you have any specific requirements for any stage in our process, then please make this clear in your application and our team will be happy to support you. 

General information

 Please make sure that when applying, you attach the following: 

• CV/ resume in English. 
• Transcripts of records (or other documents describing subjects and grades) in English or Scandinavian language obtained to this point during your studies. If you are in the process of completing a degree, please upload an official temporary transcript.

Applications submitted without these attachments will unfortunately not be evaluated.  

To ensure an efficient recruitment process, please be informed that you may apply for a maximum of 3 Graduate roles per country. 

Candidates are expected to openly offer all relevant information about themselves during the recruitment process. Candidates will be asked for information on affiliation to high-risk countries for a security assessment. Furthermore, background checks are performed on all final candidates and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened against relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions law.

Why join us?

To succeed together, we all need to feel able to perform at our best.  That’s why we offer:  

• Learning and development.  You’ll have access to on-the-job-training and mandatory physical and virtual learning modules, work rotations, networking opportunities and access to courses offered by our Equinor university. You’ll also get a buddy and a mentor to help you adapt and provide advice during the programme.  

• Wellness and work-life balance. Our benefits packages are designed to help you balance work and life at all stages of your career, including health insurance and other benefits for your physical and mental wellbeing, a flexible working policy and a global parental leave policy. We also provide access to holiday cabins in Norway and selected other locations.  

• An inclusive culture. An inclusive culture allows us to harness the unique experiences, knowledge, and backgrounds of our 21,000 employees. Ultimately, we believe we’ll be more creative, innovative, and resilient if everyone in Equinor feels safe in bringing their whole self and their ideas to work.  

• Financial rewards. Equinor’s compensation package includes competitive cash compensation and an opportunity to join our share savings plan. In most of our locations we offer pension arrangements aiming to safeguard our employees after retirement.  

For more information visit Equinor’s website: ttps://www.equinor.com/careers/graduates