Ted

Ted W. Mercer II began his career with SLB in 2002 as a project engineer, where his tasks included small subsea hardware projects. He chose SLB because of the opportunities it offered, its innovation, and its diverse work environments. In the 22 years since he joined SLB, whose mission is to reduce carbon emissions while meeting the world’s energy demands, he’s worked in various lead engineer and management roles. “These roles provided me the opportunity to travel the world, and to live in Leeds, England for two years, and helped me continue to have a positive impact on SLB’s technology and performance.”

He completed two summer internships for SLB while he was an undergraduate, working as a field engineer for the second time, and he had work experience at another company after graduating in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He chose that degree because engineering has always been his passion and was a career field within his family, with his father having been an industrial engineer. “I was always fascinated by him and the machinists that worked in the plants to bring products to life,” he remembers. 

Mercer is currently a subsea manifold and connection systems engineering manager with OneSubsea, an SLB joint venture with Asker Solutions and Subsea7. “I’m directly responsible for all aspects of the manifold and connection system engineering teams and performance worldwide,” he describes. His tasks include leading, mentoring, and coaching a team of about 300 people, including engineers, and providing quality, cost-effective, and efficient support to teams such as those in product development and manufacturing.