A method for positioning a triad (10, 20, 30) of a power cable of an umbilical, the method characterized by: positioning a first end of an umbilical at a first location, the umbilical comprising a first power triad within an exterior sheath of the umbilical, the first power triad comprising a first power cable, a second power cable, and a third power cable; positioning a first portion of the first power triad at a first radial orientation at the first location, wherein the first power cable, second power cable, and third power cable are radially spaced around a center axis of the first power triad; selectively securing the first portion of the first power triad at the first radial orientation from the first location to approximately one third of the determined distance; releasing the first power triad from the first orientation at approximately one third of the determined distance; rotating the first power triad to a second radial orientation around the center axis of the first power triad along a first transition length of the first power triad at approximately one third of the determined distance; selectively securing a second portion of the first power triad in the second radial orientation from approximately one third of the determined distance to approximately two thirds of the determined distance; releasing the first power triad from the second radial orientation at approximately two thirds of the determined distance; rotating the first power triad to a third radial orientation around the center axis of the first power triad along a second transition length of the first power triad at approximately two thirds of the determined distance; and selectively securing a third portion of the first power triad in the third radial orientation from approximately two thirds of the determined distance to the second location. positioning a first end of an umbilical at a first location, the umbilical comprising a first power triad within an exterior sheath of the umbilical, the first power triad comprising a first power cable, a second power cable, and a third power cable; positioning a first portion of the first power triad at a first radial orientation at the first location, wherein the first power cable, second power cable, and third power cable are radially spaced around a center axis of the first power triad; selectively securing the first portion of the first power triad at the first radial orientation from the first location to approximately one third of the determined distance; releasing the first power triad from the first orientation at approximately one third of the determined distance; rotating the first power triad to a second radial orientation around the center axis of the first power triad along a first transition length of the first power triad at approximately one third of the determined distance; selectively securing a second portion of the first power triad in the second radial orientation from approximately one third of the determined distance to approximately two thirds of the determined distance; releasing the first power triad from the second radial orientation at approximately two thirds of the determined distance; rotating the first power triad to a third radial orientation around the center axis of the first power triad along a second transition length of the first power triad at approximately two thirds of the determined distance; and selectively securing a third portion of the first power triad in the third radial orientation from approximately two thirds of the determined distance to the second location.