Senior / Principal Oceanographic Survey Consultant
At HR Wallingford, we design smart, resilient solutions across the natural and built environments to help everyone live and work more sustainably with water. By harnessing research, data insights and the power of our collective expertise, we help the world to better understand the changing influence and impact of water.
Due to our continued success, we are recruiting for a Senior/Principal Oceanographic Survey Consultant to join our Ships and Dredging Group, within which there is a team dedicated to marine survey. Our team of marine survey specialists provide expertise to all technical groups within HR Wallingford.
The Senior/Principal Oceanographic Survey Consultant will be a key contributor to HR Wallingford projects, providing technical expertise and project management for a range of clients across the UK and internationally. You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality consultancy advice relating to survey, data, analysis and reporting, as well as overseeing survey contractors and providing technical support to clients and other teams within HR Wallingford. In addition, you will contribute to R&D activities and marketing materials, also attending conferences/trade events both in the UK and internationally to share knowledge and expertise.
Key qualifications and skills
Essential
- Degree in a relevant field (e.g. oceanography, marine science or equivalent)
- 5+ years of commercial metocean/oceanography (ADCP, VM-ADCP, CTD, met, waves) experience
- Monitoring water quality, in particular turbidity / suspended sediment concentration monitoring
- Familiarity with water and sediment sample analysis (for key parameters such as PSD and suspended sediment concentration)
- Experience of programming for the processing of oceanographic data as well as using “off the shelf” software for this purpose
- Data analysis and reporting of metocean data on commercial projects
- Experience of coastal fieldwork
- Management of commercial survey teams both onshore and offshore as party chief
- Designing, deploying and recovering oceanographic moorings
- Experience in sediment and water chemistry (or quality) monitoring
- Worked in a range of environments both in the UK and abroad
Desirable
- Comparable level of commercial experience (comparable to experience in metocean/oceanography) in bathymetric surveys (including SBES and MBES)
- Experience with deep sea oceanographic monitoring, geophysical survey, geotechnical investigations, and autonomous systems would be beneficial.
Further information
- Competitive salary from £45,000 dependent on capability/experience
- Download a full job description and person specification.
- Check our exceptional benefits at hrwallingford.com/careers
- We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer both hybrid working and flexi-time. We are also open to exploring other flexible working arrangements.
The closing date for this role is 16th May 2025.
How to apply
If you are excited about this role but unsure whether you’re the right fit, we encourage you to apply. We’re also happy to answer any questions by emailing careers@hrwallingford.com
Interested? Please apply providing your CV with covering letter.
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