Senior Geoscientist

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Job description

Our client, a leading geoscience consultancy in the renewables sector, is currently seeking a Senior Geoscientist to join their team in Faringdon, Oxfordshire. This permanent, full-time position focuses on offshore windfarm projects, geotechnical analysis, and wider offshore geoscience consultancy. If you have a strong background in offshore geophysical, geotechnical, and geological datasets, this role offers an exciting opportunity to work in the dynamic renewables industry.

Key Responsibilities:

Offshore Consultancy - Technical (50%)

• Review, process and interpret offshore geophysical and geotechnical datasets
• Develop engineering geological desk studies and ground models
• Geotechnical parameterisation
• Geohazard identification
• Cable burial risk assessment
• Technical reporting
• GIS-based geoprocessing, database management, figure and chart creation
• Writing of geophysical and geotechnical survey specifications and scopes of work
• Offshore vessel-based client representation

Geodata Acquisition - Technical (20%)

• Prepare health and safety documentation
• Acquire and process aerial photogrammetric and LiDAR data
• Acquire and process aerial and terrestrial magnetometer data
• Acquire and process UAV bathymetry data
• Compile operational, factual, and interpretative reports

Technical and Commercial Tendering (10%)

Team Supervision and Project/Financial Management (10%)

• Provide technical supervision of a small team of geoscientists on a project-by-project basis
• Perform project management duties, including deadline management, financial tracking, and budget management

Business Development and Day-to-Day Business Operations (10%)

• Develop and promote new services, processes, and workflows
• Promote services at conferences, exhibitions, and client meetings
• Maintain website and social media sites
• Assist with ongoing maintenance and improvement of the integrated management system (quality, OHS, and environment)

Job Requirements:

• Experience in reviewing and interpreting offshore geophysical, geotechnical, and geological datasets
• Developing engineering geological desk studies and ground models
• Geotechnical and geophysical survey best practice
• Geospatial data management, geoprocessing, and interrogation in ArcGIS (or QGIS)
• Technical report writing and communication skills
• Developing concise and easy-to-understand report figures and charts
• Independent working, attention to detail, and strong self-checking abilities

Beneficial experience includes:

• Experience in derivation of geotechnical parameter bounds
• Experience in IHS Kingdom, SonarWiz, and CorelDraw
• Onshore survey experience (GNSS, total stations, laser scanning, and CAD)
• Photogrammetry and LiDAR data processing
• Bathymetry data processing

Benefits:

• Pension
• Company bonus scheme
• Parking available at the office

If you are an experienced geoscientist looking to advance your career in the renewables sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's growing team in Oxfordshire.

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