Senior Marine Geophysicist

About the role

Great Britain's electricity infrastructure is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.

This role forms part of the Strategic Infrastructure Offshore Engineering Team, responsible for supporting the delivery of national infrastructure that is integral to Net Zero. 

As Senior Marine Geophysicist you will give technical input and provide quality management across the portfolio of offshore work. You will support the design, engineering, and delivery of subsea cables, including their burial and protection. 
Within this role, you will manage suppliers to ensure survey data is collected, processed, and supplied to the correct standards and specification whilst being familiar with industry practices and standards covering the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of marine survey data, working closely with internal and external stakeholders, including survey contractors, consultants, Project Managers, and joint-venture partners.

The Senior Marine Geophysicist will also lead on the implementation and management of workflow and standards within the Marine Geospatial environment. The principal value created by this role is the supervision and management of quality to ensure National Grid and our partners can be highly confident that the products and services provided will result in agreed outcomes.

Travel will be required within this role  for meetings, vessel visits and conferences, to fulfil the requirements of the role.

We continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.

About you

What we do isn’t just important – it’s essential. That’s why we look to recruit experts in their field. In this case, we’re looking for someone who:
 

For this role, you will need;

•Experience working as a Senior Geophysicist with experience leading the QC, processing, interpretation, and analysis of marine geophysical survey data. 
•Experience of UXO data acquisition and interpretation. 
•Experience of industry standard software for the processing and interpretation of marine survey data, including MBES, SSS, SBP and magnetometer data. 
•Experience of GIS software, including ArcGIS, QGIS or similar software. 
•Experience of ground modelling methods and software. 
•Experience of working offshore on marine surveys. 

It would be ideal if you have;

•Knowledge of subsea power cable burial methods. 
•Experience managing geophysical survey campaigns. 
•Knowledge/experience with geotechnical campaigns and data.
•Knowledge/experience with onshore geophysical campaigns and data

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What you'll do

•Technical point of contact for the contractor, PM, and wider team; on assigned projects in the portfolio. 
•Lead data QC on assigned projects, including assessment of survey data for viability, route development and against specification. 
•Provide challenge and review to contractor and consultant documentation, processes, and quality. 
•Lead technical discussions relating to scope changes, concessions, or deviations. 
•Day-to-day management of client representatives, including project onboarding. 
•Lead improvements to specifications, workflows, and processes, including through identifying lessons learned and new technologies. 
•Provide technical input into burial, protection, and routing discussions. 
•Proactively promote safe working and full compliance with SHEQ standards.  
•Provision of coaching and mentoring to junior team members. 
•Represent the Offshore Engineering team at internal and external events.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £52,000 - £62,000 dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
 

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure has a key role to play in tackling climate change by accelerating our capacity to deliver clean electricity across the UK. We already operate the fastest decarbonising electricity grid in the world, with an ambition for zero carbon operation by 2025. And by 2035, we want to run 100% clean, green energy, all the time.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people. 
Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via the Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More Information

This role closes on 25th March at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.