Overview
ERM, the world\'s largest pure play sustainability consultancy, has an entry level opportunity for a Marine Geoscience Consulting Associate with a geophysical focus. The Capital Projects Delivery team offers integrated marine geophysical and geotechnical services to clients across sectors including marine aggregates, offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, subsea cables, coastal / marine engineering, and ports / harbours developments. The team is developing ERM’s Marine Centre of Excellence, a hub of marine environmental and planning consultancy services for clients across seabed user sectors and marine projects, including offshore wind.
Responsibilities
- You will support a range of geoscience projects, with a focus on hydrographic and geomorphological interpretation using survey data including bathymetry, sidescan sonar, magnetometer and shallow seismic data using industry-standard software.
- You\u2019ll interrogate these data to assess seabed habitats, shallow sediments, and physical processes for projects from sectors including marine aggregates, offshore renewables and marine cables.
- Projects will encompass parts of or whole project life-cycles, including prospecting, site investigation, Environmental Impact Assessments, monitoring and licence conditions, decommissioning and post-project close out.
- You will feed into technical and non-technical report writing and data presentation, and provide support in writing proposals for future projects.
About You / Qualifications
Degree-qualified in a relevant marine geoscience or geophysics or oceanography subjectExperience with ESRI ArcMap / ArcGIS Pro or QGIS, and ideally at least one specialist geoscience software program (e.g., IHS Kingdom, Petrel, Surfer, SonarWiz, or Moga Seaview)Understanding of offshore geophysical acquisition equipment and techniquesGrounding in interpreting seabed features and marine geomorphology in hydrographic and geophysical dataUnderstanding of the marine hydrodynamic environment and sediment transport processesSkilled in technical and non-technical writing, reviewing a range of reports, papers and technical results, and extracting the required informationKeen to learn and develop within a diverse, international teamOffshore survey experience is desirableWhy join ERM?
Flexible working to suit your life. ERM offers 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, pension contributions, opportunities for promotion and salary review, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, EV car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, travel season ticket loan, volunteering and Give As You Earn, wellbeing benefits, and employee discounts. ERM supports a safety-first, diverse and inclusive culture with a broad career framework and global expert communities.
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