geophysicist London, England
Job description
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.
Do you have a passion for renewable energy and geophysics? Do you want to play a crucial role in delivering geophysical products for wind farm projects at all stages of development? Then join us a Senior Geophysicist and help lead the way towards a fossil-free future!
You will be joining Geoscience department. We are a diverse, high-performing team of geoscientists and have an active role in the continual development of the team. The role will allow opportunities to explore innovative technology, develop best practices and push boundaries as we help Vattenfall achieve its vision of transitioning society towards a fossil-free future.
Your role
As a Senior Geophysicist focusing on environmental and consenting surveys, you will have the responsibility to deliver geophysical products and technical notes/reports for our wind farm portfolio at all stages of project development.
Your main responsibilities will be to:
- Represent the Geoscience team as a technical authority on environmental geophysical surveys
- Scope, plan, procure, manage and deliver environmental and consenting geophysical surveys
- Manage contractors and consultants involved in survey acquisition, interpretation and reporting
- Managing interactions with consenting, environmental and archaeological colleagues
- Manage environmental laboratory testing campaigns
- Develop procedures and processes to benefit the department working towards standardisation of deliverables.
- Act as a role model for junior colleagues and help develop their skills and competencies within your area of expertise.
You will be reporting to the Manager of Geophysics.
Location
The location of this position is flexible with London (UK), Kolding (DK) or Hamburg (DE) being our preferred locations, but for the right candidate we are willing to consider appointments within reasonable commuting distance of any of our European offices.
Your profile
We are looking for candidates with both practical experience and academic knowledge. You will come from a geoscience, consenting/environmental or engineering background. You will be able to proactively apply your knowledge in support of our strategic goals.
You will be motivated, efficient and organized. You shall be able to juggle competing priorities whilst remaining motivated and making decisions independently. We foster a psychologically safe working environment within the team as such you will be willing to help and support others as well as provide and receive feedback and support on technical and project decisions as needed.
Candidates should possess most of the following skills and experience:
- A master’s degree or PhD in geophysics or environmental studies
- Five years relevant geophysical experience (working for a contractor, consultant or developer).
- Experience in managing geophysical survey works
- Experience in analysing the following datasets for the purposes of interpretation and production of technical reports:
- Multibeam echo sounder data
- Side scan sonar data
- Sediment grab sampling data
- Drop down video data acquisition
- sub bottom profiling data interpretation would be beneficial
- Proven experience in specifying and managing environmental laboratory schedules
- Proficiency in the following geophysical software packages for data QC, interpretation experience with other commercially available software packages should also be detailed in your application:
- Oasis Montaj
- ArcGIS
- Sonarwizz
- Navimodel
- Fluency in spoken and written English is required
- The ability and willingness to travel abroad occasionally for short durations when circumstances allow (e.g. to contractor, consultant and other Vattenfall office locations)
Additional Information
Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.
More Information
We welcome your application in English including resume and cover letter, no later than, Wednesday 30th of August. A cover letter in which you explain why you are qualified for this position, as well as your motivation to work for Vattenfall, is essential for us to determine who we want to proceed with in the interview process. Therefore, we kindly ask you to upload a cover letter next to your resume. Please do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Stijn van der Kleij via [email protected]
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
We look forward to receiving your application!
