Your mission
OSC is seeking an experienced Marine Consultant to become a member of its team. The Consultant will have a strong track record of working in offshore sectors, specifically wind, tidal, military, and/or oil and gas, and delivering expertise on environmental impact assessments, licencing, and/or equipment specifications and deployment methods, with prior experience working in the field (minimum 2 years’ experience). Types of equipment suitable candidates will have knowledge in include: buoys, ADCPs, cameras (RGB & IR), echosounders,
C-PODs/F-PODs, noise measurement, Passive Acoustic Monitoring (arrays/buoys/static recorders), acoustic releases,
etc.
The successful candidate will have previous experience (minimum 1 years) of project management, liaising with and building positive relationship with stakeholders and clients, as well as preparing and submitting tenders and proposals, marine licencing, EIAs, and client reporting.
Your profile
Responsibilities:- Provide mitigation advice for offshore industries;
- Technical, financial, and contractual management to OSC & client requirements;
- Client liaison and stakeholder management;
- Assist with proposals, tenders, and vendor pre-qualification documents;
- EIA, HRA, MMMP, and client report preparation;
- Potential for line management of junior staff.
The successful candidate will have the following:
Required:- Legally permitted to work in UK prior to employment;
- Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. marine biology / ecology / marine engineering);
- Experience with equipment configuration, and deployment;
- Experience working with wind, tidal, military and/or O&G sectors in pre/post-consent project delivery;
- Offshore fieldwork experience (e.g. MMO/PAM/Environmental Scientist);
- Prior project management and financial management experience;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office programmes (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams);
- Able to work on own initiative and prioritise effectively, achieving results against deadlines;
- Genuine interest about the business, and the industry;
- Ability to lift 20 kg;
- Full, clean UK drivers licence; and,
- Commercially aware, discreet, and able to handle sensitive information.
Desirable:- Knowledge and experience of environmental surveys (e.g. water & sediment sampling);
- Experience managing personnel and teams;
- MMO, and PAM training;
- Offshore survival certifications (e.g. BOSIET & medical);
- Familiarity with statistical analysis and coding software (e.g. R, MATLAB, Python);
- Creation of maps in QGIS (or similar GIS software);
- Knowledge and experience of marine fauna taxonomic identification.
Why us?
Employment: Full-time/permanent position
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications & experience
Holiday: 32 days + birthday inclusive of bank holidays
Benefits: Health insurance
Team: Friendly, flexible & supportive work environment
Training: Multiple opportunities for CPD
Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, UK with offshore work globally
Start date: ASAP
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