Renewables - Geophysicist

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SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £12.5 billion in low carbon projects over the next 5 years, our SSE Renewables (SSER) business continues to be at the forefront of our growth plans, and our ambition to build a world that’s more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come. We are proud to be playing a critical role in the net zero transition, as we aim to more than treble the net capacity in operation to 13GW and grow renewable energy output five-fold to over 50TWh over the next 10 years.

About The Role

Base Location: Flexible UK & Ireland, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key sites, which includes but is not limited to:- Glasgow, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness, Reading, Havant, London, Belfast or Dublin.

Salary: Competitive depending on experience + car/allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

What is the Role?

As a Geophysicist you’ll play a key role in our Engineering and Innovation Centre’s Geoscience Team providing geophysical & survey delivery support to our offshore wind portfolio of projects.

Main Accountabilities May Include

• Planning, execution, and delivery of offshore geophysical surveys from the initial 2DUHRS scouting surveys through to pre-construction UXO and Engineering surveys.
• Inputting into planning and managing geophysical survey activities including preparing scopes of work, contractor selection, management, interpretation, and ground modelling.
• Reviewing and distributing survey deliverables to meet the requirements of SSE, and the various stakeholders.
• Reviewing technical reports and interpretation deliverables, including desk studies, factual reports, interpretative reports, supplied GIS and more.
• Ensuring survey works are delivered in accordance with contract requirements and specifications, proactively managing delays, challenges, and survey budgets.
  

What do I need?

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills and who is educated to degree level in Geophysics, or a related geoscience discipline and have a comprehensive understanding of technical and operational issues regarding offshore site investigation. Holding Chartership or working towards your Chartership Professional Review with either Institution of Civil Engineers or The Geological Society would be an advantage.

Due to the nature of this role, we would love you to have experience in most of the following areas:

• Good working knowledge of delivering answers using the standard interpretation software packages including Kingdom, Oasis Montaj and ARCGIS.
• Experience of supervising and delivering geophysical surveys to support all stages and components of offshore wind development.
• Experience of supervising survey and reporting activities to ensure the delivery of quality, detailed interpretation of those datasets.
• Good knowledge of the techniques required to deliver ground modelling to support project engineering decisions
• UXO, Geohazard and risk mitigation and management for consents and engineering.
  

A level of travel will be required, therefore, you should have a full and valid driving license.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ’Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and I’ll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact NAME.NAME@sse.com / phone number.

EXTERNAL: Before commencing employment with SSE, you’ll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

INTERNAL: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.