Marine Project Manager / Laboratory Supervisor

Our mission is to enable nature and business to thrive together. The independent consultancy, chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK. Our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting. Our services include but are not limited to: marine surveying and laboratory analysis, terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, habitat management, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments.

We undertake intertidal and subtidal marine and estuarine surveys, and our laboratory specialises in processing benthic faunal samples for a variety of exciting projects both from the UK and abroad. We are looking to recruit an experienced Project Manager who will manage the delivery of a portfolio of projects and will supervise the efficient and effective delivery of project work through our laboratory in Guildford. You will have responsibility for the day to day resourcing and workflow in the laboratory, ensuring we operate in a safe and compliant manner. You will draw upon your previous experience working in consultancy to establish and maintain relationships with new and existing clients, drive business development opportunities and develop proposals, quotes and tenders.

Salary: £30,000-£34,000 per annum, dependent on skillset.

We would love to hear from enthusiastic candidates who are good team players and have a willingness to learn. Additionally, we are looking for candidates to have experience in:

• Commercial skills - building relationships with prospective and existing clients, preparing quotes and tenders and winning work.
• Project management - oversee and manage delivery of laboratory-based projects to time, cost and quality constraints.
• Laboratory management - managing resources and workflow effectively to ensure timely, high quality sample analysis. Oversee day to day health and safety matters and the upkeep of the laboratory, for example, ordering of equipment, sample storage and disposal.

Our Marine laboratory is based in Guildford and you will be required to work from there most days. We welcome applications from individuals looking to work part-time/flexibly.

At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual’s unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service. Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving. We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges. We recognise the importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package. Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fundraising for charity. We work hard but have fun too. We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration. We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a lifetime projects.

You will enjoy all the benefits we have to offer which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events.

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.