Terrestrial Geophysics Project Officer

An opportunity has arisen for an additional geophysicist to join the Geoservices Team. You’ll be leading and motivating teams working on a range of large-scale, significant infrastructure projects across the UK. You’ll be responsible for inspiring your team to achieve the highest possible standards.

You’ll have an excellent understanding of health safety and wellbeing policies and a firm commitment to ensuring safe working practices. As well as managing and supervising surveys, you’ll play a critical part in successful communication with colleagues and stakeholders. With strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise, you’ll be confident preparing and checking survey data and reports.

Main responsibilities will include:

• To be responsible for the delivery and management of a comprehensive range of geophysical surveys (gradiometer, resistivity, GPR, EM, ERT) across the UK.

• To aid in design and set up of surveys.

• To prepare, check, edit, collate, and process digital data.

• To interpret the geophysical data and produce an informed and considered technical report based upon the results.

• Quality control of data from sites as well as the interpretation and reports of peers.

• To ensure the preparation of client reports is carried out in accordance with relevant legislation, planning policy, and current national guidance.

• Educated to at least degree level in an appropriate subject or to hold demonstrable experience to an equivalent level and ideally a post-graduate qualification in Geophysics or a related discipline.

• Experience processing, interpreting, and reporting on geophysical data.

• A comprehensive understanding of all aspects of health & safety associated with fieldwork.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable:

• Experience of providing quality assurance and editing of project deliverables.

• Technically astute and have experience in tendering, design, planning, management, and delivery of projects.

• Have membership of an appropriate accredited professional body and have a full UK Driving Licence.

Full details of our benefits package are available on our website.

Email your completed application form and equal opportunities monitoring form by 28 February 2025 to wa.applications@wessexarch.co.uk . All applications will be acknowledged within 2 weeks of the closing date. If you have questions about the role, then please contact Tom Richardson t.richardson@wessexarch.co.uk