Information & Samples Coordinator (Subsurface)

JAB Recruitment; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

JAB Recruitment is supporting an established UK energy organisation in Barrow-in-Furness to recruit an Information & Samples Coordinator. The role focuses on regulatory compliance across subsurface, wells, production, infrastructure, decommissioning and information/sample management.

The successful candidate will liaise with the NSTA on ISPs, data submissions, and regulatory obligations, ensuring timely, auditable processes for late-life assets and legacy data handling.

Qualifications

• Strong subsurface, wells and/or decommissioning data management experience.
• Detailed knowledge of NSTA Information & Samples requirements.
• Solid understanding of Energy Act and related Information & Samples regulations/guidance.
• Experience handling multiple subsurface and wells data formats and NDR submission requirements.
• Knowledge of data retention, archiving, and disposal in digital/physical forms.
• Experience with GIS/mapping and technical data-management systems.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with regulators and senior internal stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and project-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary focal point for engagement with the NSTA Data Compliance team.
• Coordinate and deliver statutory NSTA submissions, including GIS data, stewardship information, decommissioning data, and production/well data corrections.
• Manage Missing Data Requests / Section 34 Notices and ensure timely responses.
• Coordinate legacy and decommissioning data submission plans and future NSTA Calls for Data.
• Oversee submissions to the National Data Repository (NDR) including seismic and legacy data.
• Manage physical samples and archives, including retention, transfer and disposal reporting to the BGS.
• Develop and track Information & Samples Plans (ISPs) for decommissioning and relinquishment events.
• Ensure ISP commitments are auditable and aligned with asset lifecycle and UKCS licensing.
• Support data governance across subsurface, wells, and infrastructure data, including cloud transition.

Skills

Subsurface data management

Decommissioning data management

NSTA information & samples

Stakeholder management

GIS / mapping

Regulatory compliance

Education

Earth Sciences degree

Computing Science degree

Tools

NSTA systems

NDR submissions

PEARS

UK Energy Portal

GIS software

Job description

Ongoing 2 year PAYE contract 4 days office in Barrow 1 day office - Candidates should live within commutable distance to site or be willing to relocate at their own cost.

JAB Recruitment is supporting an established UK energy organisation in the appointment of an Information & Samples Coordinator to join its team in Barrow-in-Furness.

This is a specialist role with responsibility for ensuring regulatory compliance across subsurface, wells, production, infrastructure, decommissioning and information/sample management. The successful candidate will act as the principal focal point for engagement with the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) regarding Information & Samples requirements and statutory data obligations.

The position will be particularly important across late-life and decommissioning assets, ensuring that regulatory submissions, legacy data remediation, physical samples and digital archives are managed accurately and in accordance with UK regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary focal point for engagement with the NSTA Data Compliance team.
• Coordinate and deliver statutory NSTA submissions, including infrastructure GIS data, stewardship information, decommissioning and relinquishment data, production reporting and well-data corrections.
• Manage Missing Data Requests / Section 34 Notices, ensuring responses are delivered within regulatory deadlines.
• Coordinate legacy and decommissioning data submission plans and future NSTA Calls for Data.
• Manage digital submissions to the National Data Repository (NDR), including seismic, site survey, wellbore and legacy datasets.
• Oversee physical samples and archives, including retention, transfer and disposal requirements and relevant reporting to the British Geological Survey (BGS).
• Develop, maintain and track Information & Samples Plans (ISPs) for decommissioning and licence relinquishment events.
• Ensure ISP commitments are delivered, auditable and aligned with asset lifecycle and UKCS licensing requirements.
• Support the management and integration of subsurface, wells and infrastructure data, including transition of technical data stores to cloud-based solutions.
• Act as the bridge between technical disciplines and corporate data-governance requirements.
• Act as a key user/focal point for NDR, PEARS, UK Energy Portal systems and GIS/mapping.
• Work closely with Wells, Subsurface, Decommissioning, Legal, Commercial, Information Management and IT teams to ensure regulatory obligations are understood and delivered.

About You

We are keen to speak with candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong subsurface, wells and/or decommissioning data management experience.
• Detailed knowledge of NSTA Information & Samples requirements.
• Strong understanding of the Energy Act and associated Information & Samples regulations and guidance.
• Experience managing multiple subsurface and wells data formats and NDR submission requirements.
• Knowledge of digital and physical data retention, archiving and disposal requirements.
• Experience working with GIS/mapping and technical data-management systems.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, including experience dealing with regulators and senior internal stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational and project-management capability with a high level of attention to detail.
• Previous experience working within an energy operator environment is highly desirable.
• A degree in Earth Sciences, Computing Science or a related discipline would be advantageous.

Why This Role?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical data or information-management professional to take ownership of a highly visible regulatory function covering the full asset lifecycle, with particular involvement in decommissioning, legacy data management and UKCS regulatory compliance.

If you have experience in NSTA compliance, subsurface/wells data management, Information & Samples Plans, NDR submissions or decommissioning data, we would be keen to hear from you.