Marine Geospatial Data Lead

Reed Talent Solutions; Bristol; On-site; GBP 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading governmental agency in the UK is seeking a Geospatial Data Lead to manage marine geospatial data for vital defense operations. The role offers a salary of £70,300 per annum and includes generous benefits such as flexible working and a significant pension contribution. The ideal candidate will have experience in stakeholder engagement and a relevant STEM qualification. This job requires UK citizenship and may involve occasional travel to various sites.

Benefits

26.5+ days holiday

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental leave schemes

Exceptional pension contribution

Qualifications

• Experience with marine geospatial data in offshore survey.
• Knowledge of data governance, analysis, and digital transformation.
• Ability to travel to different MOD sites.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement marine-specific data strategy.
• Lead data integration from maritime autonomous systems.
• Engage with stakeholders and promote data literacy.

Skills

Management experience

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Geospatial data expertise

Education

Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics qualification at RQF Level 4

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Chartered Scientist (CSci) or equivalent

Job description

DE&S Marine Geospatial Data Lead

Ministry of Defence

Details

Reference number

#removed#

Salary

£70,300 per annum (pro rata), plus generous benefits. Existing civil servants should refer to the Further Information document for salary details.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Other

Professional I

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Defence Equipment & Support - Engineering - SALMO

Type of role

Engineering

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Location

MOD Abbey Wood, Filton, Bristol, Avon BS34 8JH

About the job

Job summary

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.

We offer 26.5+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 28.97%, to help work work for you.

Nationality, visas and vetting

For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country.

We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

DV clearance

Join with SC clearance and obtain DV once in post.

Job description

If you are excited by the prospect of working with industry leading subsea technology in a challenging environment, then this could be the ideal opportunity for you. The Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO) team are looking for a Geospatial Data Lead to join them as part of their wider Seabed Operations department.

We are seeking a highly skilled Geospatial Data Lead with management and stakeholder engagement experience to lead the strategic management, integration, and exploitation of geospatial data assets within our maritime defence programs. You will have strong experience with marine geospatial data, ideally in an offshore survey operations role, with a deep understanding of data interpretation, governance, analysis, and digital transformation initiatives. We will provide you with the necessary additional training on mission specific hardware/software and help you on your journey to becoming an experienced Seabed Operations data lead.

Although based at MOD Abbey Wood, it is anticipated that you will be required to travel to other MOD sites/data centres throughout the course of your duties and an expectation to deploy, on occasion, to support geospatial analysis within the field and on operational deployments.

Our SALMO team is the lead across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the provision of marine salvage and emergency response. Our specialists including AUV and ROV operators and surveyors, Master Mariners, Marine Engineers, Naval Architects, Environmental Scientists, and Divers provide a centre of expertise for subsea activities and marine operations.

Our operations are varied and include salvage assistance to damaged surface vessels, location of aircraft on the sea-bottom, survey of wrecks, towage of warships and submarines, emergency response preparedness exercises and underwater engineering support to resolve defects on MOD platforms, and gaining the operational advantage of the seabed, all at home and overseas.

What you’ll be doing

Data Strategy & Leadership

• Define and implement marine-specific data strategy aligned with broader defence data frameworks.
• Act as the subject matter expert for all SALMO Geospatial data related activities, advising internal stakeholders and wider defence and international partners at all levels.
• Lead data projects for Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) throughout their entire lifecycle, from design, build, operation, maintenance, and eventual disposal

Data Governance & Quality

• Establish robust data governance processes to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and security.
• Ensure compliance with MOD data standards, security classifications, and applicable regulations.

Data Integration & Architecture

• Oversee the aggregation of data from MAS capabilities, and external data sources.
• Collaborate with systems architects and engineering teams to design data pipelines, models, and repositories in a quickly evolving field of defence data exploitation.

Analytics & Exploitation

• Drive the use of advanced analysis, including AI/ML, to efficiently analyse data sets and create timely products to meet defence needs.
• Lead the operational development of outputted products and enable specialist knowledge and software developments to be realised within products created.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with Defence MAS, and international industry partners to align data priorities.
• Support the development of data literacy and culture across SALMO.

Person specification

• Hold a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics based qualification at RQF Level 4 together with being professionally registered with a relevant Professional body/institution, either:
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or
• Chartered Scientist (CSci) or
• Chartered Geographer (CGeog) or
• Chartered Marine Scientist (CMarSci) or
• Chartered Marine Technologist (CMarTech) or
• Chartered IT Professional (CITP) or
• Chartered Master Mariner (CMMar) or
• Chartered Marine Engineer (CMarEng)
• OR hold a relevant qualification at RQF Level 6.
• Experience of providing technical advice and presenting data products at a senior level and leading the delivery of successful engineering outcomes in multidisciplinary projects.
• Wide ranging depth and breadth of technical experience in geospatial engineering/science with knowledge and application of System s Engineering approaches.