Marine Survey Manager

APEM; Letchworth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global environmental consultancy in the UK is seeking a Marine Survey Manager to lead offshore projects and manage marine surveys. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in offshore survey management and strong leadership skills. This role offers a chance to work on impactful projects while supporting a commitment to environmental protection and innovation. Benefits include flexible working options and continuous development opportunities.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Access to mental health first aiders

Comprehensive income protection

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial offshore survey experience, including leading marine and benthic surveys.
• Strong capability with safe deployment/recovery of survey equipment.
• Proven experience leading and motivating technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, expand and diversify survey services.
• Oversee planning and delivery of large-scale offshore surveys.
• Manage client relationships and drive innovation across survey programmes.

Skills

Commercial offshore survey experience

Leading marine surveys

Client engagement

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Biology or related marine/environmental discipline

Tools

Survey equipment deployment/recovery

Job description

About The Role

Are you an experienced marine surveyor ready to take the lead on large‑scale offshore projects? Do you enjoy managing teams, shaping strategy and improving the way marine surveys are delivered? Are you looking for a role where you can influence direction, innovate, and help grow a specialist global survey capability?

We’re looking for a Marine Survey Manager to join our Marine BioLabs & Surveys Division — a team known for delivering class‑leading benthic sampling, analysis and offshore fieldwork. This is a senior role with real breadth: strategy, project oversight, team leadership, client engagement and technical excellence.

As Marine Survey Manager, you’ll lead, expand and diversify our survey services — working with marine scientists across benthic ecology, fisheries, hydrology, geomorphology and water quality. You’ll oversee the planning and safe delivery of large‑scale offshore surveys, manage client relationships, shape business development opportunities, and help drive innovation across our UK and international survey programmes.

You’ll work closely with Directors, Associate Directors and Principal Consultants to build a thriving, profitable, high‑performing team while supporting APEM Group’s continued global expansion, including opportunities to contribute to international survey campaigns.

To be successful in this role

• A degree in Biology or a related marine/environmental discipline
• At least 5 years’ commercial offshore survey experience, including leading marine and benthic surveys
• Strong capability with safe deployment/recovery of survey equipment (grabs, cores, nets, water samplers, camera systems)
• Proven experience leading and motivating technical teams
• Excellent project management, commercial awareness and client‑facing skills
• Experience preparing proposals, costings and delivering high‑quality reports
• A passion for developing marine survey capability and improving outcomes for staff, clients and the environment
• Outstanding attention to detail and a commitment to high technical standards

What helps you stand out

• Experience contributing to business cases or Capex planning
• Involvement in recruitment, skills planning or team growth
• Experience monitoring performance (project or personnel)
• Input into cost‑benefit analysis or service optimisation
• A track record of mentoring or upskilling technical teams
• International project experience, including understanding of relevant legislation in other jurisdictions

At APEM Group, you’ll join a collaborative, forward‑thinking team that blends deep scientific expertise with global delivery. This is a role with real impact, influence and scope to grow, where you’ll play a key part in growing our offshore survey capability, shaping technical excellence, improving safety, and supporting our mission to protect aquatic environments while enabling responsible development.

You will be offered the chance to work on a variety of projects, many of our employees have worked on projects that have been of personal interest to them. We match this with a commitment to continuous development and learning to support your career. We also offer benefits to look after you, from private medical insurance for all employees, access to mental health first aiders and comprehensive income protection if you cannot work. We also offer superb flexible working options, balancing work with your life.

Next steps

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, then we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area – we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

If you think you have what it takes to join our fast‑growing business, then please apply immediately on our website. All we need some basic information and your CV, we will review all applications quickly and will respond to all applications.

About Us

The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy, we work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally. Our successful pioneering work has enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working towards the protection of the environment across the globe.