Senior Consultant - Senior Executive

TGS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TGS | 4C is seeking a Senior Executive, Marine Consulting to lead geoscience and advisory services across international markets. You will shape client strategy, identify growth opportunities, and convert marine expertise into profitable assignments while fostering trusted relationships with clients and partners.

This senior role is accountable for strategic leadership, major project oversight, and integration of capabilities across offices and regions.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in marine geoscience, offshore survey, subsea engineering, renewables or related services.
• A record of founding, scaling or repositioning businesses, offices or service lines.
• Success generating revenue through client development, partnerships and new market entry.
• International operational leadership across regions, cultures and commercial environments.
• End-to-end ownership of tenders, pricing, contracts, execution and delivery.
• Working knowledge of marine survey, cable route, UXO, ROV and subsea projects.
• Confident communication with boards, senior customers, partners and operational teams.
• Living or willing to relocate to the Norwich area

Responsibilities

• Set the commercial direction for the Marine Consulting geoscience portfolio, including market strategy and revenue growth.
• Lead strategic capture from early engagement through tendering and award.
• Represent TGS Marine Consulting in senior client meetings and international events.
• Oversee regional offices, alliances, and market access initiatives.
• Ensure operations align with governance, HSE and ethical requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

International experience

Strategic leadership

Tendering & contracts

Client relationships

Maritime geoscience

Operations oversight

Job description

Lakeside 300
Broadland Office Park
Norwich, NR7 0WG, United Kingdom

4 The Heights, Brooklands
Weybridge, KT13 0NY, United Kingdom

Posting Start Date: 11/6/26

Field of Work: Other

TGS | 4C is a leading provider of intelligence and advisory services to the global wind energy sector. For over 17 years, we have helped developers, suppliers and investors make informed decisions through leading project, supply chain, regulatory, financial and GIS insights. Today, 80% of leading offshore wind developers and suppliers use our platform.

In 2026, we expanded our offering with the launch of onshore wind intelligence, extending our trusted expertise across the wider energy sector.

Our Advisory team combines proprietary data with deep industry knowledge to deliver independent investment level insights across global wind markets.

The Senior Executive, Marine Consulting provides executive leadership for the growth, positioning and delivery of TGS Marine Consulting geoscience and advisory services in international markets.

The position connects market opportunity with operational capability. It shapes client strategy, develops viable service lines and converts marine survey, route engineering, subsea and renewables expertise into profitable assignments.

This senior role is accountable for strategic relationships, business development, major project oversight and integration of capabilities across offices and regions.

Principal Accountabilities

• Set the commercial direction for the Marine Consulting geoscience portfolio, including:
  • Market strategy - select priority sectors, territories and clients
  • Revenue growth - build pipeline and convert opportunities into contracts
  • Corporate development - assess partnerships, investments and acquisitions
• Challenge business plans against demand, competition, capability, risk and return.
• Build scalable platforms for growth through:
  • Establishing regional offices or operating hubs
  • Launching complementary geoscience and engineering services
  • Forming alliances and joint ventures for market access
  • Supporting post-acquisition integration and value creation
• Use international market knowledge to anticipate client needs and guide investment.
• Align business development, technical and operational teams behind shared priorities.

Client Leadership & Market Presence

• Develop executive relationships with developers, utilities, contractors, investors and supply-chain partners.
• Lead strategic capture from early engagement through tendering, negotiation and award.
• Represent TGS Marine Consulting in senior client meetings, forums and international events.
• Strengthen market position across offshore renewables, power cables, marine infrastructure and subsea services.
• Create cross-selling routes by connecting geoscience insight with wider TGS | 4C capabilities.
• Direct marine survey, seabed classification, route engineering, geoscience, UXO, ROV and subsea engineering services.
• Ensure solutions address the lifecycle from feasibility and site investigation through installation support and operations.
• Oversee strategic assignments from bid development and negotiation to mobilisation, execution and close-out.
• Review delivery, resources, schedule, financial performance and client outcomes; intervene when recovery is required.

Organisational Leadership & Integration

• Build multidisciplinary teams combining technical credibility, commercial discipline and service focus.
• Mentor directors, managers and consultants in client development, project leadership and decision-making.
• Integrate offices, business units and disciplines to share expertise and reduce duplication.
• Strengthen succession, recruitment and development for capabilities critical to growth.

Governance, Commercial Control & HSE

• Oversee bid approvals, contractual exposure, project risk, margin, cash and resources.
• Ensure operations and advice comply with TGS governance, quality, HSE and ethical requirements.
• Promote transparent reporting, timely escalation and accountable decisions across the portfolio.

Experience & Professional Background

• Extensive leadership experience in marine geoscience, offshore survey, subsea engineering, renewables or related services.
• A record of founding, scaling or repositioning businesses, offices or service lines.
• Success generating revenue through client development, partnerships and new market entry.
• International operational leadership across regions, cultures and commercial environments.
• End-to-end ownership of tenders, pricing, contracts, execution and delivery.
• Working knowledge of marine survey, cable route, UXO, ROV and subsea projects.
• Confident communication with boards, senior customers, partners and operational teams.
• Living or willing to relocate to the Norwich area

Additional Strengths

• Technical qualification, professional development or equivalent experience in marine technology, engineering or geoscience.
• Board, joint-venture, corporate integration or mergers and acquisitions experience within international businesses.
• Industry-body participation and an established offshore energy and marine network.

Leadership Attributes

• Entrepreneurial and opportunity-led
• Commercially decisive and financially disciplined
• Credible with senior clients and industry partners
• Able to integrate diverse teams and capabilities
• Strategic in outlook and practical in execution
• Comfortable operating across international markets
• Accountable, resilient and committed to safe delivery

At TGS | 4C, we believe diverse perspectives drive better outcomes. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and growth. If you are passionate about contributing to a more sustainable energy future, we'd love to hear from you.