Senior Hydrographic Surveyor

Oegrenewables; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions company is seeking a Senior Hydrographic Surveyor to join their growing survey team. The role involves leading hydrographic survey operations, ensuring equipment maintenance, and supporting project completion. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience and a relevant higher education degree.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar position.
• Competent user of hydrographic survey instrumentation and software.
• Excellent communicator at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Leading technical aspects of hydrographic survey operations.
• Ensuring equipment is in good condition and assisting vessel master with safety.
• Supporting hydrographic survey manager to complete projects on time.

Skills

Hydrographic surveying procedures

Hydrographic survey instrumentation

Excellent communication

Education

Higher education degree in hydrographic surveying or related science

Tools

GNSS

MRU

Multibeam Echosounders

Sidescan Sonars

Job description

OEG's subsea services division has an open job vacancy for a Senior Hydrographic Surveyor to join our growing survey team.

OEG is a leading energy solutions business, providing mission critical infrastructure assets and services to the global offshore energy industry. Through our specialist divisions - topside, marine, subsea, logistics and industrials, we are a pivotal link in the global offshore energy project chain, ensuring our customers’ projects are delivered safely, reliably and efficiently.

• Leading on technical aspects of conducting hydrographic survey operations including vessel mobilisation, data acquisition, processing and reporting of hydrographic data.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Ensuring all equipment/sensors in use are kept in good condition
• Assisting the vessel master in issues of safety
• Correct use of the survey equipment and software and reporting any misuse or issues to the chief surveyor/technical manager
• Checking hire kit in/out against packing lists provided by the hire company
• Ensuring that all equipment is cleaned and correctly packed away on demobilisation from project
• Ensuring that all data is copied onto an external HDD and that the processing manager is made aware in advance that data will be arriving
• Any other tasks as directed by the senior surveyor/party chief
• Assisting with technical queries from clients and GEOSIGHT team members
• Working as part of a team of technical specialists
• Supporting the hydrographic survey manager to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Contributing to hydrographic survey strategies regarding projects, tasks, and operations current and future.
• Supporting the hydrographic survey manager to ensure that project/department milestones/goals are met.
• Developing an extensive knowledge of hydrographic and department processes.
• Reporting any potential technical issues relating to clients, project over-runs, etc. to hydrographic survey manager and/ or Managing Director
• Project Administration, Client Liaison and Resource Allocation – staff, equipment, vehicles, HSE etc.
• Assisting with complex fieldwork projects
• Mobilisation of survey vessels including conducting equipment calibrations and verifications
• Hydrographic data acquisition and assisting colleagues with technical issues during fieldwork
• Hydrographic data processing, reporting and & assisting with QA of completed projects
• Liaising with clients by telephone, email, reports and in meetings as required
• Attending site meetings as required
• Maintaining and keeping up to date project information with ASANA project management software
• Communicating with survey managers any risks to projects in regard to project milestones and deadlines

QHSE responsibilities

To have a general understanding of the areas of our QHSE Management System and OEG’s QHSE aims and objectives that are relevant to the role.

Comply with the requirements of OEG Energy Group Policies and the responsibilities within the wider QHSE Management System.

Promoting:

• a proactive health and safety culture focussed on the prevention of work-related injury or ill health and continual improvement in our processes / performance.
• environmental sustainability and energy efficiency whilst minimising our environmental impacts and preventing pollution.
• a quality culture that brings values to our business, our customers and other interested parties ensuring quality issues and opportunities for improvement are identified and implemented.

Skills and experiences

• Competence in all hydrographic surveying procedures
• Competent user of hydrographic survey instrumentation and software – GNSS, MRU, Multibeam Echosounders, Sidescan Sonars.
• Excellent communicator at all levels both internally within all ranks of the team and externally to all stakeholders in hydrographic survey work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar position.
• A higher education degree in hydrographic surveying or related science-based subject.