Survey Lead

Hydrographic Society UK & Ireland; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday

Contributory pension

Private medical insurance

Death in service

Flexible benefits

Option to buy additional holidays

Job summary

Boskalis Subsea Services in Aberdeen seeks a Survey Lead to plan, coordinate and safely execute survey activities across projects and vessels, ensuring compliance with IMCA and CMS standards. The role serves as the main interface between BSSL and survey providers to deliver operational requirements.

The position drives efficiency and quality in survey operations while building remote survey capabilities and standardised processes.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in surveying, hydrography, geomatics or related discipline.
• Demonstrable understanding of survey and ROV systems and their integration.
• Minimum of 5 years offshore experience at Senior Surveyor or Party Chief level.
• Experience in survey-related project engineering or subsea operations.
• Knowledge of IMCA standards and offshore operations.
• Familiarity with frame agreements and coordinating external survey vendors.
• Ability to liaise across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the commercial department with tender opportunities, providing clear survey input and solutions
• Support Crewing and Competence in maintaining a steady, well-qualified survey workforce via BSS’s survey provider
• Support projects and clients in defining and delivering survey requirements across offshore and remote operations, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and delivery
• Support equipment preparation to meet project requirements, including collation of pre-mobilisation audits and certification packages
• Assume BSS’s survey provider’s project main point of contact when required
• Develop and implement the BSS Remote Operations Centre (ROC) to support survey operations
• Define and standardise processes for remote and hybrid survey delivery, including data QC, monitoring, and reporting
• Integrate ROC capabilities into project execution in collaboration with internal teams and survey providers

Skills

Surveying knowledge

Hydrography

Geomatics

Offshore experience

Communication skills

Education

Academic certification in surveying/hydrography/geomatics

Job description

Make your mark as Survey Lead for Boskalis Subsea Services in Aberdeen. You will be accountable for the planning, co‑ordination, and safe execution of survey activities across all Boskalis Subsea Services Limited (BSSL) projects and vessels, ensuring compliance with regulatory, industry (IMCA), and company (CMS) standards. As the primary interface between BSSL and all survey service providers, the role ensures that operational requirements are clearly defined, communicated, and effectively delivered.

The Survey Lead drives efficiency, quality, and value for money in survey operations while maintaining the highest standards of safety and technical integrity in support of BSSL’s operational objectives.

In addition, the role is responsible for establishing and developing BSSL’s remote survey operations, enabling effective integration between offshore and onshore survey functions. This includes defining operating models, implementing standardised processes and QC frameworks, and supporting the development of training and competence systems to deliver scalable remote survey capability.

Your responsibilities as Survey Lead:

The main responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to;

• Support the commercial department with tender opportunities, providing clear survey input and solutions
• Support Crewing and Competence in maintaining a steady, well‑qualified survey workforce via BSS’s survey provider
• Support projects and clients in defining and delivering survey requirements across offshore and remote operations, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and delivery
• Support equipment preparation to meet project requirements, including collation of pre‑mobilisation audits and certification packages
• Assume BSS’s survey provider’s project main point of contact when required
• Develop and implement the BSS Remote Operations Centre (ROC) to support survey operations
• Define and standardise processes for remote and hybrid survey delivery, including data QC, monitoring, and reporting
• Integrate ROC capabilities into project execution in collaboration with internal teams and survey providers

We offer

You can make your mark as Survey Lead if you have:

• Recognised qualification in surveying, hydrography, geomatics, or a related discipline with academic certification.
• Demonstrable understanding of survey and ROV systems, their integration, and application in diving and subsea construction.
• Minimum of 5 years’ offshore experience at Senior Surveyor or Party Chief level, including mobilisation and execution of survey scopes.
• Proven experience in survey‑related project engineering or subsea operations.
• Working knowledge of IMCA and relevant standards, including guidelines for survey competence and offshore operations.
• Familiarity with frame agreements and coordination with external survey vendors and subcontractors.
• Demonstrated ability to liaise across multi‑disciplinary teams and organisational levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to present technical information clearly.

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
• Rewarding conditions: Beyond a competitive salary, you will receive a holiday entitlement of 34 days, a contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance and death in service benefit. There is also a range of flexible benefits you can take advantage of including the opportunity to buy additional holidays each year.
• Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.
• Your team: You will report to the Head of Survey and Inspection and work closely together with project managers.
• Where you will work: Your location will be our office in Aberdeen.

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