Senior Geophysicist and Subsurface Imaging Lead

Terracon; Madison (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Terracon in Madison, AL seeks a Senior Geophysicist to lead a team conducting near-surface geophysical surveys and provide interpretation to support geologic, groundwater, environmental, and engineering investigations.

You will mentor staff, oversee field activities, and ensure safety and quality across projects, including infrastructure and environmental work. Strong domain knowledge in GPR, magnetometry, resistivity, and related methods is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geophysics, or related field.
• Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
• Minimum 7-10 years’ experience.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Senior-level, experienced Geophysicist responsible for training, managing, and conducting near-surface geophysical surveys and making recommendations for systems design on all sized projects with a variety of complexity.
• Demonstrate knowledge in the use of ground penetrating radar, magnetometry, terrain conductivity, electrical resistivity profiling, electrical resistivity sounding, seismic refraction, MASW, and utility locating methods, among others.
• With support from the National Manager for Geophysics, work to build a team of geophysical staff in the region. Staff to include project managers and field staff. Must be willing to train and mentor staff so that work can be delegated.
• Direct and supervise field staff to sample, test and collect data and/or document site activities.
• Monitor performance of teams and facilitate training, site visits, quality audits, and safety incident investigation.
• Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Responsible for overseeing and maintaining quality standards on all projects.
• Interact with Senior Vice President of Operations, National Account Managers (NAMs), Department Managers and Region-Level leadership to promote awareness of geophysical services
• Participates with other geophysical subject matter experts (SMEs) on large, more complex projects.
• Responsible for developing written proposals to clients for both small and large projects including quality control review of proposals written by others.
• Evaluates complex geophysical data and assembles in written reports.
• May serve as team member or lead in meetings and communications with client pertaining to specific projects/tasks.
• Requires direct management of employees.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geophysics, or related field

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Job description

Terracon in Madison, AL seeks a Senior Geophysicist to lead a team conducting near-surface geophysical surveys and provide interpretation to support geologic, groundwater, environmental, and engineering investigations.

You will mentor staff, oversee field activities, and ensure safety and quality across projects, including infrastructure and environmental work. Strong domain knowledge in GPR, magnetometry, resistivity, and related methods is required.