UK Geosciences Lead - #1693072

Job Title: UK Geosciences Lead

Grade: Senior Principal

Department: Geosciences Business Stream

Location: UK

Responsible to: UK Manager

Purpose of the role:

To take responsibility for selling and delivering high quality, innovative and profitable Geoscience services to internal and external clients and to assist with the development and maintenance of client relationships. To identify opportunities, win work, manage and participate in a wide variety of consultancy projects involving analysis, design, advice and technical review.

To develop, mentor and lead a competent, effective and motivated multi-disciplined Geoscience team, delivering technical leadership to ensure standardisation and consistency.

Duties and Responsibilities:

In consultation with the Location Manager, Business Stream Director and Business Line Leads:

Geoscience Leadership:

• Develop and lead a competent, effective, appropriately skilled and motivated multi-discipline UK Geoscience team that meets the needs of the business
• Provide Geoscience technical leadership, guidance and advice to clients and colleagues
• Provide oversight of the technical and service delivery of the Geoscience team ensuring compliance with business management system
• Take responsibility for attainment of service quality, health and safety, financial targets and other KPIs
• Oversee Geoscience project workload amongst Geoscience staff and subcontractors
• Liaise with business stream directors, leads and other GM offices worldwide to deliver global projects using the most appropriate resources
• In consultation with the Business Line Leads, identify specific training requirements for delivery of Geoscience Services and participate in the appraisal of staff performance
• Provide oversight of forecasting of future Geoscience workload and identify future resourcing levels and skillsets required to meet workload and capability requirements
• Lead recruitment initiatives to ensure the team is resourced with appropriate capacity, skills and experience according to the budget.
  
  

Business Development:

• Work with the business development team to identify, document and pursue new and existing business opportunities for Geoscience Services in order to achieve growth targets
• Actively cross-sell Global Maritime’s full range of business stream services.
• Take responsibility for coordination of and preparing UK Geoscience work scope proposals, including cost and deadline estimation.
  
  

Delivery of Geoscience and Consultancy Services:

• Participate in a wide variety of Geoscience projects and other consultancy services as required.
  
  

Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience required:

• Bachelor or Master of Science in relevant Geoscience discipline
• Member of a professional institution and Chartered with a recognised Geoscience professional institution or with required levels of experience
• Breadth and depth of experience in the offshore sector on worldwide projects, with experience in offshore wind considered highly advantageous
• Proven track record and experience in area of expertise and high level of awareness and technical understanding across all Geoscience disciplines
• Ability to challenge industry standards and codes, justifying alternative approaches with defined benefits
• Extensive experience of project management from opportunity identification through to project delivery covering a range of project sizes
• Advanced user of software in area of expertise and an awareness of the range of Geoscience software and their limitations
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Competent user of Microsoft Office software
• Right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
  
  

Role Competencies

• Manages own team effectively and promotes team working across teams, business streams and offices
• Communicates effectively and professionally with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
• Identifies the critical components of complex problems and considers wider effects in determining the best solution
• Effectively manages resources and workload using sound project management principles and takes responsibility for managing client expectations for service delivery
• Uses an understanding of client requirements and commercial risks to define the balance between quality and cost
• Uses an understanding of group and company goals when defining and delivering team objectives.
  
  

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality

To champion the Company’s Health & Safety requirements with particular regard to agreed codes of practice and safe methods of working. Ensure the group Business Management System is followed in area of responsibility and prepare for and assist during DNV External and other Audits. Maintain a high-quality standard for deliverables.

Equalities

To uphold and carry out the duties of the post with due regard to the Company’s ‘Code of Conduct’, ‘Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work Policy’.

Company Values

To uphold the company values as set out in the Mission Statement.

Your duties will be as set out in the above job description but please note that the Company reserves the right to update your job description from time to time, to reflect changes in, or to, your role. You will be consulted about any proposed changes. The list of duties in this job description should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive.

There will be other duties and requirements associated with your job and, in addition, as a term of your employment you may be required to undertake various other duties as may reasonably be required by the business of you.