Job Summary:
Client is currently searching for Field Project Managers / Party Chiefs with strong backgrounds in the following disciplines: Hydrography, Geophysics, and Geotechnical Sampling.
Responsibilities:
- Field project management, including client liaising, planning field operations, managing field survey logistics, overseeing field personnel while on the project and providing QA/QC of data.
- Act as Party Chief, coordinating with the survey vessel Master and be the technical and managerial lead for the marine survey crew assigned to the survey vessel.
- Provide leadership under pressure, motivating field staff to meet deadlines while providing clients with high quality of data.
- Oversee daily data QA/QC, survey logs, progress reports, and HSE documents.
- As Party Chief, ensure that HSEQ protocols are followed, and that personal and co-worker safety is a top priority.
- Support and communicate with field staff regularly and effectively.
- Communicate and collaborate with internal departments.
- Monitor schedules and processing issues and delays and pro-actively work in mitigation plans.
- Supervise the care and maintenance of equipment in the field.
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement of the company's processes, including safety program and quality management system.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in the marine sciences related to the field of endeavor (hydrography, geophysics, or geotechnical sampling).
- 5-10 years of relevant experience in the marine survey field with proven experience as a field project manager / party chief.
- Expertise within one or multiple of the following areas: O&G or Renewable Energy infrastructure projects, submarine cable/pipeline routing, and/or civil/environmental engineering.
- Working knowledge of marine remote sensing instrumentation and software such as GPS positioning systems, IMUs, USBLs, multibeam bathymetry, Side Scan Sonars, Subbottom Profilers, Magnetometers, CTD/SV profilers, water quality sondes, etc. Software packages which could be used include QINSy, HYPACK, MagLog, Montaj, SonarWiz, SonarPro, Geosuite, Kingdom Suites, Radex.
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, GIS and Global Mapper a plus.
- Knowledge of navigation and positioning techniques and an adequate knowledge of horizontal and vertical datums and datum transformations in order to oversee QC.
- Troubleshooting capability on equipment especially when it comes to fine-tuning systems for best results.
- Knowledge of mobilizing third-party vessels from the bottom-up a plus.
- Strong writing skills and ability to write preliminary reports and process and interpret data at least to the QA/QC stages.
- Work remotely during a project's upfront planning phase and the follow-up data processing/reporting phase.
- Travel to the main office to support a project's preparation phase and cleanup phase, and join the survey vessel for mobilization, survey operations and demobilization.
Physical Requirements:
- Alternating periods of standing on a vessel and sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Working in outdoor weather conditions on a vessel.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Benefits:
Client provides its employees with a pleasant work environment and competitive compensation. Benefits include an excellent medical plan with low out-of-pocket expenses, vision, and dental coverage, as well as group life and long-term disability insurance, 401k matching, and paid time off.