Senior Geophysicist

Project Delivery and Client Leadership | £45,000-£60,000

From investigating a mine shaft in someone's garden to helping deliver a £1m investigation across kilometres of peat bog - how much variety does your current role offer?

We're recruiting for a specialist geophysical consultancy whose work spans infrastructure, engineering, environmental, utilities and asset management. Projects tackle practical questions about what lies beneath the surface, from bedrock profiles and buried utilities to unexploded ordnance.

This opportunity offers an experienced near-surface geophysicist greater ownership of that work, combining technical judgement with project delivery, client relationships and the development of others.

The opportunity

You'll guide investigations from proposal and survey design through acquisition, interpretation and final reporting, helping clients understand the findings and make informed decisions.

Around 10% fieldwork is envisaged. You might help mobilise a technically challenging survey, establish the right approach and check data quality before the field team continues acquisition. Your focus then moves to interpretation, technical assurance and getting clear, defensible reports into clients' hands.

You'll work alongside a geophysics team of around 25, providing technical guidance and mentoring while existing managers retain operational team management.

What you'll be doing

• Leading complex projects, keeping scope, programme, budget and technical quality aligned.

• Designing investigations and selecting appropriate methods, recognising their limitations.

• Guiding processing and interpretation, resolving technical challenges and assuring data quality.

• Writing, reviewing and approving reports with clear conclusions and practical recommendations.

• Acting as a senior technical contact for clients, explaining findings, uncertainty and risk.

• Developing colleagues' confidence in interpretation, reporting and project ownership.

What you'll bring

You'll have a strong background in applied near-surface geophysics, with evidence of personally leading projects, producing high-quality technical reports and managing client conversations.

Experience across several methods would be valuable, including GPR, electromagnetics, magnetometry, microgravity, resistivity/IP or seismic. Strong expertise in one method, supported by an understanding of complementary techniques, may also be considered.

You'll be commercially aware, comfortable balancing technical quality with delivery deadlines, and keen to share your knowledge. Relevant processing, interpretation and GIS software experience is expected. The current specification also requires a postgraduate degree in geophysics or a related discipline.

Package and working arrangements

• £45,000-£60,000 base salary.

• Site day payments and overtime where applicable.

• Varied projects, a broad equipment pool and direct influence over technical delivery.

• Approximately 10% fieldwork, with UK travel and selected international assignments.

• Primarily office-based when not on site; any hybrid flexibility would need to be agreed.

Interested in broader project ownership, more client influence and less routine time away in the field?