Marine Geophysical Specialist

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Woolpert is hiring a Marine Geophysical Specialist to join our dynamic Maritime Team. This position is responsible for marine geophysical surveys using a variety of industry-standard software and sensors. This position is eligible for remote work and extensive travel is required to support projects in Alaska, Hawaii, and contiguous USA.

Must be willing to travel up to 50% for project related purposes

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

• Perform geophysical surveys support of government and private sector clients in energy, telecommunications, environmental remediation, transportation, and utilities.
• Travel extensively up for periods of up to four weeks at a time and typically not more than six months per year.
• Utilize geophysical survey systems such as multibeam sonar, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, magnetometers and gradiometers, ultra-high resolution seismic sources, and GNSS positioning systems.
• Marine geophysical and hydrographic survey:
  Fieldwork may range from daytime operations on small inflatables boats to 24-hour operations on offshore ships.
• Candidates may be required to transport and operate company owned vessels up to 30 feet in length. However, a captain's license is not required.
• When not in the field, the candidate will support marine geophysical data processing and analysis, reporting, field planning, logistics, proposal writing, and estimating.
• Occasionally candidates will be required to acquire or process using atypical tools. This may include GNSS topographic survey, vessel-based LiDAR, ROV operations, drone operations, Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, bottom sampling using grab samples or piston cores, Cone Pentrometers Testing, etc.
• Survey system integration, data quality control, and troubleshooting.
• Support the entire geophysical project life cycle, including proposal development, survey design, mobilization, survey acquisition, QA-QC, data processing, data interpretation, and reporting.

• A bachelor’s degree in surveying, geomatics, environmental science, ocean engineering, coastal and ocean policy, geology, geography, geophysics, oceanography, spatial science, marine science, physics, mathematics or comparable field plus a minimum of 5 years of job-related experience, or a master’s degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
• Ability to work in a team environment, self-manage, and manage others.
• Experience in the installation, calibration, operation, post-processing, analysis, and QA/QC of geophysical systems (including multibeam and single-beam sonar, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, sparkers, boomers, S-UHRS, marine magnetometers, gradiometers, USBL positioning systems, and inertial navigation systems).
• Experience with industry standard software packages such as: QPS Qinsy and Qimera, Sonar Wiz, Mogo Sea View, Hypack, Oasis Montaj, Kingdom Suite, Seismic Unix, Discover, Global Mapper, POS Pac, ArcGIS, etc.
• A commitment to seeing projects through to completion, a high attention to detail, and an enthusiastic attitude.
• Willing and able to learn as you go.
• A strong work ethic to self-motivate and hold yourself…