Senior / Principal/ Specialist Consultant: Marine Physical and Coastal Processes

at  Xodus Group

JOIN US TO ACCELERATE THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON ECONOMY

Xodus Group is an international, multi-disciplinary energy consultancy, founded on an integrated approach to engineering challenges. Our expert environmental, engineering and advisory teams work on projects supporting clients across the globe using clever thinking to overcome challenges, promote sustainability, minimise environmental impact and maximise return on investment.
We work across the energy sector addressing the global mix of energy infrastructure projects and innovative technology opportunities. Xodus has been established for over 18 years, with more than 680 experts working across the globe. We support the industry from early project development, to advising on sustainable supply chains, to offering a one-stop-shop for project and technology development activities. Our environmental consultants, engineers, analysts and advisors work together to find the optimal solutions for our clients, considering the technical, logistical, commercial, political, regulatory and environmental factors.
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Senior/ Principal/Specialist Consultant to join our expanding team in line with our increasing project pipeline. You will work on projects across renewables, oil and gas, decarbonisation and carbon capture usage and storage, as well as other sector projects including port and coastal infrastructure, pipelines and cables, marine aggregates, and habitat creation. You will support client scopes through the analysis and interpretation of marine and coastal processes data, leading EIA assessments, supporting engineering design scopes, and undertaking seabed mobility, marine and coastal process and metocean assessments.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Background in marine geoscience, physical oceanography, coastal geomorphology, or marine environmental engineering with application to marine physical or coastal processes;
• Minimum 8-years working in marine physical and coastal processes, and minimum 5-years experience in the delivery of marine physical or coastal process assessments for EIA or HRA;
• Excellent analytical skills, including the analysis and application of marine datasets to directly inform assessments (pre and post consent, monitoring, management or design);
• Leading others and working in an integrated collaborative team in the delivery of marine physical or coastal process assessments for EIA or HRA; and
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organisation, and time management skills.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:

• Use of spatial software (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, Matlab, Python or others) for the analyses and visualisation of marine physical and coastal processes;
• Experience in the development and use of numerical modelling (hydrodynamic, wave or sediment transport) or interpretation of results for marine physical or coastal process assessments;
• Experience of post-consent and monitoring support relating to marine physical or coastal processes; and
• Understanding and review of survey requirements and outputs for marine energy projects and consenting.

• Lead the delivery of marine physical and coastal processes assessments for a variety of marine energy and coastal developments (e.g., offshore wind, marine renewables, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and decarbonisation), pre and post consent, monitoring, mitigation, management and design.
• Leading stakeholder and client engagement for projects, in addition to promoting and driving forward industry standards and practices.
• Producing high quality reporting and presentations.
• Project managing assessments and EIA scopes on behalf of developers for consenting projects.
• Developing innovative approaches to EIA and HRA challenges.
• Developing and upskilling colleagues.
• Working with ecology and engineering specialists in the delivery of multi-disciplinary scopes; and
• Contributing to the business development, including identifying and securing key projects.