Consultant / Senior / Principal Geologist / Geophysicist

1w1 week ago

WSP

Manchester, GB · Full-time · £55,000 – £95,000

About this role

At WSP, access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. Embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. Experience a world of opportunity and shape a career as unique as you.

Work on the delivery of a broad range of geoscience projects across Energy, Infrastructure, Nuclear Waste, Water and Mining sectors. Perform geological/geophysical characterisation and conceptualisation of the subsurface up to kilometre depths, including analysis, interpretation and integration of mapping, well/borehole, seismic, laboratory data and literature information.

Join a multidisciplinary team of experts in the UK with strong links to global geoscience technical communities and wider WSP Earth and Environment businesses. Collaborate with talented and diverse professionals delivering projects across multiple sectors globally. The team helps clients optimise performance, boost profitability and operate responsibly amid decarbonisation challenges.

Contribute to consultancy growth through proactive business development, work-winning and industry networking. The team commercially develops and markets the world-leading FracMan® discrete fracture network software. A choice of office locations available, favouring London/Reading, Bristol/Cardiff, Birmingham/Nottingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Requirements

Doctorate or Master’s degree in Geology, Geophysics or related discipline
Expertise in subsurface characterisation using mapping, borehole, seismic and laboratory data
Proficiency in geo-modelling software for numerical simulations of geological and fluid processes
Experience integrating geological, geophysical, geotechnical, hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical data
Skills in developing conceptual and numerical site models up to kilometre depths
Ability to produce traceable workflows for rock mass property modelling
Proven business development and work-winning capabilities in geoscience consulting
Availability for UK and international travel to deliver projects

Responsibilities

Deliver broad range of geoscience projects across Energy, Infrastructure, Nuclear Waste, Water and Mining sectors
Conduct geological/geophysical characterisation and conceptualisation of subsurface up to kilometre depths
Analyse, interpret and integrate mapping, well/borehole, seismic, laboratory data and literature across disciplines
Turn conceptual site models into numerical models of geological horizons, structures and rock mass properties
Apply robust, traceable geo-modelling workflows in specialist software
Contribute to business growth through proactive development, bid preparation and industry networking
Produce high-quality technical reports and deliver presentations
Communicate project deliverables to clients and advocate for modelling services