Job Advert: SAND Geophysics hiring experienced geophysicists
SAND Geophysics are seeking geophysicists with experience in shallow high-resolution geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation.
The ideal candidates will be experienced with Sidescan Sonar, Magnetometer and sub-bottom data, and confident in managing deadlines and deliverables. The role will include involvement in all aspects of project lifecycles from planning, design & tendering to results delivery.
To apply please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected]
Include details of your experience with:
- Sidescan sonar processing & interpretation
- Magnetometer processing & Interpretation
- Sub-bottom profiler interpretation
Position Description:
Working in a small team, independently and directly with clients, the geophysicist will participate in all areas of geophysical surveying, with a focus on vessel mobilisation, data acquisition and in-field QC and data processing. Projects include a range of geophysical data (sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, magnetometer, seismic) and range in size from 1-day 12-hour operations to multi-week 24-hour operations.
There will be involvement in project planning, management, final processing, reporting, research and development.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Setup and operation of geophysical survey equipment
- On-board (Online & Offline) QC of geophysical datasets
- Processing & interpretation of geophysical datasets
- Development and review of risk assessments and method statements for survey equipment and procedures
- Lead data management & reporting
- Promote safety and health of the workforce
- Assist with marketing and managing client relationships
- Assist training other staff members
Requirements:
- Experience with;
o Various sub-bottom, sidescan sonar and magnetometer systems
o Oasis montaj, SonarWiz, Kingdom Suite & DUG Insight
o Managing project deliverables and achieving delivery deadlines
- Appropriate level of industry experience and relevant qualifications
o Hold and maintain offshore medical and sea survival certificate
- UK citizen or right to work in UK
Working Arrangements:
- At SAND’s offices in Southampton, on worksites and remotely
- Typical work pattern Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00
- Flexible hours and hybrid working when not on worksites
Meet the exhibitor: Nortek
Meet Nortek!
Nortek designs, develops and manufactures acoustic underwater sensors that are used to measure motion in the marine environment.
Nortek will be exhibiting at Ocean Business this year! Come to one of their many hands-on demonstrations or talks to learn more about their latest tech and how it can work for you.
They have prepared a lot of valuable information and sessions, see an overview here:
Every day at the Hospitality Suite (HS01)
10:00 – 11:00 Vessel-mounted ADCP discussions
Hear from Nortek’s vessel-mounted experts on how to achieve quality current measurements from a moving vessel.
Sessions on Nortek's different VM systems will occur each day at this time. Follow Nortek’s website for registration here.
13:00 – 14:00 Real-time ADCP data with Nortek, Subnero, PODS and Exail
Join Nortek, Subnero, PODS and Exail each day to learn more about the latest technology and best practice for ADCP installations using acoustic telemetry. Experience hands-on demos and hear hints and tips for configuring and deploying your ADCP to obtain the best quality data for your projects.
This event will reoccur each day at the same time. Follow Nortek’s website for registration here.
Tuesday, April 18th (Vessel – RV Callista)
14:30 – 15:30 Vessel-mounted ADCP demonstration
Experience a live demonstration of Nortek’s new VM Operations system, a live ADCP data collection and viewing solution for offshore operators to increase efficiency and awareness onboard.
Attendance is limited. Only the first 26 individuals registered are guaranteed access to this session. Follow Nortek’s website for registration here.
Wednesday, April 19th (Nortek booth, P8)
16:30 – 18:30 Wine trail (Come get your stamp from us at P8!).
19:30 – 23:00 Nortek social event at the Dancing Man Brewery, registration will appear here.
Thursday, April 20th (James Cook Classroom)
11:30 – 12:30 Nortek’s ECO ADCP: simplifying current measurement
Join Nortek to look at the unique features of the easy-to-use Eco ADCP package, designed for first-time users and shallow-water applications. The session will be covering the configuration, deployment and recovery, as well as the automatic data processing features of the instrument.
Attendance is limited to 28. Follow Nortek’s website for registration here.
In addition to these events, you can meet Nortek and its experts at their booth number P8 at your convenience!
New products within the WBMS and WINGHEAD sonar families
NORBIT Subsea will be launching several new exciting products within the WBMS and WINGHEAD sonar families at Ocean Business 2023.
Visit the NORBIT Subsea booth (V30) to learn more.
Fugro and Petrobras pioneer remote subsea inspection survey in Brazil
Fugro and Petrobras have achieved a major milestone in Brazil's offshore energy sector by successfully completing the country's first-ever remote subsea inspection survey. This technology trial was carried out by Fugro in collaboration with Petrobras under an existing multiyear contract with the aim of minimising risk and improving sustainability during inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) projects.
Fugro utilised a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployed from the Fugro Aquarius to conduct the survey. Office-based personnel piloted the ROV from an operations centre in Aberdeen, Scotland, instead of from the vessel itself. The approach was informed by Fugro’s remote ROV piloting experience in other parts of the world, and was accomplished using a high-speed datalink provided by Petrobras. For future projects, remote ROV piloting may help Petrobras limit the number of crew deployed to the field, resulting in safer operations with a reduced carbon footprint.
“This landmark project represents a significant achievement in our ongoing work with Petrobras to support safer and more sustainable offshore energy production in Brazil," said John Chatten, Business Development Manager for Fugro's marine operations in Brazil. "As the country’s foremost provider of ROV services, we look forward to implementing this approach on future surveys and to bringing additional remote and autonomous innovations to the region."
Meet the exhibitor: Bayonet Ocean Vehicles, Greensea Systems
Amphibious crawler in remote command-and-control demonstration at Ocean Business
Are you attending Ocean Business, Southampton, 18-20th April 2023?
Saltwater Stone are pleased to offer one-to-one meetings with its clients during the show. Please email Megan Ligget, PR Executive to request your exclusive interview.
Bayonet Ocean Vehicles, Hospitality Suite HS04
Bayonet Ocean Vehicles will be showcasing its autonomous underwater ground vehicle. Deployable from land or water, the Bayonet range of vehicles can transit from the beach, through the surf zone and into the ocean up to 100 metres, offering a powerful tool for a range of industries, including marine salvage, science and engineering, marine renewables, and offshore oil and gas, to perform and support a range of survey, inspection and clearance activities. For more information, visit https://bayonetocean.com/
Greensea Systems, Stand L13
Greensea provides its open architecture platform, OPENSEA, a scalable, user-friendly and low-maintenance operational system for robotics, offering advanced control and navigation technology for the subsea industry. OPENSEA enables easy integration of third-party robotic hardware, with around 2,500 robotic systems currently operating on the platform, including the Bayonet range of vehicles. With the addition of Safe C2, over-the-horizon command and control, for long-range operation of any vehicle from a distant location, is made practical. For more information, visit https://greensea.com/
During Ocean Business, Bayonet and Greensea will be offering demonstrations of the Bayonet crawler being operated over-the-horizon.
Ahead of Ocean Business, on Monday 17th April, Bayonet will be hosting an operational demo in Southampton, UK.
For further details on any of the demonstrations, or to request your exclusive interview, please email Megan Liggett at [email protected] or call +44 (0)1202 669244.
IMarEST 118th Annual Dinner 2023
The IMarEST Annual Dinner is the Institute’s flagship social event, bringing together 400 international industry leaders and marine professionals from across the sector.
IMarEST members are experts and prominent leaders in the fields of marine engineering, marine science and marine technology. This dinner is a highly anticipated occasion for both members and guests to see old friends and colleagues, and to make new connections.
Dress code: Black Tie or Uniform with Decorations / Formalwear / Cocktail Dress
Bookings are now open - please click here to book your tickets and quote NEW23 for a 25% discount on the usual ticket price.
Registration is open for both individual and company tickets. All tickets include Pre-dinner drinks, and a three-course dinner with wine, brandy or port. Companies are invited to secure a limited number of tables of 8, 10 or 12 guests.
£2,388 + VAT per Table of 12 limited availability
£1,990 + VAT per Table of 10
£1,592 + VAT per Table of 8 limited availability
£199 + VAT Individual Tickets
ImarEST's special guest speakers this year will truly deliver something for all; from Dr Tikka highlighting why engineering and technology today is more important than ever, to being motivated and inspired by the engineering entrepreneurship of a truly unique world record breaker to the real life experiences of a Chief Engineer vlogging to millions of viewers on the challenges of working at sea today.
Dr Kirsi Tikka: Leader, engineer and visionary
Throughout her impressive career, Kirsi has led forward-looking technical topics including sustainability and setting the course for a low-carbon shipping future. Building on the attainment of positions as Chief Engineer and Senior Vice President at ABS, she is currently an independent director on shipping and technology company boards.
Richard Noble OBE: First ever supersonic land speed record holder, innovator and engineering entrepreneur
Richard needs little introduction to the engineering and science community and is set to bring a uniquely motivating insight from his outstanding experiences on the land and on the water.
Mark Laurilla (’Chief MAKOi’): Chief Engineer from the Philippines and content creator
Mark offers fascinating experience from his content which has generated global views totalling some 60m. The Chief will bring us all bang up to date with life on board as a Chief Engineer through the lens of social media.
For more information, click here.
Enrolment for 2023 IBSC-Recognised S-5B Hydrographic Surveyor and S-8B Nautical Cartographers Programs now open
IIC Technologies are thrilled to announce that the enrolments for the 2023 IBSC-Recognised S-5B Hydrographic Surveyor and S-8B Nautical Cartographers Programs are now open! After the success of the 2022 deliveries, IIC Academy is excited to continue offering these programs, which are designed to be flexible and accessible to students from all over the world.
The S-5B Hydrographic Surveying Program is a comprehensive 20-week course that is divided into three phases. The first phase, Theory/Remote Learning, provides 13 weeks of instructor-led webinars and e-learning modules, which cover all the necessary theoretical knowledge. Students have 21 weeks to complete this work from the comfort of their own homes.
The second phase is Practical, consisting of three intensive weeks of on-site lessons that take place in scheduled regions of America, Australasia, and Europe. During this phase, students will review and solidify their understanding of the theoretical material covered in the remote learning phase.
The third and final phase is the Comprehensive Final Field Project, which takes place immediately after the Practical phase. This four-week project is designed to confirm that students have all the necessary theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and competencies to plan, conduct, assess, and submit a hydrographic survey.
Remote learning delivery allows students to learn at their own pace and from wherever they are in the world. From nautical science to underwater acoustics, students will learn everything they need to know to become proficient hydrographic surveyors.
Gwyn Griffiths Underwater Robotics Award: Nominations now welcome
The Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT’s) International Panel on Underwater Robotics has announced that nominations/applications are now welcome for the Gwyn Griffiths Underwater Robotics Award (GGURA) here. The deadline for entries is 1 May 2023.
The GGURA recognises people in the early to mid-stages of their career (and under 40 years old) who have made outstanding contributions to their field in underwater robotics. The award may be for industry/commercial, research and/or creative activity in underwater robotics. The winner will receive £500, a certificate, and an engraved award.
Neil Bose, Chair of the Panel on Underwater Robotics stated:
“Members of the Panel on Underwater Robotics were excited by Professor Gwyn Griffiths’ generosity in supporting this award and were especially enthusiastic that it should be an early to mid-career award to encourage the up-and-coming generation of underwater robotics workers in their careers.“
While Gwyn Griffiths MBE, a Past President of the SUT added:
“As a vibrant, forward-looking learned Society the SUT is at the forefront of encouraging and facilitating international cooperation in Underwater Robotics. From my own career, I know that peer recognition of achievements through an international Award can make a substantial and lasting difference. These have been times for reflection, and by enabling this new Underwater Robotics Award I am delighted to support the innovators of today and tomorrow.“
Nominations or applications for the 2023 GGURA must consist of the following documents.
• A letter of nomination or application that describes how the candidate meets the criteria.
• The letter should be no more than two pages in length. Supporter(s) of the nomination/ application may add their signature to this letter or supply an email that indicates their support for the candidate
• A 100-word citation or appraisal of the candidate’s research describing their contributions in a way easily understandable to those outside the discipline
• A curriculum vitae
So far there have been two winners of the GGURA, both can be heard on the ‘Underwater Technology Podcast’. The winner of the inaugural GGURA in 2021, Aleksandra Tomaszek MBA, 1 CSI Ltd Co-founder & COO, Strategic Subsea Business Partner can be heard here; while 2022 winner Rustom Jehangir, Founder and CEO at Blue Robotics can be heard here.
Robosys Automation provides autonomy to new survey USVs
Robosys Automation has received a contract award from BRANKA Marine Robotics of Spain for their Voyager AI Surveyor software to go on board Branka’s latest, innovative solar powered, all electric drive, 6 Metre Oceanographic Survey USV, the Ranger 6.0 Electric. Voyager AI Surveyor software will be integrated aboard the Ranger and with the Branka advanced marine communications and control solution that includes an immersive user experience in a modular Remote Operation Centre.
The electric version of the Ranger is the latest in the line of their new range of oceanographic survey USVs. It is being developed for a marine science and technology centre in Spain, to which BRANKA already delivered a smaller USV. The Ranger has a 100% electric propulsion with the capacity to generate its own energy through the proprietary photovoltaic encapsulation technology in composite that is integrated into the vessel’s deck structure.
BRANKA wanted to have a future proof integrated Remote and Autonomous maritime navigation and control solution that will provide Collision Avoidance, Obstacle Avoidance and anti-grounding and is capable of expanding as further sensors and systems are added in the future.
Robosys Automation will be providing the Autonomous Remote Control and the Autonomous Navigation, including Collision Avoidance, Obstacle Avoidance and Anti-Grounding. The USV is convertible into a hybrid power system and sees Robosys integrating and customising their software with a custom-designed steerable single electric drive system developed in-house by BRANKA. In addition, Robosys Automation is providing an alarm and monitoring system as well as integrated switch and relay control.
Robosys Automation Chief Strategy Officer, Nigel Lee says “We are extremely pleased to be providing BRANKA. with their Remote and Autonomous Navigation software solution as well as supporting wider aspects of their platform control. BRANKA is leading the way in hybrid power and electric drive oceanographic survey USVs which aligns with Robosys Automation’s ethos’ of providing solutions that support a Safe, Sustainable and Smart Blue Ocean economy”.
Both Robosys Automation and BRANKA see the collaboration on this initial electric USV as part of a long-term partnership, given their synergies of operating within the blue economy and in response to the fast growing demand that Branka is experiencing. For further information, both Branka Marine Robotics Solutions and Robosys will be exhibiting at Ocean Business 2023.
For this programme the USV is due to complete build in April and to be fully operational by the end of June.
Valeport unveils 6000m rated ‘deep’ CTD
Valeport’s popular range of SWiFT profilers has been extended with the launch of a new addition for those requiring CTD measurements to depths of 6000m.
Offering increased versatility and absolutely no compromise on accuracy, the new SWiFT Deep CTD has been designed with the intention of a seamless workflow and offers the highest quality CTD profiles in a compact, robust and portable package.
The new profiler provides survey-grade sensor technology coupled with the convenience of Bluetooth® wireless technology, a rechargeable battery and an integral GNSS module to geo-locate each profile.
Using Valeport’s world-leading high accuracy sensor technology to combine sensors for multiple profiles in a single drop, the SWiFT Deep CTD can operate to 6000m, delivering directly measured conductivity, temperature and depth. In addition, the SWiFT Deep CTD will provide computed salinity, density and sound velocity, calculated using the UNESCO international standard algorithm and Chen and Millero equation. Data can be quickly and easily downloaded wirelessly, and instantly shared in industry standard data formats.
Ease of use is at the heart of the SWiFT range and the new SWiFT Deep CTD not only makes any problematic battery changes a thing of the past and delivers fully automated data transfer with no user input required, it also features Valeport’s signature SWiFT magnetic switch ring. The switch ring is easy to operate even with cold hands, it simply turns through 90 degrees and reassuringly clicks into position. The end cap features user-friendly LED status indications for GNSS, battery and communications.
With an operational battery life of up to five days and the convenience of charge via USB, the SWiFT Deep CTD is designed to cope with the harshest conditions and intended for offshore, coastal, harbour and inland environmental and hydrographic survey use.
Providing unmatched durability, the SWiFT Deep CTD is constructed from titanium and the CTD sensors are housed in a strong acetal sensor guard.