Seiche Ltd is recruiting for a Senior Marine Acoustician

September 22, 2020

Seiche Ltd is recruiting for a Senior Marine Acoustician to join the team. Seiche provides market-leading monitoring, mitigation and measurement technologies and environmental service solutions to clients across the world in the offshore renewables, offshore oil and gas, marine construction, government and academic sectors. As underwater acoustic experts, we enable clients to comply with environmental regulations to protect marine life from the effects of sound in water.

The Senior Marine Acoustician will lead the Seiche Acoustics and Analysis team by providing experience and commercial oversight. The purpose of this role is to support the growth of the noise and marine acoustics portfolio at Seiche and to augment the existing skills base of the current Acoustics and Analysis team.

Key accountabilities for this role:

Provide key input into our commercial and regulatory work, from initial survey design, through to data analysis and delivery of reports as well as presentation and publication
Further develop analytical methods to determine implications of noise-related disturbance, contribute to impact assessments, and publish the results of your research in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences
You will work closely with the full Seiche team as well as lead and mentor the current Acoustics and Analysis team
To contribute to the improvement of PAM data quality and PAM developments
As an experienced, proactive scientist with an enthusiasm for applied research, you will be encouraged to seek new business opportunities in the UK and abroad
Some in-field data collection will also be expected

Criteria used for selecting and shortlisting candidates:

Skills

Thorough grounding in the fundamentals of physics, underwater sound propagation, sound measurement and data manipulation
Extensive experience of commercial report writing to clients
Up-to-date knowledge of published papers and wide perspective on noise measurement regulatory requirements
Active contributor to international marine acoustics community
Scientific programming
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of Python, Matlab, R, SQL, Microsoft Office; experience with GIS would be helpful but not essential
Ability to work pro-actively and manage multiple priorities to achieve results against conflicting deadlines
Excellent attention to detail
Highly organised and able to manage own time and workload efficiently
Pro-active and self-motivated
Good analytical and problem-solving skills