About you
Working on a diverse portfolio of projects, you will join a team of specialists supporting clients through the analysis and interpretation of marine and coastal data, including building, calibrating and running numerical models of waves, hydrodynamics and sediments. With support and training, you will be producing a range of technical reports describing the statistics and patterns of key physical features of the marine environment, and changes or impacts that might arise from coastal and marine development and related operations.
Responsibilities
We are looking for an oceanographer or coastal processes consultant who is confident in applying their technical expertise to the quantification and assessment of morphological and hydrodynamic changes, sediment transport and wave analysis. An understanding of water and / or sediment quality would also be beneficial. You would be:
- Building, calibrating and running numerical models of waves, hydrodynamics and sediments
- Analysing, interpreting and presenting diverse measured and modelled data types
- Delivering a range of oceanographic and coastal process assessments
- Contributing to service developments and internal research
- Preparing and contributing to the proposal / tendering process
- Project management and client engagement
Requirements
You have:
- An interest and background in physical oceanography or the assessment of coastal processes
- An interest and background in mathematics and statistics is also beneficial
- A degree (and preferred, a postgraduate degree) in a relevant discipline
- Relevant marine experience in a consultancy or developer organisation
You are efficient, highly organised, self-motivated and willing to work collaboratively in a commercial technical organisation, with skills in the following:
- Collation and interpretation of oceanographic and coastal process data and information
- Application of coastal, estuarine and shelf sea oceanographic processes knowledge and understanding when undertaking assessments
- Analysis and presentation of physical environment data, ideally including use of GIS, MATLAB or other programming / scripting languages
- Numerical modelling of wave, hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes
- Report writing, presentation and communication
- Project management
- Written and oral communication with a range of internal and external clients / stakeholders
Location
Our offices are based at Town Quay in Southampton, with fantastic views overlooking Southampton Water. We recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and we offer flexible and potentially hybrid working.
Application deadline: March 2, 2026
