It is an entry-level position reporting to assist in the delivery of enterprise projects, ensuring projects are delivered safely to time, cost and quality as per the agreed contractual requirements and to ISO9001 standard. There will be opportunities to develop your account management skills to identify potential commercial and marketing opportunities to support growth of the business.
Main Responsibilities
- 55% – NewDEPOMOD support: Software development and testing. Assist in the delivery of NewDEPOMOD modelling services
- 30% – Project delivery: Reporting to a Project Manager, assist in the delivery of enterprise projects, ensuring projects are delivered safely to time, cost and quality as per the agreed contractual requirements and to ISO9001 standard. Assist with planned fieldwork and surveys with appropriate training and supervision.
- 5% – Technical Editor: Act as contributing editor/author on multi-disciplinary technical assessments/reports, including drawing together multidisciplinary elements into a single overview report.
- 5% – Opportunity generation: Find and assess opportunities that match SAMS Group capabilities. Acting as tender contributor for Enterprise opportunities, working with others to prepare bids. Develop account management skills to identify potential commercial and marketing opportunities to support growth of the business.
- 5% – Quality Assurance: Active involvement within quality management in the SAMS delivery team to ensure compliance with ISO9001 standard, including production of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Our Ideal Candidate
Will have a degree in appropriate marine / environmental science background, or software engineering and modelling. You will enjoy managing a varied workload with changing priorities and be able to work effectively whilst building relationships with others. Ideally you will have experience with the following IT skills and software development capabilities:
- Use of a variety of programming languages. (eg Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript, bash)
- Knowledge of databases and SQL (e.g. Mysql)
- Use of version control and project management/bug-tracking tools (eg Git, JIRA, Gitlab)
- Familiarity with various IDEs (integrated development environments-eg Eclipse, Pycharm, PhpStorm, Netbeans)
- Use of operating systems including some scripting (eg Windows, Linux)
- Use of environmental modelling and GIS tools (eg NewDEPOMOD, QGIS)
Location: SAMS, Oban, UK
Application deadline: May 8, 2026
Salary: Grade 4 £27,644 per annum
