Senior Marine Biologist/ Surveyor/ Laboratory Manager

3 weeks ago

Guildford, United Kingdom Thomson Environmental Consultants Full time

Company Description

Our mission is to enable nature and business to thrive together.

The independent consultancy, chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK.

With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, marine laboratory, habitat management, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments.

Position

2025 will be an exciting time for our Marine team as we build on our previous success and look to develop and grow.

We undertake intertidal and subtidal marine and estuarine surveys, and our laboratory specialises in processing benthic faunal samples for a variety of exciting projects both from the UK and abroad.

We are looking to recruit a number of experienced marine biologists into the team who can help us to achieve these plans for growth.

As a technical expert in your field, you will be responsible for project delivery, fostering the growth of the team and delivering high quality work in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Requirements

We would especially like to hear from candidates with experience in one or more of the following:

Laboratory management - leading a laboratory team, managing resources effectively to ensure timely, high quality sample analysis.

Marine surveying leading/ managing surveying activities for marine projects, ensuring accurate sample and data collection, and compliance with regulatory standards. You will have experience of co-ordinating and undertaking intertidal and subtidal benthic surveys.

Taxonomic skills - experienced analysts able to undertake taxonomic identification of species from benthic samples.

Commercial skills - building relationships with prospective and existing clients, preparing quotes and tenders and managing team financial performance. You will have experience of bidding for, and winning marine work.

Additionally, all candidates must:

hold a degree in Marine Biology or related subject.

have experience of managing projects

be enthusiastic with a positive attitude and willingness to learn

Our Marine laboratory is based in Guildford. Our survey work varies in location but occasional attendance at the Guildford office would be required.

If you have experience in one or more of these areas and are interested in being a key figure in a growing and developing team, then we would love to hear from you.

Other information

Working at Thomson

At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual s unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service.

Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive, nothing is too much trouble culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving.

We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges.

We recognise the importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package.

Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fund raising for charity. We work hard but have fun too.

We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration. We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a life-time projects.

You ll enjoy all the benefits we have to offer which include: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.

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