Geoscience Construction Manager
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Employer: Ørsted North America Inc.
Job Title: Geoscience Construction Manager
Location: 56 Exchange Terrace, Providence, RI 02903
Duties:
- Manage all geoscience-related commercial and physical risks involved in Transport and Installation (T&I) contracts for offshore windfarm development projects.
- Manage geophysical survey operations and survey contractor deliverables according to Ørsted specifications acquired with multi-beam echo sounders, sound velocity profiles, side scan sonars, and parametric/chirp sub-bottom profiles.
- Provide expertise to installation packages by applying knowledge of existing survey data and ground conditions to installation contracts.
- Provide written assessment and input scoring into the placement of principal T&I contracts through formal procurement workflows.
- Standardize geodetic parameters and survey methodologies to ensure that all spatial data and metadata is in accordance with company requirements.
- Act as the quality gatekeeper for all installation survey data into the project for acceptance of as-built documentation.
- Provide technical assessments and support (including rebuttal of claims) relating to geoscience matters by installation contractors.
- Maximize the value of geophysical data through proactive engagement with both engineering and regulatory stakeholders to ensure full utilization of data across multiple disciplines and users.
- Ensure that the data foundation for design meets company requirements to allow for construction-related activities and certification(s) by professional engineers and accreditation bodies.
- Play an active role in the support and development of U.S. Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)/Munitions of Concern inspection/mitigation requirements by engaging with regulatory stakeholders and applying industry knowledge.
- Support the Installation and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) phases by conducting seabed investigations and delivering information on risk registers below and above the seafloor.
- Deliver the key transfer document from Construction to O&M phases.
- Requires up to 20% domestic and international travel.
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Requirements:
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in geophysics, geology, oceanography, or related field; plus 2 years of experience as a geophysicist or in offshore surveys.
- Requires 2 years of experience with collection, processing, interpretation, and analysis of high-resolution sub-bottom profilers, side-scan sonars, multi-beam bathymetric systems, and GNSS GPS systems; as well as methods and equipment used in the offshore installation of cables, foundations, and scour protection.
- Also requires knowledge of Global Mapper, SonarWiz, Oasis Montaj, ISE2, Eiva Suite, GIS, IHS Kingdom Suite, Radex Pro, SeiSee, Aconex, and Azure; as well as the UXO mitigation process, including ALARP, avoidance, EOD, emergent finds, certification, MWS, and COA procedures.
- Requires valid BOSIET/OPITO or FOET certificate.
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Apply: https://us.orsted.com/careers.
Application deadline:
June 23, 2024
Location:
Providence, US
Field of work:
Engineering and construction
Employment type:
Permanent
Work hours:
40
Workplace:
Office-based