Project Surveyor

Job Description

Join Fugro as a Project Surveyor and play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of Positioning & Construction Support projects across the NORUK region. Supporting projects from tender through to offshore execution and close-out, you'll provide technical expertise, survey planning and operational support to ensure safe, efficient and high-quality project delivery. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced survey professional who enjoys combining technical knowledge with project coordination and stakeholder engagement.

This role is based in Aberdeen with offshore travel when required.

Your role and responsibilities:

You'll be reporting to the Service Line Manager PCS NORUK, with functional reporting to the Chief Surveyor. Working closely with Project Managers, offshore survey teams, Operations, Survey Support, Equipment and Logistics, Data Processing, QHSSE and client representatives, you'll help deliver technically robust and commercially successful projects.

• Reviewing client specifications, ITTs and tender documentation to identify technical, operational and resource requirements.

• Supporting tender submissions through technical write-ups, survey methodologies and survey spread concepts.

• Providing survey expertise throughout project preparation, execution and close-out phases.

• Developing and maintaining project-specific survey procedures, work instructions, mobilisation documentation and reporting templates.

• Ensuring project teams fully understand survey scopes, deliverables, constraints and technical risks.

• Defining survey spread requirements, equipment configurations, sensor selection and redundancy requirements.

• Coordinating with Equipment, Operations and offshore teams to support project readiness and successful mobilisation.

• Attending mobilisations, demobilisations, client meetings and site visits when required.

• Promoting QHSSE excellence and ensuring compliance with Fugro standards, project requirements and integrated management systems.

• Reviewing survey reporting workflows and ensuring deliverables meet client specifications and quality standards.

• Supporting data quality, quality control, reporting consistency and efficient project close-out.

• Identifying opportunities to improve survey quality, operational efficiency and ways of working across the business.

• Sharing lessons learned, technical knowledge and best practice with project and survey teams.

What you'll need to thrive in this role:

• A degree in Geomatics or an equivalent qualification.

• Professional accreditation such as MRICS or MCInstCES, or a desire to work towards professional accreditation.

• More than five years of significant offshore survey, positioning or construction support experience.

• Previous experience working as a Senior Surveyor, Party Chief or in a similar senior offshore survey role.

• Strong understanding of marine survey principles, positioning systems and construction support activities.

• Experience with survey spread definition, sensor selection and operational readiness planning.

• Knowledge of survey acquisition systems, quality control processes and reporting workflows.

• Experience preparing technical documentation, specifications and project procedures.

• Commercial awareness and the ability to identify scope changes, variations and project risks.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Ability to coordinate multiple priorities and support project delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

• Commitment to QHSSE, quality assurance and continuous improvement.

• Willingness to travel at short notice to support client meetings, project mobilisations, site visits and operational requirements.

Desirable experience:

• ROV survey operations.

• LBL and USBL positioning systems.

• INS-aided positioning.

• Dimensional control and metrology.

• Lay support, trenching support, rig moves and well setting.

• Data processing, digital reporting and remote operations experience.  

What we offer

Fugro provides a positive work environment as well as projects that will satisfy the most curious minds. We also offer great opportunities to stretch and develop yourself. By giving you the freedom to grow faster, we think you’ll be able to do what you do best, better. Which should help us to find fresh ways to get to know the earth better. We encourage you to be yourself at Fugro. So bring your energy and enthusiasm, your keen eye and can-do attitude. But bring your questions and opinions too. Because to be the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, we need the strength in depth that comes from a diverse, driven team. 

Our view on diversity, equity and inclusion

At Fugro, our people are our superpower. Their variety of viewpoints, experiences, knowledge and talents give us collective strength. Distinctive beliefs and diverse backgrounds are therefore welcome, but discrimination, harassment, inappropriate behaviour and unfair treatment are not. Everybody is to be well-supported and treated fairly. And everyone must be valued and have their voice heard. Crucially, we believe that getting this right brings a sense of belonging, of safety and acceptance, that makes us feel more connected to Fugro’s purpose ‘together we create a safe and liveable world’ – and to each other. 

Benefits of joining our team

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally.

• Competitive salary

• Contributory pension scheme

• Private medical insurance

• Health cash plan

• Group life assurance

• Group income protection

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted gym membership

• Discounts platform

• The Fugro Card (pre-paid virtual visa card, which earns cash back automatically when money is spent at any participating retailers)

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Long service awards

• Fugro values awards

• Employee referral bonus scheme

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.