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Senior Geophysicist

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £46,130 - £84,000, (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience. Please note, the hiring manager will consider applications from individuals with Senior Management experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

We are looking to recruit a Senior Geophysicist to work on the Nuclear Treaty Verification programme, supporting AWE's national nuclear security role. For over 60 years, AWE Blacknest has been the home of the UK's Forensic Seismology Team, and since the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996, the home of the UK National Data Centre (UK NDC) too.

You will work as part of a team advising the UK Government on the technical verification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). You will analyse data and carry out research to ensure our monitoring facilities are protected from seismic noise, balancing technical work, stakeholders, policy development and legal challenges, in addition to gaining a broad understanding of the wider context in which we operate.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Enhance our capability to assess CTBT relevant events through safeguarding our monitoring facilities

Develop enhancements to support the technical verification of the CTBT

Prepare and present professional-quality presentations and technical reports to technical peers, management and external stakeholders

Participate in national and international collaborative work

Who are we looking for?

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

A bachelor degree or higher in a physical/mathematical science, or engineering (or equivalent experience)

In depth understanding of how seismo-acoustic waves are generated, propagate and are recorded

Knowledge of geophysical theory including e.g., source terms, attenuation

Strongly numerate

Experience of microseismic monitoring of low frequency noise and vibration

Strong analytical background

Experience of managing and analysing geophysical data sets

Experience of signal processing and seismic waveform modelling

Knowledge of one or more computer programming or scripting languages and demonstrate the ability to implement your own algorithms

Extensive experience of technical project management and delivery

Experience of large-scale field experiments, e.g., seismic

Proficiency with Unix-like operating systems (Linux, macOS)

Able to work independently and unsupervised, as well as within a team to achieve common goals

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing

Experience of writing and reviewing business cases/research proposals

We are keen to hear from highly motivated individuals with excellent time-management, communication and presentation skills. You'll also be comfortable working in diverse teams with differing technical skills and backgrounds. Some UK and or overseas travel may be involved.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.

Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Relocation Assistance (terms & conditions apply).

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know:

You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.

We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.

Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process