Science Lead- Soil

Candidates should be aware that this role will require travel which can involve staying away from home overnight between Monday and Friday, potentially for consecutive weeks during peak survey periods. Candidates must hold a valid driving licence.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing dotted line leadership for a team of soil field workers with a varying degree of experience and expertise to help deliver environmental monitoring of programs of national importance.


• Lead and deliver complex field surveys as part of a large team maintaining the highest standards of data collection as well as delivering soil classification surveys and soil sampling.


• Travelling, often to rural areas to deliver and manage survey works, at times staying away from home.


• Training, mentoring and technical supervision of a team of soil scientists.


• Liaise with landowners and other industry technical experts.


• Contribute to the analysis and evaluation of research and interpretation of data, including working with inter-disciplinary teams to agree interpretations and derivations of key metrics.


• Contribute to the development of methods, client proposals and publishing of research findings.
  
  Preferably, you will be a graduate in soils science or a related subject such as physical geography, geology, environmental science or similar plus industry experience working in soil science


• Significant understanding of pedology and related topics, with experience in undertaking soil surveys in England and Wales or equivalent experience in Scotland or abroad, with the ability to apply that knowledge to soils in England and Wales.


• Demonstrable experience of Soil Classification


• Experience or exposure to leadership of technical teams, with a focus of coaching and mentorship


• Wider soils and agriculture related expertise, including soil health, agriculture, soil management, ecology.


• Experience of organising and managing survey teams.


• A collaborator with the ability to work alone or as part of a team.


• Excellent communication skills and impeccable attention to detail


• Expertise in complex survey delivery and experience in contributing to the design, development and implementation of quantitative/qualitative methodologies and mixed methods research., Soil Classification: 1 year (preferred)
  
  Competitive salary from £45,000


• 23 days' holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.


• Flexible working hours, on-site gym, restaurant, and free parking


• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice


• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more.


• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology


• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform, Job Types: Full-time, Permanent


Pay: From £45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen


• Company events


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Employee mentoring programme


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Flexitime


• Free or subsidised travel


• Free parking


• Life insurance


• On-site gym


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


• Sick pay


• Transport links


• Work from home


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday