Position Purpose
This role provides advanced oceanographic and data systems expertise to support the development and launch of software to support environmental management for the decommissioning of offshore Oil and Gas facilities and assets. The position centres on compiling, interpreting, and integrating existing oceanographic literature, datasets, and analyses, and preparing these for ingestion into Pleione’s environmental accounting platform. The role also applies this domain expertise to guide software configuration and feature development for multi‑customer deployment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
1. Oceanographic Data Compilation, Interpretation & Synthesis
- Identify, compile, and review existing published oceanographic datasets, reports, and scientific literature relevant to offshore oil and gas asset decommissioning, deep‑water carbon storage and coastal‑ecosystem carbon dynamics.
- Interpret and summarise analyses conducted by other researchers, including bathymetry, sediment characterisation, water‑column structure, circulation patterns, and ecosystem‑specific oceanographic studies.
- Extract key findings, parameters, and environmental indicators from existing studies to support carbon‑storage assessments and ecosystem‑protection evaluations.
- Calculate summary statistics, derived indicators, and quantitative measures based on compiled datasets.
- Integrate geophysical and oceanographic information into coherent datasets suitable for environmental accounting and regulatory reporting.
- Prepare clear technical summaries, data interpretations, and evidence‑based insights for internal and external stakeholders.
2. Environmental Data Integration & Quality Assurance
- Structure, validate, and prepare compiled datasets for ingestion into the software system.
- Develop and maintain metadata standards, data‑quality rules, and traceability requirements for oceanographic and coastal‑ecosystem datasets.
- Ensure scientific accuracy, reproducibility, and auditability of all data used in carbon‑storage and environmental protection assessments.
3. Domain‑Driven Technical Direction for Software Development
- Translate oceanographic data requirements and environmental‑accounting needs into functional specifications for the software engineering team.
- Provide expert guidance on data workflows, processing pipelines, and analytical logic required to support carbon‑accounting use cases.
- Review software outputs to ensure alignment with physical‑oceanographic principles and environmental‑data standards.
- Prioritise and refine features required for multi‑customer deployment during the product‑launch phase, ensuring scientific and regulatory accuracy.
4. Project Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement
- Contribute specialist expertise to project reports, presentations, and briefings for government, industry, and scientific partners.
- Collaborate with environmental scientists, geophysicists, software engineers, and regulatory specialists to ensure integrated project outcomes.
- Support knowledge transfer and capability building within the project team.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Master’s degree in Oceanography or a closely related Earth‑science discipline with a strong physical‑oceanographic focus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Oceanography and Environmental Science or related field.
- Minimum three years’ experience in environmental data systems, oceanographic instrumentation, or marine‑monitoring product development.
- Post‑graduate certificate in Product Management or equivalent training in product‑development methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex oceanographic literature and datasets and translate them into quantitative environmental indicators.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams across scientific, technical, and regulatory domains.
Pay: $90,000.00 – $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Maternity leave
- Parental leave
Work Location: In person
