CGG (www.cgg.com) is a global geoscience technology leader. Employing around 3,700 people worldwide, CGG provides a comprehensive range of data, products, services and solutions that support our clients to more efficiently and responsibly solve complex natural resource, environmental and infrastructure challenges. CGG is listed on the Euronext Paris SA (ISIN: 0013181864).

Become Part of our Team

We are looking for enthusiastic and talented individuals to join our Environmental Science team based in South-East England (other European locations where CGG has offices would also be considered). This part of our business is expanding rapidly, and there are a number of opportunities available to support the collection, integration and analysis of data in order to derive insights and intelligence to mitigate environmental risks.

Depending on the combination of skills and experience that each candidate brings, there will be the opportunity to contribute to technical research, developments, product commercialisation, and commercial projects. The environmental science team collaborates with the CGG business lines that span a range of technical disciplines, including satellite remote sensing, laboratory analysis, geology, geophysics and digital.

There are a  number of available roles, including full-time permanent & full-time fixed term contracts.

The role is most suited to those who are currently working on a PhD, those who have recently completed an MSc or PhD in the topics as listed below, or candidates that that have industry experience and are interested in immediately embarking on a new opportunity.

• Environmental Science (including but not limited to Habitat and/or species mapping, use of climate scenario models, pollution monitoring, Biodiversity, Land use, Deforestation & re-forestation, Environmental risk), Environmental policy, Nature-based solutions, ESG, Oceanography, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics

Key Skills & Competencies

You will be experienced at working with environmental data, data processes, software and databases. The successful candidate will benefit from having some of the skills identified below:

• Dual background of data science and environmental science
• Knowledgeable of specific hazards to the environment/health of Earth’s inhabitants and be able to create solutions to monitor them/protect the environment from them
• Advanced problem-solving skills, especially focused on finding new solutions to data identification, ingestion, consistency, loading, and output problems
• Understanding of data analysis and visualisation tools (R and/or Python)
• Good knowledge of GIS analysis tools (ArcGIS, QGIS, etc)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability and willingness to guide less experienced colleagues
• Good understanding in statistics and machine learning model building
• The ability to define and manage project deadlines
• An enthusiastic attitude towards learning and flexibility to adapt to new challenges or changes in direction

Learning and Development

Our culture of learning and complementary approach to supported or self-guided career development, enables the design of tailored courses to suit specific needs of each individual to aid personal growth in areas related to technical, commercial and personal skills, via an extensive suite of CGG developed courses, managed through our own CGG University platform.

Benefits Package

• Highly competitive salary
• 22 days holiday
• Accommodation assistance program
• Employee Assistance Program to support our staff

We Care about our Staff and Environment

We recognise the importance of work life balance for our employees, which is supported through our flexible working and relaxed dress code policies.

We recognise and actively support the wellbeing of our staff through many different initiatives;

• Onsite Exercise classes, almost every day of the week and promoting active lifestyles
• Onsite Social Games area which provide downtime through the working day
• Our restaurant, offering great food and a highly effective social and work space
• Regular social club events, spontaneous reward events throughout the year
• Many discounts schemes, including Gym membership and a cycle purchase scheme

We encourage and actively support a strong sense of community, through volunteering and various company initiatives, as well as a strong company commitment to protecting our environment through sustainable solutions, energy saving and waste reduction enterprises.