Marine Consultant
DNV · Oban
Role Purpose
The Marine Consultant will provide technical, project management, and client support across a range of marine environmental consultancy projects. The role involves delivering high-quality technical assessments, supporting project delivery, and contributing to business growth initiatives.
The successful candidate will have experience in marine environmental assessment and be capable of managing project workstreams with increasing autonomy while developing specialist technical expertise. 
Key Responsibilities
Technical Delivery
- Prepare and contribute to marine environmental assessments, including:
- Supporting Technical Reports for offshore wind, subsea cables, oil and gas decommissioning, aquaculture
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) chapters
- Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA)
- Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessments
- Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) assessments
- Analyse and interpret environmental data, including sediment physico-chemical properties and macrobenthic communities, seabed imagery and water quality datasets.
- Produce clear, technically robust reports, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, guidance and industry standards.
- Undertake quality assurance reviews of technical outputs prior to submission.
Team and Knowledge Development
- Contribute to internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Support graduate consultants and early-career staff through mentoring and technical guidance.
- Maintain awareness of relevant environmental legislation, policy and industry developments.
- Assist with development of internal guidance documents, methodologies and best-practice procedures.
Project Management
- Manage small to medium-sized projects and technical work packages from inception to completion.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to client expectations.
Client and Stakeholder Engagement
- Support preparation of project proposals and tenders.
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with clients and regulatory authorities.
Business Development
- Contribute to tender submissions and proposal development.
- Identify opportunities for repeat business and cross-selling of services.
- Support development of new service offerings and technical capabilities.
About Life Sciences
We help our customers in medical devices, healthcare, and aquaculture/ocean industries build trust and transparency across their products, assets, and supply chains. By working with customers to certify medical technologies, support safe and sustainable healthcare practices, and advance responsible aquaculture and ocean stewardship, we help manage risks, meet regulatory demands, and achieve long-term goals. Drawing on deep technical expertise, we partner with customers worldwide to bridge trust gaps between patients, providers, producers, and consumers—driving sustainable results and improved ESG performance.
We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.