Junior Geophysicist

5 days ago


Perth, Australia WSP Australia Full time

Flexible working hours and working from home arrangements
- Fantastic Company benefits including extra holiday leave
- Exceptional Career development and career opportunities

Join our team of intelligent and collaborative Changemakers and make your mark on tomorrow In this role, you’ll work with a fantastic team and work on some iconic projects, based in Perth, WA.

**What you’ll do**:

- Assist with project planning and preparation of technical deliverables
- Assist in shallow ground geophysical surveys including seismic, electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic and GPR techniques
- Assist in over water geophysical surveys including seismic reflection, refraction, resistivity, magnetic and bathymetry data
- Assist with downhole geophysical logging including televiewers and seismic methods
- Manage fieldwork during geophysics investigations and help to ensure safety on site, whilst obtaining good quality information from a technical viewpoint
- Processing and interpretation of data using industry standard geophysical interpretation software
- Integration of geophysical and geotechnical data
- Maintenance and calibration of geophysical equipment
- Use initiative and judgement to resolve problems
- Identify safety hazards and report OH&S incidents
- Liaison with, and providing geophysicist support for specialists from other disciplines or offices within WSP.

**About you**:

- Be located in Perth or willing to re-locate
- Basic analytical and problem solving skills;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Good time management ability;
- Good attention to detail;
- Ability to work efficiently autonomously and in a team environment; and
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
- Flexibility to work in the field for extended period of times, sometimes in remote areas
- NZ/AUS passport holder only and willingness to travel abroad
- Australian drivers license
- Bachelor of Science of related discipline majoring in geophysics
- Post Graduate qualification in geophysics is preferred but not essential

**About WSP**

Our vibrant workplace culture is an important part of what makes this a great place to work. It is supported by our Guiding Principles:

- We value our people and our reputation.
- We are locally dedicated with international scale.
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo.
- We foster collaboration in everything we do.
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

WSP prioritises the health and wellbeing of our people by offering flexible working, 12 months parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration among many more benefits designed to help you shine. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equal opportunity workplace. We promote Indigenous voices and are actively delivering a ‘Stretch’ level Reconciliation Action Plan. Accredited by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice, we also support the LGBTQI+ community, and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.

WSP supports a diverse and inclusive work environment as well as equal employment opportunities. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people of culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Please No Recruitment Agencies thank you.

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