Job Title: Senior Hydrographic Surveyor Advertised Salary: £43,500 - £46,750 (depending on experience) benefits. Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday Location: Remote, with regular travel across our national network required. Applicants must have access to Tinsley Marina, Sheffield. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network Travel: This role will require regular travel (2 - 3 days a week) across the Trust’s national network of reservoirs, canals and river navigations. Around 30 - 35 overnights away from home per year may be required. We're the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays its part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions. We currently have a Senior Hydrographic Surveyor vacancy. The Senior Hydrographic Surveyor will lead a team responsible for collecting, processing, analysing, interpreting and presenting spatial information on the waterway environment. The role holder will work cross functionally with others, contributing to the development and implementation of waterway asset management strategies and plans, and providing technical advice and leadership to support the Trust’s operation, maintenance, repair and renewal of waterway assets. The Senior Hydrographic Surveyors role is also to develop the Trust’s capabilities in spatial surveys and spatial information technology. Location & coverage Administratively based from our Leeds or Newark hubs, this vacancy will be offered on a hybrid basis, with a requirement to attend our hub spaces as and when required for team working. This role will require regular travel across the Trust’s national network of reservoirs, canals and river navigations to carry out site surveys. Site work is usually carried out Tuesday-Thursday. All site visits start in Sheffield - where the team’s equipment, van and boats are stored. The regularity and distribution of travel will be discussed further at interview stage. The Senior Hydrographic surveyor will lead a national team with 2 direct reports. This will involve regular travel across the country. Key accountabilities: To plan a survey programme, ensuring delivery; to undertake scheduled surveys, ensuring that they are completed to plan, data is captured, reviewed, approved and recorded in the prescribed format, to the prescribed quality; and to provide regular management reports. To lead the processing of hydrographic and other relevant spatial survey data, ensuring that it is completed to plan, is reviewed, approved and reported in the prescribed format, to the prescribed quality; and to provide regular management reports. To analyse and evaluate, and help others to analyse and evaluate, the outputs of surveys to support the identification, prioritisation and definition of maintenance, repair and renewal works for delivery by the Trust‘s teams and contractors, taking account of all statutory, technical, operational and customer requirements. To ensure that relevant information management systems (e.g. SAP / GIS / Sharepoint) provide and report reliable, accurate, timely and complete information which can be used to inform and defend Trust priorities and actions. To develop, review and update standards, procedures and processes as part of an integrated ISO business system. To contribute to the development & implementation of relevant asset strategies, including the dredging strategy. To drive innovation, development & wider application of the Trust’s hydrographic survey capabilities; other allied spatial survey techniques; and spatial information technologies to support asset management. To benchmark against, and share best practice with, appropriate organisations & stakeholders to understand opportunities for continual improvement. Display the Trust values and behaviours at all times. Ensure that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promote inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values. About you Technical: Degree or equivalent, in relevant discipline. Comprehensive relevant experience in hydrographic surveying. Knowledge and practical understanding of surveying technologies, e.g. SONAR, LiDAR. Knowledge and practical understanding of GIS and other spatial information technologies. Proven experience of surveying inland waterways, desirable. Membership of relevant professional body at an appropriate level e.g. RICS, CICES, MICE. Desirable. General: Good business acumen and commercially minded; innovative & creative approach. Strong leadership skills, demonstrable business awareness and ability to constructively challenge Middle & Senior Management teams. Credible and persuasive communicator & influencer, able to represent the Trust internally and externally, including negotiating on behalf of the Trust to achieve positive outcomes To Apply: click on the "Apply for this job" button and follow the process - complete the application form & upload current CV If you have any questions about the role please contact CRT.recruitmentcanalrivertrust.org.uk We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. In addition to your annual base salary of £43,500 - £46,750, we also offer a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits we are also open to flexible working arrangements. These include: Competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, where we will double your contribution to a maximum of 10%. 25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays), per year. Home working status with ‘hub’ facilities available should you need the flexibility to work outside of home. Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues, e.g. health, financial, well-being and domestic matters. Access to a range of employee benefits including store discounts, boating holiday discounts and holiday purchase scheme. 2 days paid volunteering leave per annum, allowing you to volunteer for a local community project etc. Free fishing facilities across our canal network. At the Trust we care passionately for our waterways, and as importantly, for those who look after and use them. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do as a Trust. We are striving to represent the diverse communities that we are a part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community. All candidates will be treated on the basis of their merits, skills and abilities and solely by being assessed against the requirements for the job. When you join the Canal & River Trust you become a member of an engaged team working to preserve our heritage for future generations. Come and share your passion and knowledge with a team that makes a difference to millions of people every day. Find out more about us on our website: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us