Job Description

Location:

SAMS, Oban

Contract Type:

Open-ended

Working Pattern:

Full Time - 37 hours per week

Salary Range:

Grade 5/6 (depending on experience); Grade 5: 31,396 - 34,980. Grade 6: 37,099 - 41,732 per annum

Closing date:

6th January 2026

Role Outline

Project management and marine consultancy. Knowledge and experience of marine sectors and activities relevant to the work
undertaken at SAMS Enterprise.

Coordinating and managing projects through the delivery process to budget and
customer requirements.

Act as lead editor/author on multi-disciplinary technical assessments/reports. Demonstrate technical competency and provide direction and leadership in your own scientific specialism for commercial contracts. Opportunity development - engage with business development and proposals when required.

Our Ideal Candidate

A degree or postgraduate degree in a marine environmental discipline Relevant experience in a consultancy or regulatory background including
experience of survey work and survey management (essential).

Demonstrated previous experience of successful project management in a
commercially competitive environment.

Ability to use software such as Q-GIS, R and standard Microsoft Office. Knowledge of costing/estimating, finance, resource and time management. Experience in working collaboratively with scientific staff and customers. Experience of contract management and working knowledge of standard
contract terms and conditions desirable.

Employee Benefits

Our relatively small, caring community is an ideal environment for making friends, forming collaborations, and supporting each other to do the work that we really care about. Oban and surrounding areas provide a fantastic base to live and work, and we offer a wide range of employee benefits, support and inclusive culture, making SAMS a great place to work.

Our employees are the heart of our business. Recruiting and retaining the right people is the key to our success. Rewarding our employees is therefore an important component of our employment package and we have a wide range of benefits on offer to staff to support your work and lifestyle.

We are proud to provide a wide variety of benefits year-round, offering options to best support our staff, such as: flexible & hybrid working options, purchase of additional annual leave, shopping discounts, Cycle 2 Work scheme, purchases of technology through salary sacrifice, Payroll Giving, Pensions Plus, access to portals to support health and wellbeing, a sabbatical scheme, free car parking with access to electronic charging points as well as access to a number of training & development courses.

Additionally, SAMS encourages and recognises excellence among staff through various recognition and reward arrangements. We are striving to constantly develop and expand the benefits and offers for our colleagues.

Interested?

We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to HR@sams.ac.uk

Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to recruitment@sams.ac.uk quoting Job Ref. 'SE2/25.LV' in the subject heading.

Closing date for application is 6th January 2026 - Interviews to be held in January 2026.

Please note, we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must therefore have the right to work in the UK already in place when applying.

Full details can be found here: www.sams.ac.uk/vacancies

We are a Disability Confident Employer. Where a candidate requires reasonable adjustments as part of the application process, we encourage you to let us know. Where applicants with a disability meet the essential criteria for the job, you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate your skills, talent and abilities at interview.

SAMS' commitment to gender equality has been recognised, as our institute was presented with an Athena SWAN (Scientific Women's Academic Network) Bronze Award and is currently working towards Investors in Diversity accreditation.

SAMS follows Fair Work Practices.

SAMS Group is committed to being an equal and open organisation. Diversity and inclusion are important to us, and we strive to remove any barriers that may prevent people from applying to join us. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and from all who share our values and can help us to broaden our knowledge and range of ideas.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 31,396.00-41,732.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Canteen Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Enhanced maternity leave Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oban PA37 1QA