Marine Survey Manager

APEM Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in Manchester is seeking a Marine Survey Manager. In this senior role, you will lead offshore projects, manage teams, and engage clients to improve marine surveys. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of offshore survey experience and a degree in a relevant discipline. This role offers flexible working options and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Flexible working options

Comprehensive income protection

Mental health support

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of offshore survey experience.
• Proven experience leading and motivating technical teams.
• Experience preparing proposals and delivering reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead and diversify survey services with marine scientists.
• Plan and ensure safe delivery of offshore surveys.
• Manage client relationships and business development.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Client Engagement

Marine Survey Procedures

Education

Degree in Biology or related marine/environmental discipline

Tools

Survey Equipment

Job description

About The Role

Are you an experienced marine surveyor ready to take the lead on large-scale offshore projects? Do you enjoy managing teams, shaping strategy and improving the way marine surveys are delivered? Are you looking for a role where you can influence direction, innovate, and help grow a specialist global survey capability?

We’re looking for a Marine Survey Manager to join our Marine BioLabs & Surveys Division—a team known for delivering class‑leading benthic sampling, analysis, and offshore fieldwork. This senior role covers strategy, project oversight, team leadership, client engagement, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, expand and diversify survey services, working with marine scientists across benthic ecology, fisheries, hydrology, geomorphology and water quality.
• Plan and ensure the safe delivery of large-scale offshore surveys.
• Manage client relationships and shape business‑development opportunities.
• Drive innovation across UK and international survey programmes.
• Collaborate with Directors, Associate Directors and Principal Consultants to build a thriving, profitable, high‑performing team.
• Support APEM Group’s global expansion, including international survey campaigns.

Qualifications

• A degree in Biology or a related marine/environmental discipline.
• At least 5 years of commercial offshore survey experience, including leading marine and benthic surveys.
• Strong capability with safe deployment/recovery of survey equipment (grabs, cores, nets, water samplers, camera systems).
• Proven experience leading and motivating technical teams.
• Excellent project management, commercial awareness and client‑facing skills.
• Experience preparing proposals, costings and delivering high‑quality reports.
• A passion for developing marine survey capability and improving outcomes for staff, clients and the environment.
• Outstanding attention to detail and a commitment to high technical standards.

What Helps You Stand Out

• Experience contributing to business cases or Capex planning.
• Involvement in recruitment, skills planning or team growth.
• Experience monitoring performance (project or personnel).
• Input into cost‑benefit analysis or service optimisation.
• A track record of mentoring or upskilling technical teams.
• International project experience, including understanding of relevant legislation in other jurisdictions.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance for all employees.
• Access to mental‑health first aiders.
• Comprehensive income protection if you cannot work.
• Superb flexible working options, balancing work with your life.
• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects, many of which align with personal interests.
• Commitment to continuous development and learning to support your career.

Next Steps

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part‑time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area – we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

If you think you have what it takes to join our fast‑growing business, please apply immediately on our website. All we need is some basic information and your CV, we will review all applications quickly and will respond to all applications.

About the Company

The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy. We work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally. Our pioneering work has enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working towards the protection of the environment across the globe.