About us

Horizon Geosciences provides marine survey and geotechnical services to an array of clients around the world. Working through our network of offices, we support every stage of offshore and nearshore projects through our comprehensive range of marine scientific services and fully equipped vessels.

Our goal is to continue to expand our portfolio of specialist services to provide our clients with integrated and innovative solutions according to their specific requirements.

Team members

450

Countries

35

Vessels

12

Clients

60

Team members

450

Countries

35

Vessels

12

Clients

60

Director’s Message

Horizon Geosciences is committed to providing quality marine science using the very best people, technology, equipment and data acquisition techniques. Our service offering has evolved in tune with the markets in which we operate and today, we are pleased to provide a diverse range of multi-disciplinary services to clients around the world.

We pride ourselves on our ability to react quickly to developing industry and project parameters, whilst maintaining the quality of our deliverables and the safety of our people, operations and the environment.

Our clients and staff are at the forefront of everything we do and as a result, our organisational culture is one of transparency and empowerment. By providing leadership, vision and inspiration we aim to be the contractor of choice for quality marine scientific services.

Christiaan Vermeijden
MANAGING DIRECTOR

What sets us apart

Horizon strives to identify each client’s needs, meet their requirements and exceed their expectations. As a measurement of the overall performance of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System, we conduct feedback reporting with our clients to ensure we continually improve the quality of our services. We tailor teams and solutions to client’s needs and a Project Manager is assigned to every project to ensure objectives are met and delivered to a high standard.

The health and safety of our personnel is also at the forefront of our business. We are continuously committed to conducting our operations in a safe and responsible manner and have identified that communication is key when carrying out any task which is why we have a no blame culture within the company and maintain transparency in all matters relating to Health & Safety.

We have a team of qualified professionals, specifically focused on identifying foreseeable hazards in the workplace. They coordinate and control the implementation of appropriate risk control measures and review the effectiveness of our safe systems of work on a continuous basis.

We are accredited to the following standards:

Credentials & qualifications

Horizon is committed to delivering a quality turnkey survey and geotechnical service to our clients and has achieved various accreditations by Lloyds. We are corporate and/or committee members of various governing bodies and industry authorities including IMCA, SUT, Achilles and IAGC. Our Geotechnical Laboratory is accredited to UKAS Accreditation under ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

Join the team

We are always on the lookout for motivated DP2 Marine Crew, click on each job title below to view the experience and qualifications required:

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role within the offshore industry.

Minimum 3 years previous DP2 experience preferably with KM experience. Masters Unlimited preferred.
2 years previous DP2 experience and First Mates STCW CoC.

1 years previous DP2 experience and with OOW Certification or better.

Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Geology or Civil Engineering (with specialization in Geotechnics) MSc (ideally PhD) in a relevant discipline in a distinct advantage with 5-10 years documented experience.

M.Sc. of B.Sc. or Engineering Level in Hydrographic Surveying or related discipline with minimum of two years’ experience in the marine survey industry and minimum of one year experience in project management.

Minimum 3 years previous DP2 experience preferably with KM experience. Masters Unlimited preferred.
At least 2 years previous experience with K Pos and a DP Maintenance Certificate.
Similar to C/E but only 2 years previous experience required. DP Maintenance Certificate would be an advantage but not essential. Minimum Class 2 CoC required.

To apply, please send a cover letter outlining your experience to date together with your CV to careers@horizon-geosciences.com with CPT Operator in the subject line.

Vacancy for a Driller within the Geotech Division of Horizon Geosciences with minimum 5 years’ experience in the Geotechnical drilling industry.

If you’d like to further your career with Horizon, send your CV with a covering letter specifying the position you’re applying for to careers@horizon-geosciences.com.
Our expertise

Survey

Whether you are looking to install an offshore asset, inspect existing insfrastructure, acquire data for engineering analysis, chart the seafloor or extract samples we can support you with this and more.
Our expertise

Geotechnical

With our known focus on quality, health, safety and the environment combined with our flexible approach, we have established ourselves as a leading provider of offshore Geotechnical and engineering services.