Principle/Senior Geoscientist

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Until 9/14/2026 7+ years exp First posted July 16, 2026 Last posted July 16, 2026
Job description

We are looking for the right people — people who want to innovate, achieve, grow and lead. We attract and retain the best talent by investing in our employees and empowering them to develop themselves and their careers. Experience the challenges, rewards and opportunity of working for one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the global energy industry.

Job Duties

Landmark, a Halliburton company, builds software and data platforms that help the global energy industry make better decisions. Our products span subsurface interpretation, well construction planning, reservoir simulation, production optimization, and digital operations. These are tools used daily by engineers and scientists at the world’s largest energy companies and run as cloud-native SaaS platforms and as enterprise on-premises solutions.

 

We are looking to recruit an experienced Geoscientist with a data science background to work within our Subsurface teams based in our Abingdon office, Oxfordshire. 

 

Essential Skills: 


•    An honours degree (2:1+) and a postgraduate degree in Geology (at least MSc level) 
•    Ability to deliver high quality geoscience interpretations to time and standard  
•    Experience of wireline and seismic interpretation 
•    Data analytical skills and knowledge of databases 
•    Experience with coding and analytical languages such as Python, SQL, PostgreSQL etc. 
•    A professional attitude and a willingness to learn 
•    Comfortable working within a team and contributing to the geoscience and technological discussions within the company 


Desirable skills: 


•    PhD in Geology or Data Science 
•    At least 7 years’ experience in the energy industry 
•    Experience with GIS technologies such as QGIS, ArcGIS 
•    Strong communication skills 
•    Experience with FME Desktop or FME Server/Cloud 
•    Experience with sequence stratigraphy  


Responsibilities include: 


•    Automation and expediating of workflows 
•    Assisting the interpretation of well, outcrop and seismic data 
•    Making interpretative geoscience contributions towards the digital twin 
•    Generation of regional geological interpretations, including paleogeographic maps, depth frameworks and common risk segment maps (in ArcGIS and DecisionSpace as required) 
•    Delivering technical presentations to clients and colleagues 
•    Ensuring standards and quality.

 

  

Minimum Qualifications: Minimum qualifications may be acquired through technical schools or equivalent related experience. Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements will receive consideration for higher level roles given (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs. Depending on education, experience, and skill level, a variety of job opportunities might be available from the Professional Technologist - Principal

 

Halliburton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

 

Location

97 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RW, United Kingdom

 

Job Details

Requisition Number: 209529  
Experience Level: Experienced Hire 
Job Family: Engineering/Science/Technology 
Product Service Line: Landmark Software & Services   
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Additional Locations for this position: 

 

Compensation Information
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

About this role

Summary

Interpret geoscience data, automate workflows, contribute to digital twin development.

Job title

Principle/Senior Geoscientist

Experience level

experienced hire

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

energy

Location requirements

On-site in Abingdon, UK, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

geologyseismic interpretationPythonSQLPostgreSQL

Preferred skills

PhDGISFMEsequence stratigraphycommunication

Specializations

geologydata scienceseismic interpretationGISworkflow automation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Abingdon OX14, UK

On-site City