Bruce Samuel

Senior Geoscience & Operations Leader | Offshore & Onshore SI | Technical Governance | Practice Leadership | Energy & Infrastructure

Greater Houston

About

Senior geoscience and operations leader with more than 20 years of experience delivering, governing, and scaling onshore and offshore site investigation programs across offshore wind, oil and gas, LNG, and infrastructure. I’ve led multidisciplinary technical organizations in both industry and the military — including serving as an Air National Guard Maintenance Officer responsible for up to 250 personnel in high‑risk, high‑reliability environments. I specialize in leading regional geoscience practices, strengthening capability, and improving delivery performance across multidisciplinary teams. My career has focused on building high‑performing teams, strengthening technical capability, and improving delivery performance across complex portfolios. I excel at aligning people, processes, and strategy; developing future leaders; and creating disciplined operational frameworks that improve utilization, forecasting, cost control, and technical quality. I’ve held leadership roles at Fugro, ConocoPhillips, RPS, and RWE, and I currently support operators as a principal consultant. Across these roles, I’ve managed technical governance, financial performance, and cross‑sector delivery while partnering closely with executives, project managers, and clients to ensure safe, efficient, and high‑quality outcomes. Goals: • Lead a regional practice or business unit where I can develop capability, strengthen delivery performance, and support long‑term strategic growth. • Build organizations where teams feel ownership, operate with clarity and accountability, and take pride in the work they deliver. Specialties: • Leadership of large, multidisciplinary teams • Technical governance and delivery performance • Offshore wind, O&G, LNG, and infrastructure geoscience • Operational discipline: utilization, forecasting, AR/WIP • Capability development and succession planning • Risk management and high‑reliability operations • Executive communication and stakeholder alignment

Experience

  • Senior Principal Consultant at Marine Geoscience Consulting
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Geoscience Practice Leadership & Advisory, Offshore & Onshore Site Investigation, Geohazards and Ground Modeling, Offshore Wind Site Characterization and Development Support, Subsurface Risk & Geotechnical Governance, Technical Governance, QA/QC for Geoscience Delivery, Multidisciplinary Project & Project Management, Operational Performance Optimization (Utilization, Forecasting, AR/WIP), Leadership Development, Capability Building, Strategic Advisory for Energy, Infrastructure & Transition Projects

  • Site Investigation Package Manager at RWE
    Sep 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Site Investigation Package Management: Geophysical/Geotechnical/Environmental Site Survey, scheduling, design and implementation, ITT generation (including owners’ requirements), bid oversight and vendor evaluation and selection, QA/QC of geophysical, geotechnical, benthic data and reporting. Integrate with development team to provide weekly/monthly updates and stakeholder engagement when needed (project director and team, geophysicists, geotechnical engineers, metocean engineers, hydrographers, UXO specialists, consents, fisheries, public, tribal & community, cost (procurement), scheduling, owner’s representatives, and HSE).

  • Geohazards and Site Investigation SME at RPS Energy
    Dec 2018 - Sep 2023 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    RPS - Making Complex Easy Pre-drilling Hazard Assessment | Site Investigation | Geophysical and Geotechnical Integration and Reporting | Environmental Planning and Management | 3D Geohazard Assessments | Full wellbore Overburden Assessments for Worst Case Discharge (Broaching Assessments) | Project Management

  • Independent Consultant at Samuel Marine Geosciences LLC
    Oct 2016 - Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Enterprising goal-oriented geoscientist and project manager with Fortune 500 company experience in Geologic Mapping and Geospatial Analysis. Strong communication skills both leading and integrating within multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers on challenging non-routine projects. Strengths include solid communication, meticulous attention to detail, and innovative problem-solving skills. Known for well-organized projects that meet milestones and the timely delivery of a polished product

  • Sr. Geoscientist - Operated Wells Team Gulf of Mexico Exploration at ConocoPhillips
    Sep 2013 - Sep 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Spearheaded planning for multidisciplinary teams to identify, avoid, and/or mitigate drilling constraints or hazards in the overburden section of wells. Provide planning, project management, and oversight of 3rd party shallow drilling hazard and geophysical site investigation development projects. • Introduced a “Call-Off” pricing policy for 3rd party vendors that saved company $6 million in fees between 2013-2015 • Initiated, built and managed all functions related to offshore hazards program which resulted in zero incidents during the 3 year drilling campaign • Earned several special recognition awards for mentoring others and expertise/advice in monitoring of operated and non-operated wells