Geotechnical Engineer (Part-Time) – Ground & Underground Focus

Aurecon Group; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Aurecon Group is seeking a Civil, Underground Structures Engineer to join our Newcastle team in a role that supports part-time or job-share arrangements. The Geotechnical Engineer will contribute to our Ground & Underground Engineering Practice across infrastructure projects.

You will conduct desktop studies, plan site investigations, supervise junior engineers, and produce geotechnical analyses using gINT, Geostudio and Plaxis, while aligning with Australian standards and safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Around 2-4 years professional experience in engineering consulting or similar, specialising in geotechnical engineering.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively both internally and externally (sub-contractors, clients).
• Selecting appropriate Site investigation (SI) required for earthworks.
• Plan and manage SI work and review factual in ground interpretation reports.
• Developing ground models.
• Team player who supports and contributes towards the success and technical development of our team
• Perform stability and settlement calculations in earthwork and embankment design.

Responsibilities

• Conduct geotechnical desktop studies to identify geotechnical hazards
• Scope geotechnical investigations to obtain project specific site conditions
• Supervising and mentoring junior Geotechnical Engineers
• Scoping and managing geotechnical site investigations
• Participating in geotechnical site investigation and construction phase supervision while complying with sustainability and safety requirements.
• Undertake geotechnical engineering design and analysis on infrastructure projects, demonstrating analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Produce geotechnical engineering calculations and outputs, using relevant software such as gINT, Geostudio and Plaxis.
• Conducts some geotechnical reports (desktop study / factual report / smaller project interpretive reports) independently to high quality level.
• Ability to review project deliverables.
• Understands and complies with industry standards, Australian standards and conventions in technical documentation.
• Demonstrates this understanding in design outputs and geotechnical advice or recommendations provided.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Site investigations

Team collaboration

Stability calculations

Earthwork design

Report writing

Tools

gINT

Geostudio

Plaxis

Job description

Aurecon Group is seeking a Civil, Underground Structures Engineer to join our Newcastle team in a role that supports part-time or job-share arrangements. The Geotechnical Engineer will contribute to our Ground & Underground Engineering Practice across infrastructure projects.

You will conduct desktop studies, plan site investigations, supervise junior engineers, and produce geotechnical analyses using gINT, Geostudio and Plaxis, while aligning with Australian standards and safety requirements.