Assistant Geotechnical Engineer — Hybrid Work & Growth

WSP USA; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Chartership support

Learning culture

Job summary

WSP, a leading global engineering and professional services firm, is seeking Assistant Geotechnical Engineers or Assistant Engineering Geologists to join our Newcastle Upon Tyne team.

You will produce professional reports, prepare ground models, analyse slopes and foundations, and support project delivery with client liaison and cross-disciplinary coordination while pursuing chartered status.

This role supports flexible working and a strong learning culture.

Qualifications

• A fundamental appreciation of ground risk and site investigation.
• A good grasp of basic soil mechanics and engineering principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to generate high quality reports and design deliverables.
• Ambition to progress towards chartered status.

Responsibilities

• The production of professional and technically competent reports and liaison with specialists and clients.
• Preparing ground models and design parameters
• Analysis of slopes, walls, foundations, and other geotechnical structures or assessment of geological hazards
• Providing support in all aspects of project delivery including client liaison and co-ordinating with colleagues from other disciplines.
• Contributing to the implementation of higher sustainability and better use of 3D data in our project delivery.
• Site based work supervising ground investigation and construction for some of the UK’s most transformative projects across many different sectors.
• Using our newly developed training framework in the development of both yourself and your colleagues at all grades. We promote a culture of learning from each other through our collective experience.

Skills

Ground investigation

Soil mechanics

Report writing

Job description

WSP, a leading global engineering and professional services firm, is seeking Assistant Geotechnical Engineers or Assistant Engineering Geologists to join our Newcastle Upon Tyne team.

You will produce professional reports, prepare ground models, analyse slopes and foundations, and support project delivery with client liaison and cross-disciplinary coordination while pursuing chartered status.

This role supports flexible working and a strong learning culture.