Associate Geotechnical Engineer

TED Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health insurance

Other benefits

Job summary

TED Recruitment is seeking an Associate Geotechnical Engineer to lead a team in London. The role involves overseeing technical and commercial aspects, preparing large bids, and maintaining strong client relationships.

You will conduct site visits and manage the delivery of geotechnical projects across the UK and overseas. The ideal candidate is Chartered, with strong leadership, communication skills and familiarity with UK construction methods and software such as Slope-W, Wallap, Oasys and

Qualifications

• Chartered Geotechnical Engineer capable of leading and coordinating a team.
• Able to prepare bids for large projects and assist in major bids.
• Experience with presentations and client engagement is preferred.
• Strong leadership, technical leadership and the ability to manage commercial aspects.

Responsibilities

• Lead geotechnical engineering team across projects UK and overseas.
• Take responsibility for technical and commercial deliverables.
• Delegate workload, monitor deliverables and train junior engineers.
• Conduct site visits, surveys and inspections for geotechnical works.
• Engage with professionals and contractors to strengthen client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Bid preparation

Presentations

Communication skills

Delegation

Site visits

Health & safety

UK codes & methods

Tools

Slope-W

Wallap

Oasys

Plaxis

Job description

Location: London SE1
Region: UK-London
Salary / Rate: £80000 to £90000 per annum + pension, health insurance and other benefits

THE ROLE

We are currently seeking an ASSOCIATE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER to join our client, an award winning firm of consulting engineers in their London office in the Southwark area.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fairly large firm who work on projects across a good range of sectors including infrastructure, specialist geotechnical design, education, health, commercial, residential, leisure, regeneration and masterplanning.

Projects are both in the UK and overseas.

You will be a Chartered Geotechnical Engineer who is highly motivated and able to head up a team plus be able to prepare bids for projects and also assist in the preparation of bids for very large commissions.

Experience of doing presentations too is preferred.

THE CLIENT

Our client is a successful, large firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

They work on projects both in the UK and overseas.

THE CANDIDATE

You will need to have good technical skills to provide leadership to your team.

You must be able to take responsibility for technical and commercial matters.

You will have excellent communication skills to be able to deal with other professionals and contractors as well as get involved in networking and strengthening client relationships.

You will be able to delegate workload, monitor deliverables, help train more junior engineers etc.

You will do site visits, surveys and inspections associated with all geotechnical works.

You need experience of slope engineering, ground movement assessments, infrastructure design and regeneration, ground remediation, earthworks and more.

Experience and good knowledge of health and safety risks essential.

You must be up to date with UK codes and construction methods.

Knowledge and experience of geotechnical design software to include Slope-W, Wallap, the Oasys suite of geotechnical software and Plaxis.

A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable but likely to be between £80000 and £90000 per annum and there is an excellent package of company benefits.