Geotechnical Engineer

​; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Personal Pension Plan

Private Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare Cash Plan

Flexible Working Arrangements

Cycle to Work Scheme

Annual volunteering day

Job summary

Evan Craig is seeking a Geotechnical Engineer to work on site and in the Buckinghamshire office. The role covers field investigations, logging of soils and rocks, and reporting under guidance from senior engineers.

You will coordinate site investigations, contribute to earthworks and remediation supervision, and ensure quality data delivery for planning conditions and client briefs.

Qualifications

• Degree in Geology, Environmental Sciences, Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Earth Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar consultancy or site investigation contractor.
• Proficient logging of soils and rocks to BS5930; support for graduates on site and in the office.

Responsibilities

• Supervise site investigations, including services clearance, walkovers, sampling, and logging.
• Prepare factual and interpretive geotechnical and contamination reports.
• Assist earthworks supervision, remediation supervision, and validation tasks as required.
• Coordinate site investigations and ensure safe, compliant delivery of projects.
• Liaise with clients and design teams to meet briefs and planning conditions.

Skills

Fieldwork supervision

Geotechnical logging

Report writing

Site investigations coordination

Microsoft Excel

Education

Degree in Geology / Geotechnical Engineering

2+ years in similar role

Tools

Geo5 Slope

OpenGround

CAD

GIS

Job description

Geotechnical Engineer: excellent opportunity within a reputable Medium-sized engineering and environmental consultancy. This role is based in their Buckinghamshire office.

Overview

Our client is a successful consultancy delivering engineering, environmental, and project-support services operating throughout the country, while being dedicated to the professional growth and development of their highly qualified engineers. They have many years’ experience working throughout the full lifecycle of construction and infrastructure developments, offering technical expertise across a broad range of sectors to support sustainable, community focused outcomes.

They are now looking for a Geotechnical Engineer to join their growing team. The position involves both site and office responsibilities, including the coordination and reporting of geo-environmental and geotechnical ground investigations,but can involve supervision relating to earthworks, remediation, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Fieldwork supervision of site investigations including clearance of services, site walkovers, soil and rock logging, sampling, foundation inspections, infiltration testing, gas and groundwater monitoring. The fieldwork includes an element of manual handling, lifting samples, loading/unloading vans etc.
• Undertake preparation of factual and interpretive geotechnical and contamination reporting (under guidance of a Senior Engineer as required).
• In addition to site investigation tasks, you may be required to assist in undertaking earthworks supervision, remediation supervision, validation of plots, topographical surveys, check inspection covers, and drainage runs, and undertake visual inspections.
• This may also include CQA (Contractor Quality Assurance) supervision work on our landfill sites for both installation of new monitoring and leachate wells.
• Undertake engineering assessment work in accordance with British Standards, Eurocode 7, CIRIA, NHBC etc to successfully deliver projects for our clients.
• You will be required to produce, and coordinate Site Investigations and reporting including health and safety documentation.
• Work closely with other members of the team, in particular Graduate Engineers and technicians in the preparation of site investigations as well as Senior Engineer and other teams as required.
• Undertake coordination with other professionals and contractors as appropriate, and to organise your time to ensure timely delivery of projects.
• Collaborative working with other of the company’s consulting offices. May be required to work out of other offices for short periods depending on team locations.
• Input into fee proposals where necessary.
• Liaise with Clients and other members of the design team to ensure designs meet the Client brief including attendance at design team meetings / site meetings as required.

Requirements

• Degree in Geology, Environmental Sciences, Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering, Earth Sciences, or any other relevant subject within the field.
• Minimum 2 years’ track record working in similar engineering consultancy or for a site investigation contractor.
• Proficient in logging of soils and rocks to BS5930 and will be expected to support Graduate Engineers and Technicians on site and in the office as required.
• Have a good understanding of the UK geology and be able to interpret geological maps, published data and site data.
• A good knowledge of, and background with, site investigation methods and techniques.
• Have some knowledge and understanding of technical design packages including Geo5 Slope (or similar). Good knowledge of Openground logging software for logs and cross sections. Have basic knowledge of CAD for producing site plans and cross sections would be an advantage. Knowledge of GIS also an advantage.
• Excellent written and oral skills.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel which is used for calculations and presenting site data. The ability to carry out hand calculations to check spreadsheets as appropriate is required.
• Work with Senior Engineers to ensure the monitoring and site investigations are carried out as required with a high attention to detail, quality of data and efficient reporting of data along with completion of investigations to meet planning conditions, clients’ expectations etc (training provided)
• Good organisational, planning and time management skills. Good verbal and written communication skills
• Commercial awareness.
• Full driving licence. A pool/hire van, or electric vehicle, will be available for site work.

On offer

• Competitive Salary
• Membership of our Group Personal Pension Plan, with Employer's contribution of 5%.
• Payment of a relevant professional subscription.
• 25 days annual leave per year (plus Bank Holidays).
• Training and professional development plan.
• Inclusion in our Life Assurance Policy, insuring you to 4 times your annual salary.
• Income protection scheme.
• Private Healthcare Insurance
• Healthcare Cash plan
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Annual paid volunteering day.

All Evan Craig vacancies require right to work in the UK.