Head of Subsidence Diagnosis

Geobear Global; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking engineering company in Manchester is seeking an experienced engineer to address domestic subsidence issues. This hands-on role involves analyzing properties, creating treatment plans, and ensuring quality in designs. The ideal candidate has around 10 years of experience in engineering, with strong skills in structural and geotechnical solutions. They should be proactive, team-oriented, and possess excellent communication skills. The company prioritizes sustainability and offers opportunities for development and growth.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Strong company culture

Engagement in sustainable practices

Qualifications

• 10 years of engineering experience, ideally in subsidence.
• Experience with different project sizes and complexities.
• Strong ICT skills, particularly in Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Visit properties online (80%) and in person (20%).
• Diagnose subsidence issues and create designs.
• Provide technical support and training to Area Managers.

Skills

Structural engineering expertise

Geotechnical solutions design

Team communication

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in Civil & Structural Engineering

Tools

Google Suite

MS Office

Salesforce

Plaxis

Job description

General Overview

This is a role for someone who is passionate about solving domestic property subsidence issues to the highest technical standard. The role covers all aspects of Engineering for our residential subsidence repair business. It is a hands‑on role in all aspects, including site visits and being personally responsible for deliverables including supporting our Global businesses.

Key Tasks

• Accurately diagnosing subsidence properties both structurally and geotechnically and creating technically correct treatment plans
• Feasibility of schemes
• Design
• Design checking
• Quality assurance of all residential designs
• Quote quality checking
• Advising the operations department on engineering matters

About the Company

At Geobear, we’re building something incredible. Established over forty years ago, Geobear is a fast‑growing ground engineering contractor specialising in sustainable solutions, working in various market sectors. We are looking for excellent new people to join our business and be an integral part of our growth plans.

We prioritise our values and provide a place where you can be yourself and thrive. Geobear offers opportunities for development, growth, and a remarkable career.

We work directly or indirectly for all the major infrastructure owners and built very strong relationships in this market. We have achieved significant growth over the past few years and have very ambitious and exciting growth plans for the next 15 years.

What Sets Geobear Apart

• Sustainability: Our eco‑friendly solutions reduce the carbon footprint, addressing ground stabilisation issues worsened by climate change.
• Efficiency: We deliver projects swiftly with minimal disruption, ideal for businesses needing quick turnaround times.
• Innovation: Continuous innovation ensures state‑of‑the‑art, effective, and sustainable solutions. The company vision is on continuous improvement.
• Culture: We foster a growth mindset culture where every team member has an opportunity to harness their skills and experience and to develop their professional skills to advance in the company if they perform well over time.

Our Vision and Values

• Purpose: We enhance people’s quality of lives by reducing stress and expedite decarbonisation of the planet.
• Vision: To be the world leading provider of sustainable geotechnical asset management solutions.

Our Culture

If you are hungry for growth, enjoy targets and are open‑minded about new ways of thinking and doing things, you will find it great working for Geobear. Our job is to solve problems for our clients, so the more proactive a problem solver you are, the better you will fit into our team of dedicated colleagues. We strive to keep our clients' world running with our proven technology which saves time, money and the impact on the world.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree standard in Civil & Structural Engineering, M Eng / MSc (Eng) preferable
• A track record of designing geotechnical solutions, preferably in domestic subsidence space
• IT skills across multiple platforms – Google Suite / MS Office / Salesforce / Plaxis
• Experience in retaining wall analysis and design.
• Member of ICE / IStructE

Experience

• c10 years experience in engineering
• Variety of project sizes and complexities (all causations of subsidence)
• Ideally coming from a contracting and / or consulting business and / or loss adjusting and / or building control with experience in building / foundation engineering and repair. This role requires someone who is used to dealing with multiple tasks at a time with strong ICT skills, preferably Salesforce. Experience of dealing directly with both customers and internal stakeholders. They will have a good knowledge of building techniques and design.

Personal Attributes

• Passion for subsidence in domestic properties and technical excellence.
• Strong team player and excellent communicator.
• Operates with high integrity, is resilient and takes ownership of their objectives. This person should be knowledgeable, highly organised, dynamic and flexible in their approach and should be of a strong character and have the ability to challenge performance and be challenged.
• Hands‑on individual who is used to working in a fast paced changing environment. Someone who can work under pressure, solve problems and is a good team player.
• Ability to work with speed to issue design and QA approvals
• Ability and willingness to carry out virtual inspections of residential dwellings to diagnose the problem

Responsibilities

• Visiting properties online (80%)
• Visiting properties in person (20%)
• Diagnosing properties
• Creating designs
• Technical support of Area Managers
• Training of Area Managers
• Proactive customer work to educate the market
• Developing feasibility schemes
• Designing a suitable repair for buildings that have suffered from subsidence
• Checking of internal design in accordance with in house design guidelines
• Checking the quality of quotations in lines with in house quoting guidelines
• Signing off Certificates of Structural Adequacy.
• Overseas support during holiday periods
• Working with operations to learn how designs perform on site
• Supervising retreatment works on site
• Customer facing meetings (CPDs, account reviews)
• Supporting Head of Social Housing and Head of New insurance business in business development