Hybrid Assistant Geotech Engineer: Field & Design

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & flexible working where travel

Health & wellbeing programmes

Virtual GP service

Gymflex gym discounts

Menopause support package

WSP My Hour for personal time

Job summary

WSP is seeking an Assistant Geotechnical Engineer or Assistant Engineering Geologist to join our team in Leeds, Newcastle, or London. You will produce reports, model ground conditions, and analyze geotechnical structures while collaborating with cross-discipline teams on UK and international projects.

The role involves site supervision of investigations, design of support systems, and contributing to tunnelling and shaft sinking works, with a strong emphasis on health, safety and inclusion at

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in an industry relevant subject.
• Fundamental appreciation of ground risk and site investigation.
• Good grasp of basic soil mechanics and engineering principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for reports and designs.
• Familiarity with tunnelling methods (TBM, NATM, SCL) and shaft sinking.
• Knowledge of geotechnical software such as Plaxis or Rocscience.
• Ambition to progress towards chartered status.

Responsibilities

• Produce professional and technically competent reports and liaise with specialists and clients.
• Prepare ground models and design parameters.
• Analyze slopes, walls, foundations and other geotechnical structures or assess geological hazards.
• Undertake and review geotechnical analyses for underground structures including load assessments and ground-structure interaction modelling.
• Design temporary and permanent support systems and integrate ground behaviour into structural solutions.
• Collaborate with structural teams and support project delivery with client liaison and cross-discipline coordination.
• Site-based work supervising ground investigation and construction for UK mine projects and provide input during tunnelling and shaft sinking operations.
• Promote health, safety, and equality in all aspects of work according to company policies.

Skills

Ground risk & site investigation

Soil mechanics

Technical reporting

Verbal & written communication

Tunnelling methods familiarity

Geotechnical analysis software

Education

Degree in geotechnical or related field

Tools

Plaxis

Rocscience

Job description

WSP is seeking an Assistant Geotechnical Engineer or Assistant Engineering Geologist to join our team in Leeds, Newcastle, or London. You will produce reports, model ground conditions, and analyze geotechnical structures while collaborating with cross-discipline teams on UK and international projects.

The role involves site supervision of investigations, design of support systems, and contributing to tunnelling and shaft sinking works, with a strong emphasis on health, safety and inclusion at