Principal Geo Environmental Engineer

Carrington West; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Level Geo-Environmental Engineer to join a dynamic team in either Milton Keynes or Swindon. This role offers fantastic development and progression prospects within a friendly consultancy that handles a diverse range of projects across southern England. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in geo-environmental engineering, with a focus on site contamination assessments and geotechnical investigations. You will lead a small team, manage projects, and ensure high-quality deliverables while mentoring junior staff. Join a company that values expertise and offers a collaborative environment to enhance your career.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant field; Masters preferred.
• Experience in Ground Investigation with focus on Geo-Environmental aspects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a small team of Engineers.
• Conduct Site Contamination Assessments and geotechnical investigations.
• Project management and client liaison including cost control.

Skills

Site Contamination Assessments

Project Management

Geotechnical Appraisal

Interpretative Report Writing

HSEQ Understanding

Team Management

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Masters Degree

Job description

My client has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Level Geo-Environmental Engineer for either their Milton Keynes or Swindon offices with great development and progression prospects versus a larger consultancy.

They are a busy and friendly geo-environmental, geotechnical and site investigation company operating on varying size projects across the south of England, Wales and the Midlands for a range of clients from small to medium house builders to commercial businesses and mineral extraction, allowing staff to gather a breadth of knowledge in a short space of time.

Responsibilities

1. Manage and mentor a small team of Engineers
2. Technical lead in team
3. Carrying out Site Contamination Assessments from Stage 1 Tier 1 to Stage 3
4. Carrying out Site Investigation for geotechnical appraisal and combined investigations using all common techniques
5. Scheduling contamination, waste classification and geotechnical laboratory testing
6. Design of remediation works and validation
7. Interpretative geo-environmental report writing
8. Project management and client liaison, including project cost control
9. Carry out infiltration testing
10. Good HSEQ understanding
11. Full clean driving license

A thorough technical understanding of contaminated land legislation and consultancy would be required. Also, an understanding of interpretative geotechnical report writing would be advantageous, as would a working understanding of the EIA process and reporting advantageous.

Qualifications

The candidate would be degree qualified in a relevant field, with a related Masters Degree being advantageous, as would be Chartership with a relevant body.

The candidate must have a good level of experience specialising in Ground Investigation, especially Geo-Environmental aspects.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate would be a solution-focused person with excellent communication skills and have a traceable HSEQ and technical record as well as being an effective project manager and highly competent manager and mentor to junior staff.