Principal Geo Environmental Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy is seeking a Principal Level Geo-Environmental Engineer for their Milton Keynes office. The role involves managing a small team, overseeing site contamination assessments, and providing technical leadership. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant degree, substantial experience in ground investigations, and excellent communication skills. This position offers great development and progression prospects within a friendly environment.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant field; a related Masters Degree being advantageous.
• Good level of experience in Ground Investigation, especially Geo-Environmental aspects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a small team of Engineers.
• Technical lead in team.
• Carrying out Site Contamination Assessments.
• Project management and client liaison.
• Good HSEQ understanding.

Skills

Project management

Team management

Technical report writing

Ground Investigation

Communication skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Chartership with relevant body

Job description

Overview

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

• Manage and mentor a small team of Engineers
• Technical lead in team
• Carrying out Site Contamination Assessments from Stage 1 Tier 1 to Stage 3
• Carrying out Site Investigation for geotechnical appraisal and combined investigations using all common techniques
• Scheduling contamination, waste classification and geotechnical laboratory testing
• Design of remediation works and validation
• Interpretative geo-environmental report writing
• Project management and client liaison, including project cost control
• Carry out infiltration testing
• Good HSEQ understanding
• Full clean driving license
• A thorough technical understanding of contaminated land legislation and consultancy would be required

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant field; a related Masters Degree being advantageous; Chartership with a relevant body would be advantageous
• 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
• Traceable HSEQ and technical record
• Effective project manager and highly competent manager and mentor to junior staff