Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Sweco; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks

Competitive pension contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Company car or car allowance

Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Sweco is seeking a Principal Geotechnical Engineer to join its Ground Engineering team in Manchester. The role offers a flexible/hybrid pattern with at least three days per week in the office and flexible start times.

You will deliver geotechnical design services across the UK for highways, water, energy and development sectors, leading technical work and supporting project management and tender activities.

Qualifications

• Experience managing geotechnical consultancy projects in the UK.
• A track record in design, tender prep, and construction supervision.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or CGeol status is expected.

Responsibilities

• Input to technical elements of the Project Management Plan and Scope of Services.
• Produce design deliverables, calculations, drawings, and reports.
• Support tender preparation and post-tender negotiations.
• Lead project start-up meetings and ensure QA and milestones.
• Review design inputs and communicate changes to the Project Manager.
• Attend internal and client meetings and support policy improvements.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

MEng Civil Engineering

MSc Engineering Geology/Geotechnical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

AutoCAD

Excel

Job description

Job Description

Society is in your hands, what are you waiting for?

We are currently looking for talented and motivated Principal Geotechnical Engineer to join our Ground Engineering team. This role can be based at our Manchester office and can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office/on site and the option of adjusted start and finish times.

What does the role involve?

In this role, you'll be an active member of the Ground Engineering team helping to deliver a diverse portfolio of projects across the UK for a range of market sectors including highways, water, energy and development. The Ground Engineering team provide a wide range of geotechnical design services across all project stages including feasibility studies, ground investigations, geotechnical interpretation, preliminary and detailed design, and construction supervision for geotechnical works.

Sweco offer diverse experience for their engineers including projects spanning various industry sectors, as well varied geotechnical activities included ground investigation specification and management, earthworks and structures designs, and construction stage support.

You will be joining a very experienced and enthusiastic team that have recently supported the British Antarctic Survey's £100M Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme and delivered the detailed geotechnical design for prominent projects such as the £790m Queensferry Crossing, Stockholm Metro Extension, A47 improvement programme and Beauly HDVC Convertor Station.

This is an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company who is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you.

Responsibilities include:

Business Opportunity

• Input to technical elements of Project Management Plan.

Tender

• Support the preparation of the Scope of Services (Proposal) documents including any post-tender negotiations.
• Support the creation of the tender.

Project Start-up

• Assist the Project Manager in clarifying the project brief, agree deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance, and control strategy.
• Input to technical elements of the Project Management Plan.
• Finalise project checking and approval arrangements.
• Attend internal project start-up meeting.

Project Delivery

• Review and validate design inputs; submit RFI requests via the Project Manager.
• Produce design deliverables (including calculations, drawings, sketches, reports, etc.) to achieve the optimum engineering solution for the project.
• Implement and manage project checking and approval arrangements.
• Assess, document, and communicate design changes to the Project Manager.
• Participate in technical reviews (this may involve chairing the review meeting).
• Check design outputs before submission to the PM/TA for approval.
• Attend internal project review meetings.

Project Close-out

• Attend 'close out meeting' with the client.
• Recommend/implement improvements to technical policy, processes, and design solutions and share via the knowledge management channels as appropriate.

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• Have knowledge and/or experience of the management of projects, both financially and technically.
• Excellent interpersonal / team working skills, with a good working relationship with all levels of the organisation, clients and contractors.
• A proven track record of working in geotechnical consultancy in the UK.
• Have appropriate experience in design, contract and tender preparation, tender assessment, construction supervision and administration.
• Familiarity with relevant software packages such as MS Project, Word, Excel, AutoCAD and geotechnical design software etc.
• The ability to organise and prioritise workload to ensure that timescales are met.
• Good problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to find quick, innovative and practical engineering solutions.
• Responsibility for your own personal development and be able to support the learning of others.

In terms of qualifications, you'll have:

• A MEng in Civil Engineering or MSc in Engineering Geology or Geotechnical Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) / Geologist (CGeol) status.

You’ll experience a diverse, inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. A meaningful job where you'll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we'd love to hear from you.

Let's transform society together at Sweco.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company car or car allowance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
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