Senior Engineering Geologist

TipTopJob; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Personal health care plan

Life insurance

25 days holiday

Job summary

My client, an engineering consultancy, seeks a Senior Engineering Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer to join the Leeds, West Yorkshire team. You will deliver ground modelling, geotechnical design, and risk assessments while liaising with clients and supporting business development.

A degree in Geology is required, with MSc and Chartered status preferred, and at least six years Rail experience including earthworks inspections and reporting.

Qualifications

• Degree in Geology or similar.
• MSc in Engineering Geology or Geotechnical Engineering is a plus.
• Chartered with CGeol or CEng or working towards Chartered status.
• Minimum six years' rail sector experience including earthworks inspections and reporting.
• Experience producing geotechnical reports including Geotechnical Interpretative Reports and Mining Risk Assessments.
• Experience with ground investigation planning, specification and supervision and interpretative reporting.
• Experience in the design of earthworks and geotechnical solutions.
• Full UK driving licence for site travel.

Responsibilities

• Provide geotechnical solutions across projects including rail sector.
• Perform ground modelling and geotechnical design and risk assessments.
• Collaborate with other engineering departments.
• Deal directly with clients and support business development.

Skills

Rail sector experience

Geotechnical design

Client liaison

Ground investigations

Education

Degree in Geology

MSc in Engineering Geology or Geotechnical Engineering

Job description

THE ROLE

My client is a firm of engineering consultants with a number of office around the U.K.

They are now seeking a SENIOR ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST / GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER to join them in LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE.

You will provide geotechnical solutions across a wide range of projects including thos in the RAIL sector.

You will be involved in doing ground modelling, geotechnical design, risk assessment and you will work closely with the other engineering departments.

You will deal directly with clients and you will help with business development.

The Company

My client is a firm of engineering consultants working on a good range of projects which includes various building structures, infrastructure, transportation and more.

They have a number of UK offices.

They provide good support for people wanting to become chartered.

THE CANDIDATE

You will have an appropriate Degree in Geology or similar.

You may also have an MSc in Engineering Geology, Geotechnical Engineering.

You will either already be Chartered with CGeol or CEng or you may be working towards Chartered status.

You will have at least six years experience of working on Rail sector projects including earthworks inspections and reporting.

You need experience of producing geotechnical reports including Geotechnical Interpretative Reports and Mining Risk Assessments.

You need to have experience of ground investigation planning, specification and supervision and interpretative reporting.

You need experience of specification and the design of earthworks and geotechnical solutions.

You also need to have a full UK driving licence to be able to travel to sites as required.

Salary will be negotiable according to your level of experience but in the region of GBP40000 to GBP45000 plus pension and a range of benefits includings good training towards becoming chartered, a pension, personal health care plan, life insurance, 25 days holiday, plus some other benefits.