Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Carrington West; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading built environment consultancy in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to take ownership of ground engineering deliverables across varied UK and international projects. The position supports hybrid working and offers a strong benefits package designed for wellbeing, flexibility, and professional development. Key responsibilities include drafting key reports, managing investigations, and designing solutions tailored to complex civil/structural projects.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Volunteering days

Mental health support

Life assurance

Medical insurance

Flexible working approach

Career development pathway

Performance bonus

Qualifications

• Proven project management track record in design and build environments.
• Confidence in building client relationships for delivering projects.
• Strong understanding of work planning and commercial management.
• Ability to deliver accurate reports through excellent writing skills.
• Experience with geotechnical assessment/design software.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and engineering teams across various projects.
• Manage and interpret ground investigations for geotechnical assessments.
• Design practical geotechnical solutions for diverse commissions.

Skills

Project management

Excellent communication

Understanding consultancy/design markets

Report writing

Geotechnical software proficiency

Drawing preparation

Willingness to travel

Education

Degree in civil engineering or geology

Postgraduate geotechnical qualification

Chartered status (civil engineer or geologist)

Tools

Rocscience

Geo5

ARC GIS

CAD

Job description

Senior Geotechnical Engineer

You’ll join a growing, well-established built environment consultancy where you can take real ownership of ground engineering deliverables, work across a varied UK and international portfolio, and have the backing to keep progressing professionally. As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, you’ll benefit from a supportive hybrid set‑up (three office days per week), strong project variety, and a benefits package built around your wellbeing, flexibility and development.

This built environment consultancy helps clients improve the quality and sustainability of the places we live and work. With a large multi‑disciplinary team delivering thousands of projects annually, you’ll work alongside civil and structural colleagues and be part of a culture built around quality, ingenuity, partnership and aspiration.

Key Deliverables

• Drafting Ground Investigation Reports (geotechnical elements)
• Proof of concept checks
• Mining legacy assessments and specifying mitigation measures
• ULS and SLS analysis for foundations
• Slope stability analysis
• Earthworks settlement analysis
• Earthworks specifications
• Cutting design (including soil nails, anchors or rock bolts)
• Embankment design (including reinforced embankments)
• Drafting Geotechnical Design Reports and Geotechnical Feedback Reports (to CD622)

Responsibilities

In this Senior Geotechnical Engineer position, you’ll support planning and engineering teams across a broad project portfolio. You’ll specify, manage and interpret investigations, deliver geotechnical assessments, and design practical geotechnical solutions – often as part of wider civil/structural commissions, with some standalone ground engineering projects as required.

Qualifications

• A proven project management track record within design and build environments
• Excellent communication skills and confidence building client relationships to support delivery and work winning
• Strong understanding of consultancy/design markets, including work planning and commercial management
• Excellent report writing skills, with the ability to self‑check and deliver accurate work
• A degree in civil engineering or geology, plus a postgraduate geotechnical qualification
• Chartered status as a civil engineer or geologist
• Good understanding of EC7 and associated UK design codes
• Experience using specialist geotechnical assessment/design software (Rocscience and Geo5 preferred)
• Experience preparing drawings (ARC GIS and CAD preferred)
• Willingness to travel for short assignments in the UK and overseas
• A valid UK driving licence

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus the option to buy, carry over or sell)
• Three volunteering days per year
• Mental health support including Mental Health First Aiders and Unum Help@hand app
• Life assurance, pension scheme and income protection
• Medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership
• Flexible hybrid working approach
• Career development pathway aligned to your professional and personal goals
• Performance bonus, car allowance and additional benefits depending on role level and progression

Location and Working Pattern

This Senior Geotechnical Engineer opportunity is based from either Bristol or Cardiff, with an agile/hybrid approach and an expectation of three office days per week.

Contact / Further Information

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.

Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Infrastructure & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West’s Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years’ experience in this market. Please call Eve Armstrong at Carrington West on 023 9387 6062 for more information.

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