Senior Geotechnical Engineer (@one Alliance) [1081712]

RSK Group Limited; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, where your leadership will drive innovation and sustainability in water infrastructure projects. You will lead a talented team, ensuring excellence in geotechnical design and project delivery while championing health and safety standards. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on community infrastructure, promoting sustainable practices and innovative solutions. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to shape the future of geotechnical engineering, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in geotechnical engineering with experience in large-scale projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills to lead and mentor a diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the geotechnical team, ensuring quality in design and project delivery.
• Champion health and safety standards while promoting sustainable practices.

Skills

Geotechnical Engineering

Leadership

Project Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Sustainability Practices

Education

Civil Engineering Degree

Geology Degree

Job description

Senior Geotechnical Engineer (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent

The Vacancy

Binnies an RSK Group company is looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join us as part of our @one Alliance.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Geotechnical Engineer?

We’ll look to you to provide sector-level leadership and strategic direction and lead the geotechnical team within the alliance. Working on a diverse programme of water recycling and infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent the @one Alliance as a leader in geotechnical engineering.
• Ensure quality in geotechnical design by developing and implementing robust procedures, standards, and guidance to achieve a “right first time” approach.
• Collaborate with Design Managers and Civil Leads to allocate skilled resources to projects, ensuring competency and excellence from concept to detailed design.
• Oversee and assess the performance of suppliers and subcontractors’ designs.
• Ensure geotechnical design aligns with health and safety standards, environmental considerations, procurement needs, and operational requirements.

Project Delivery

• Partner with Principal Civil Engineers and project teams to achieve portfolio outcomes.
• Ensure affordability by identifying and delivering value-driven opportunities.
• Support discipline engineers to adopt appropriate methods and deliver designs on time and to the highest quality.
• Lead sustainability efforts by producing designs that enhance environmental and social outcomes.
• Contribute to risk, opportunities, and value management by challenging designs to achieve the best outcomes.

Health & Safety

• Champion excellence in health, safety, and welfare for your discipline, ensuring compliance with CDM regulations.
• Identify and address health, safety, and welfare concerns within your team.
• Promote safe design practices and ensure all off-site activities are appropriately planned and risk assessed.

People & Team Development

• Provide visible leadership to the geotechnical team, fostering engagement through regular discipline meetings and initiatives.
• Manage and mentor team members, supporting their professional development and career progression.
• Identify and address competency gaps within the team, supporting recruitment and the use of global resources where needed.
• Inspire a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous improvement within the geotechnical discipline.
• Drive carbon reduction and the sustainable use of natural capital in designs.
• Lead the adoption of advanced techniques and technologies.
• Collaborate with industry bodies and clients to challenge standards and drive industry-wide improvement.

About You:

To be successful in this position, you will have proven leadership in geotechnical engineering with experience in large-scale, multidisciplinary projects. You’ll hold a civil engineering or geology degree (or equivalent experience). Be committed to delivering safe, sustainable, and innovative engineering solutions, and possess strong interpersonal skills to lead, mentor, and inspire a diverse team.

If you are a seasoned geotechnical engineer with a passion for leadership, innovation, and sustainability and thrive in a collaborative environment, driving excellence in engineering design and project delivery, apply today and join the @one Alliance as our Senior Geotechnical Engineer, where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of geotechnical engineering for Anglian Water and beyond.

About Us

We develop intelligent solutions using our award-winning integrated planning and design approach to deliver functional infrastructure and lasting environmental and social legacies. This is backed by a culture that has stayed true since our foundation over 100 years ago. We create new possibilities for humanity through our innovative approach to delivery.

Together with our clients, we are always striving to find a smarter way to deliver projects. From providing low carbon, sustainable and resilient water solutions, flood alleviation and environmental services, to connecting people with insights and data. Our business exists to improve the quality of life for our local communities today and for generations to come.

Binnies is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.

If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?

Environment

We create sustainable critical infrastructure across the whole asset life cycle to meet the net zero challenge. We integrate sustainability into everything we do, utilising digital innovation to create value. We de-risk projects through collaborative engagement and holistic thinking which builds inclusive wealth for our clients, stakeholders and communities.

Water

We are engaged in every aspect of the water industry, helping clients efficiently and effectively collect, store, move and treat water and wastewater; plan and manage watersheds; harness the energy embedded in the treatment and movement of water and enhance sustainability. We incorporate leading-edge digital transformation to create more resilient and reliable solutions using data analytics to provide powerful insights.