Senior Geotechnical / Geoenvironmental Engineer

American Society of Civil Engineers; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

American Society of Civil Engineers in Sheffield is seeking a Senior Geotechnical / Geoenvironmental Engineer to work on geotechnical and land contamination projects across infrastructure, development and regeneration sectors. The role covers from planning through investigations, with data interpretation, reporting, design and site supervision of remediation and earthworks projects.

Chartered status or progress toward it is expected, with seven+ years UK consultancy experience and full driving

Qualifications

• Undertaking Preliminary Risk Assessments along with intrusive site investigations.
• Planning & managing Phase 2 investigations complying with all health and safety matters and complying with CDM requirements.
• Procurement of sub-contractors.
• Supervision of drilling and excavation works plus undertaking gas and groundwater monitoring plus groundwater and surface water sampling.
• Experience of geotechnical design which will include slope stability and settlement analysis.
• Experience of the supervision of remedial and earthworks projects.
• Excellent report writing skills and be able to prepare earthworks specifications and remediation strategies and do validation reports on completed works.
• Support management producing fee proposals supporting documentation.
• Experience supervising less experienced engineers.
• Knowledge of OpenGround logging software.
• You must have a BSc in Geology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science or similar and a further MSc would be advantageous.
• You are likely to either be working towards becoming chartered or have already achieved chartered status.
• You need to have around seven years of more relevant experience, some of which must have been spent working for a similar engineering consultants in the U.K.
• A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Preliminary Risk Assessments along with intrusive site investigations.
• Plan and manage Phase 2 investigations in line with health and safety/CDM.
• Procure sub-contractors.
• Supervise drilling and excavation works, monitor groundwater and collect samples.
• Perform geotechnical design including slope stability and settlement analysis.
• Supervise remedial and earthworks projects.
• Prepare earthworks specifications and remediation strategies and validate completed works.
• Support management with fee proposals and related documentation.
• Supervise less experienced engineers.
• Utilize OpenGround logging software.

Skills

Data interpretation

Report writing

Project management

Site supervision

Health & safety/CDM compliance

Education

BSc in Geology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science or similar

MSc (advantageous)

Tools

OpenGround logging software

Job description

THE ROLE

We are currently seeking a SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL / GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER to join our client based in Sheffield.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing firm of consulting engineers who offer the right candidates interesting projects to work on and good prospects for promotion.

You will be able to work on geotechnical and land contamination projects across a range of sectors which includes infrastructure, development & regeneration, energy and also projects for local authorities.

You will be responsible for projects from planning stages to doing project investigations and duties will include data interpretation, reporting, design, site supervision of remediation and earthworks projects and more.

THE CLIENT

Our client is a successful, growing firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

THE CANDIDATE

• Undertaking Preliminary Risk Assessments along with intrusive site investigations.
• Planning & managing Phase 2 investigations complying with all health and safety matters and complying with CDM requirements.
• Procurement of sub-contractors.
• Doing supervision of drilling and excavation works plus undertaking gas and groundwater monitoring plus groundwater and surface water sampling.
• Experience of geotechnical design which will include slope stability and settlement analysis.
• Experience of the supervision of remedial and earthworks projects.
• You must have excellent report writing skills and be able to prepare earthworks specifications and remediation strategies and do validation reports on completed works.
• You will also be supporting management producing fee proposals supporting documentation.
• You will need some experience of supervising less experienced engineers.
• You need to have knowledge of OpenGround logging software.
• You must have a BSc in Geology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science or similar and a further MSc would be advantageous.
• You are likely to either be working towards becoming chartered or have already achieved chartered status.
• You need to have around seven years of more relevant experience, some of which must have been spent working for a similar engineering consultants in the U.K.
• A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable and there is an excellent package of company benefits.

Please email a full c.v. or give me, Toby Melling a call for an informal and confidential discussion on 020 7613 5555 or 020 8368 0025 or mobile [phone].