Senior Geotechnical Lead - Ground & Transport Projects

Aurecon Group; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurecon Group is a global engineering and advisory firm, inviting a senior geotechnical engineer to join our Ground and Underground Engineering Practice. The role focuses on delivering technically complex geotechnical design and investigations across multidisciplinary projects, with opportunities to mentor and grow the team.

You will lead technical delivery from feasibility through construction, driving excellence and client-focused outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years geotechnical engineering experience.
• Experience leading and reviewing complex geotechnical design and investigations.
• Proven leadership, mentoring and development of engineers and geologists.
• ANZ experience.
• Geotechnical design or numerical modelling – Lexis, slope value.
• Software – Plaxis 2D and 3D, Slope Stability, Piling.
• Road geotechnical design or rail.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of geotechnical services across multidisciplinary projects from feasibility and concept design through detailed design and construction.
• Provide leadership on complex geotechnical problems, including directing and reviewing advanced analyses using tools such as PLAXIS, GeoStudio and Rocscience.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and geologists, supporting the ongoing development of the Ground Engineering team.
• Drive technical excellence through technical reviews, standards adherence and knowledge sharing.
• Manage multidisciplinary interfaces to deliver integrated, practical and commercially sound design solutions.
• Apply strong written and verbal communication and commercial judgment to resolve complex client challenges.
• Support multidisciplinary project delivery across transport infrastructure, water infrastructure, dams, energy distribution and building projects.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Leadership & mentoring

Client relationship mgmt

Geotechnical design & investigations

Numerical modelling

PLAXIS 2D/3D

SLOPE/Rocscience tools

Lexis

Piling

Road/rail geotech

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering

Tools

Plaxis 2D/3D

GeoStudio

Rocscience

Lexis

Job description

Aurecon Group is a global engineering and advisory firm, inviting a senior geotechnical engineer to join our Ground and Underground Engineering Practice. The role focuses on delivering technically complex geotechnical design and investigations across multidisciplinary projects, with opportunities to mentor and grow the team.

You will lead technical delivery from feasibility through construction, driving excellence and client-focused outcomes.