Senior Ground Investigation Engineer

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Location:

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom | Bristol, United Kingdom | Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom | Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom | Cambridge, East of England, United Kingdom | Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom Department:
Site Assessment & Remediation Business Unit: AUK UKWork Type:
On-site

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

As a senior ground investigation engineer, you will be an integrated member of our UK-wide Site Evaluation and Restoration team, leading from site our large-scale ground investigation projects. Working as part of our Ground Investigation Contracting capability you will support clients across all sectors but with a focus on infrastructure such as rail, energy, highways and waterways by conducting a variety of different tasks including ground investigation management, supervision, programme management and commercial management support to the project manager.

A high proportion of the work will be spent on client sites, leading site investigations, implementing and maintaining safe and efficient working practices.

We are looking for an established ground investigation practitioner from a contracting background, who is looking for their next step in their career. As a part of our ground investigation capability, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and  return, you will join an award-winning team and be part of one of the global top 3 consultants within the field.

Working across various projects, you will have the opportunity to work alongside international technical experts and continue building on your experience. There is flexibility as to your choice of location within the UK and you can select any of the following offices:
Warrington, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff or Glasgow. Work may be across the UKYour Day-to-Day Site management including supply chain co-ordination and procurement

Field based work undertaken across the UK, including:

Site management of ground investigations and associated works, with a strong focus on SHEQ management and documentation.

Leadership and co-ordination of site teams, including programme management feeding into project management teamQA/QC of logging of soil and rock to appropriate British Standards and ensuring the quality output of in-situ field testing.

Commercial reporting to the project manager, providing updated measures and identifying early warnings and input into compensation events in the field

Stakeholder liaison

Work collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall project.

Produce project outputs (e.g. documentation, reports) and ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with relevant national standards and codes of practice.

Develop effective working relationships with the Project Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues.

Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry.

RequirementsBSc / BEng qualified (or higher) in Geology, Geoscience, Geography or Civil Engineering

Experience of undertaking lead engineer role on large scale ground investigation projects and in supervising engineers and multiple contractors

Minimum of 5 years experience of working in the field

Knowledge of NEC4 contract management, producing and managing early warnings and CEs, compiling measures

Strong Health and safety and risk management…