Geotechnical​/Geo-Environmental Engineer

Position: Geotechnical / Geo-Environmental Engineer (Permanent)
Location: Breckland District

An individual with approximately 4-7 years of UK based experience working as a contractor or for a consultancy in the ground investigation industry.

Job Description:

Working as a Geotechnical / Geo-Environmental Engineer you will be required to manage a range of ground investigations and take responsibility for successful completion.

Primary job roles will include:

• Organising and managing multiple engineering contracts from tender stage to completion.

• Liaison with clients and site occupiers to organise fieldwork

• Supervision of trial pitting, cable percussion drilling, rotary drilling, window sampling, inspection pits, dynamic probing and dynamic cone penetrometer testing

• Processing of field information and lab schedules

• Factual and interpretive reporting

• Commercial management of investigation works
- Mentoring junior Engineers

Essential

Skills Required:

• Experience of setting up and executing investigation contracts in accordance with current best working practice and standards

• Commercial awareness in order to stay within project budget

• Awareness and understanding of site H&S requirements

• Ability to accurately log soil and rock in accordance with BS5930+A2

• Carrying out site sampling and in situ testing in accordance with best practice and current standards

• Ability to schedule laboratory testing, liaise with the testing lab on progress and understand the principals of the test results

• Ability to write factual and interpretive reports

• Full and clean UK driving license