Senior Geotechnical ​/ Geo-Environmental Consultant

Overview

Department:
Operations

Employment Type:

Permanent - Full Time

Location:

Wickham

Compensation: £40,000 - £45,000 / year

Description:

Permanent contract, location Wickham, salary £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependant on experience)

Brownfield Solutions has been providing specialist geo-environmental and geotechnical consultancy services since 2005, offering expert ground investigation, risk assessment, and remediation services for both brownfield and greenfield developments. We work across a range of sectors including property development, infrastructure, construction, and energy, helping clients understand ground conditions, manage contamination risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Our team of experienced consultants, including environmental scientists, geologists and engineers, specialises in assessing geotechnical and geo-environmental constraints, providing tailored solutions to unlock the full potential of each site. As part of the Celnor Group, we maintain a supportive and friendly working environment where everyone can thrive, with a strong reputation for technical excellence, reliability, and problem-solving.

We are seeking a Senior Geotechnical / Geo-Environmental Consultant to join our team in Wickham, with opportunities for rapid professional development and promotion for the right candidate. We re looking for a team player with approximately 5+ years relevant experience who has drive, ambition and commitment to producing quality work. The right candidate will be self-motivated and eager to develop their skills and knowledge.

You ll work as part of an experienced team delivering geo-environmental and geotechnical consultancy services to a diverse range of clients including residential and commercial property developers, agents, planners, engineers, public bodies and private companies. Our workload is varied and engaging, with a good balance of site and office working, managing projects including ground investigations to satisfy planning conditions, contaminated land assessments, geotechnical design, remediation design, verification, Part 2A investigations, due diligence surveys and more.

• Be highly familiar with relevant standards, guidance and legislative background to the geo-environmental and geotechnical industry, helping to spread knowledge to junior staff
• Implement and maintain health and safety standards across the business
• Conduct ground investigations involving various techniques, taking on the role of Project Manager for various schemes and delegating work to junior staff
• Produce project fee proposals and tenders
• Understand commercial aspects of business and take responsibility for project finances, with potential responsibility for invoicing projects
• Attend meetings, site visits and site work as required
• Manage workload and prioritise tasks to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Develop client relationships and be an excellent written and verbal communicator
• Check and approve the work of junior staff including health and safety documentation, drawings, logs, calculations, factual and interpretive reports
• Help produce guides, template masters, identify and develop tools to improve quality and efficiency
• Pass knowledge on and mentor junior staff
• Write interpretive reports including Phase I/II geo-environmental assessments, qualitative and generic quantitative risk assessments, ground gas assessments, and geotechnical assessments
• Write bespoke and complex technical assessments
• Prepare outline and detailed remediation strategies with knowledge of a range of remediation techniques
• Undertake remediation verification and reporting
• Manage earthworks and materials/waste management including knowledge of MMPs under the CL:
  
  AIRE DoWCoP
• Apply detailed knowledge of soil mechanics, determining characteristic values and calculation of foundation bearing capacities (shallow and deep foundations) and settlements
• Liaise and negotiate with regulators
• Comply with and assist with updating/producing internal policies and procedures within ISO standards

• Approximately 5+ years relevant experience
• Undergraduate degree (2:1…