Geotechnical Engineer

Glasgow, United Kingdom / Brighton, United Kingdom / Altrincham, United Kingdom

Final date to receive applications is midnight on Friday, 27th of February. Please note, we may contact successful candidates before the closing date and may close the advert early, depending on the volume of applications.

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee‑owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

Our Energy Unit leads WIN and DO work in all Energy Market and Nuclear Defence market projects, working at the forefront of the energy transition challenge to ensure safe, stable, sustainable energy is available for future generations.

Our multidisciplinary teams provide a variety of services throughout the full project life cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies, through outline and detailed design, to construction support and site supervision, working across electrical transition (transmission, HVDC, solar, battery storage, onshore wind, tidal), nuclear (generation, disposal, other civil), nuclear defence, hydropower, offshore wind and thermal transmission (gas, liquids, hydrogen, thermal generation) projects across the UK and Europe.

Ready for your next challenge and looking to support the energy transition and growth of the company in a major growth area? We are a company and unit that actively fuels the creativity of our people, creating space for our people to grow their careers and take on the next challenge where headroom exists.

We have had enormous success in some of our frameworks and are looking to expand upon this across all sub-markets. We know that variety is key to job satisfaction, hence looking to grow our geotechnical team that will work across all our sub-markets to help our clients and projects move towards Net Zero.

So take the next step in your career with a company and unit focused on supporting the development of our people through defined technical career pathways and supporting creativity with global and local mentors. You have the skills; now here is the opportunity to use them and grow your career in a team and company that values a different perspective.

As a Geotechnical Engineer in our growing Energy Unit geotechnical team, you will have the opportunity to broaden your experience and work with a range of public and private sector clients on some key and major projects across what is a varied and diverse energy market in the UK, Europe and beyond.

You will carry out work on energy projects, fulfilling tasks including:

• Ground investigation preparation of scope, specifications, interpretation and verification of ground investigation data and parameters for a ground model to assist in design
• Geotechnical desk studies, preliminary assessments and reviews of existing geotechnical reporting
• Investigation contractor management on site and in the office, including reviewing RAMS and monitoring health and safety compliance
• Preparing geotechnical interpretative and geotechnical design reports
• Geotechnical analysis, with experience in ground modelling and analysis software
• Working with engineers of other disciplines in a team in order to produce integrated geotechnical assessments for overall project delivery
• Assessing geotechnical…