Principal​/Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Principal / Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer

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

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

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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.

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About the business unit
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.

Overview of the role
As a Senior or Principal 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 key and major projects across what is a varied and diverse energy market in the UK, Europe and beyond.

You will be involved in leading the identification and production of cost‑effective and buildable design solutions in line with current Eurocodes, reports, specifications and drawings covering a range of project requirements within energy sector geotechnics.

You will deliver various geotechnical and ground engineering projects and provide technical leadership through leading the team and managing and overseeing their design work. You will also support larger projects, acting as client liaison and contributing to risk assessments, employing sustainability principles and undertaking budgeting and cost control.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Ground characterisation reviews
• Lead the design of foundations and substructures associated with energy projects such as earthworks, slope stability, foundations and retaining walls, with experience of feasibility study design through to detailed design and construction
• Lead the design of…