Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Produce geotechnical and civil engineering design deliverables for projects in the water and rail industries.

Manchester, UK

• Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
• Produce design calculations and drawings.
• Direct and develop CAD technicians, more junior designers, and graduates.
• Prepare design investigations, reports, and specifications.
• Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional, and group standards.
• Ensure project change for design packages is fully implemented and recorded.
• Undertake work using formal processes and procedures.
• Estimate hours required for design packages.
• Present and attend internal design meetings and design presentations.

• 10 years relevant design experience in geotechnical and/or civil engineering.
• Good geotechnical understanding, including the ability to produce ground investigation specifications, interpretive reports, and design reports.
• Degree or HND in a relevant discipline.
• Good level of IT proficiency.
• Registered with a professional body and working towards chartership.
• Experience working in a regulated infrastructure industry (for example rail, utilities, nuclear, highways, oil and gas).

• Chartered engineer status.
• Experience in geotechnical and civil engineering design.
• Awareness of ground investigation and construction methods and materials.
• Knowledge of engineering drawing practices.
• Experience working in the water or railway industries.

• Communication.
• Results focused.
• Strong technical knowledge.
• Developer of self and others.
• Problem solving.
• Technical main discipline expertise.
• Technical subsidiary discipline understanding.