Head of Subsidence Diagnosis

General Overview

This is a role for someone who is passionate about solving domestic property subsidence issues to the highest technical standard. The role covers all aspects of Engineering for our residential subsidence repair business. It is a hands‑on role in all aspects, including site visits and being personally responsible for deliverables including supporting our Global businesses.

Accurately diagnosing subsidence properties both structurally and geotechnically and creating technically correct treatment plans, feasibility of schemes, design, design checking, quality assurance of all residential designs, quote quality checking and advising the operations department on engineering matters.

At Geobear, we’re building something incredible. Established over forty years ago, Geobear is a fast‑growing ground engineering contractor specialising in sustainable solutions, working in various market sectors. We are looking for excellent new people to join our business and be an integral part of our growth plans.

We prioritise our values and provide a place where you can be yourself and thrive. Geobear offers opportunities for development, growth, and a remarkable career.

We work directly or indirectly for all the major infrastructure owners and built very strong relationships in this market. We have achieved significant growth over the past few years and have very ambitious and exciting growth plans for the next 15 years.

Geobear leads the industry with sustainable and efficient ground stabilisation solutions. Our advanced resin injection technology is a non‑disruptive, faster, and more sustainable alternative to traditional methods.

Our eco‑friendly solutions reduce the carbon footprint, addressing ground stabilisation issues worsened by climate change.

We deliver projects swiftly with minimal disruption, ideal for businesses needing quick turnaround times.

Continuous innovation ensures state‑of‑the‑art, effective, and sustainable solutions. The company vision is on continuous improvement.

We foster a growth mindset culture where every team member has an opportunity to harness their skills and experience and to develop their professional skills to advance in the company if they perform well over time.

Join Geobear and be part of a team that’s making a significant positive impact on the environment and the future of ground engineering.

We enhance people’s quality of lives by reducing stress and expedite decarbonisation of the planet.

To be the world leading provider of sustainable geotechnical asset management solutions.

If you are hungry for growth, enjoy targets and are open‑minded about new ways of thinking and doing things, you will find it great working for Geobear. Our job is to solve problems for our clients, so the more proactive a problem solver you are, the better you will fit into our team of dedicated colleagues. We strive to keep our clients’ world running with our proven technology which saves time, money and the impact on the world.

• Educated to degree standard in Civil & Structural Engineering, M Eng / MSc (Eng) preferable
• A track record of designing geotechnical solutions, preferably in domestic subsidence space
• IT skills across multiple platforms – Google Suite / MS Office / Salesforce / Plaxis
• Experience in retaining wall analysis and design
• Member of ICE / IStructE

• 10 years experience in engineering
• Variety of project sizes and complexities (all causations of subsidence)
• Ideally coming from a contracting and/or consulting business and/or loss adjusting and/or building control with experience in building/foundation engineering and repair. This role requires someone who is used to dealing with multiple tasks at a time with strong ICT skills, preferably Salesforce. Experience of dealing directly with both customers and internal stakeholders. They will have a good knowledge of building techniques and design.

• Passion for subsidence in domestic properties and technical excellence.
• Strong team player and excellent communicator.
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