Assistant Geotechnical Engineer

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

We are looking for Assistant Geotechnical Engineers or Assistant Engineering Geologists to join our existing team in Birmingham.

• The production of professional and technically competent reports and liaison with specialists and clients
• Preparing ground models and design parameters
• Analysis of slopes, walls, foundations, and other geotechnical structures or assessment of geological hazards
• Providing support in all aspects of project delivery including client liaison and coordinating with colleagues from other disciplines
• Contributing to the implementation of higher sustainability and better use of 3D data in our project delivery
• Site based work supervising ground investigation and construction for some of the UK’s most transformative projects across many different sectors
• Using our newly developed training framework in the development of both yourself and your colleagues at all grades. We promote a culture of learning from each other through our collective experience

• A fundamental appreciation of ground risk and site investigation
• A good grasp of basic soil mechanics and engineering principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to generate high quality reports and design deliverables
• Ambition to progress towards chartered status

Flexible hybrid working policy offering the ability to work from home two days a week in addition to modern office collaboration.

Support for health and wellbeing through access to virtual GP services and health programmes. Opportunities for training, mentoring, and chartership support. Provision of additional leave, bank holiday entitlement flexibility, and gym membership discounts.

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.