Senior Geotechnical​/Geoenvironmental Engineer

• Type:
  Full Time
• Town/City:
  Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Posted: 14/07/2026
• Listed in:
  Geotechnical Engineering
• Reference: TMP
  1315_
• Company: TED Recruitment
• Salary: £ Negotiable, Pension, professional fees etc.
• Region: UK - Yorkshire & Humberside

We are currently seeking a SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL / GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER to join our client based in Sheffield.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing firm of consulting engineers who offer the right candidates interesting projects to work on and good prospects for promotion.

You will be able to work on geotechnical and land contamination projects across a range of sectors which includes infrastructure, development & regeneration, energy and also projects for local authorities.

You will be responsible for projects from planning stages to doing project investigations and duties will include data interpretation, reporting, design, site supervision of remediation and earthworks projects and more.

Our client is a successful, growing firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

• Undertaking Preliminary Risk Assessments along with intrusive site investigations.
• Planning & managing Phase 2 investigations complying with all health and safety matters and complying with CDM requirements.
• Procurement of sub-contractors.
• Doing supervision of drilling and excavation works plus undertaking gas and groundwater monitoring plus groundwater and surface water sampling.
• Experience of geotechnical design which will include slope stability and settlement analysis.
• Experience of the supervision of remedial and earthworks projects.
• Excellent report writing skills and the ability to prepare earthworks specifications and remediation strategies and do validation reports on completed works.
• Supporting management in producing fee proposals and supporting documentation.
• Experience supervising less experienced engineers.
• Knowledge of Open Ground logging software.
• A BSc in Geology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science or similar; an MSc would be advantageous.
• Likely to be working towards becoming chartered or having already achieved chartered status.
• Around seven years of more relevant experience, some of which must have been spent working for a similar engineering consultants in the U.K.
• A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable and there is an excellent package of company benefits.

Please email a full c.v. or give me, Toby Melling a call for an informal and confidential discussion on  or  or mobile

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