Job Overview
As a Principal or Associate Geotechnical Engineer in our Foundations and Geotechnics team, you will broaden your experience working with a range of public and private sector clients on key projects. You will produce design solutions in line with Eurocodes, report specifications and drawings for foundations and geotechnics, deliver geotechnical and underground structure projects, and provide technical leadership through leading the team and managing their design work. You will also support larger projects as a client liaison, contribute to risk assessments, employ sustainability, and undertake budgeting and cost control.
Responsibilities
- Client liaison and relationship building
- Foundation, retaining wall and earthwork design
- Management and delivery of ground investigations (scope, specifications, supervision, GIRs, GDRs, etc.)
- Managing small and medium projects, including developing client relationships
- Travel to project sites when necessary for project delivery
- Managing medium to large single and multi‑disciplinary design teams
- Lead and manage numerical modelling activities
- Act as a client liaison for larger projects and participate in risk assessments
- Support budgeting, cost control, and sustainability initiatives
- Work autonomously and collaboratively with all levels of staff and clients
Qualifications
- Masters or PhD degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on geotechnics
- Relevant geotechnical experience with technical project delivery
- Chartered Engineer status with ICE or equivalent
- Experience managing medium to large teams of engineers
- Experience managing ground investigations, GIRs and GDRs
- Experience guiding and nurturing a team of engineers in their technical development
- Mentoring of early‑career professionals
- Prepared to travel nationally and internationally as needed for any project
- Experience with numerical modelling
- Knowledge and experience in programming/scripting (VBA, Python, etc.) is advantageous but not essential
Benefits
- Hybrid working policy that embraces well‑being, flexibility, and trust
- Hybrid working (remote or on‑site) as per role and project requirements
- Hybrid working approach that respects individual commitments
- Accessible support for disabled applicants – contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com for required accommodations
- Pension match between 4.5% and 7%
- Life assurance up to 4× basic salary, with option to increase to 6×
- Income protection scheme and absence/return‑to‑work support for long‑term illness or injury
- Flexible benefits: increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll savings, and will writing
- Annual bonus schemes for business success alignment
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
- Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
- Access to Peppy for free support from menopause experts
- Well‑being program access for you and your family
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits (many extendable to family)
- Minimum 33‑35 days holiday yearly (inclusive of public holidays); ability to buy/sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
- Holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after five years’ service
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers
- Enhanced family leave: 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave, up to 24 weeks of shared parental leave, and up to five additional days for significant caring responsibilities (two paid)
- Primary annual professional institution subscription
- Opportunities for mentoring, formal training, and self‑development
- Access to employee ownership model and direct pathway to ownership from day one for senior roles
- Network and community groups supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
- Contribution to social outcomes within communities
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
