A forward thinking and well established contractor with offices in the UK and overseas has over 2,000 colleagues across divisions delivering world-class services to their customers. They provide an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification services throughout the UK, and they deliver excellence to their customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent. As one of the top Geotechnical companies, their highly trained skilled Geotechnical team focus on understanding the site conditions for all UK construction projects. By conducting rigorous testing and sampling in the field, both above and below ground, their team identify and interpret conditions that will impact the subsequent stages of construction. Their services are vital in order to kick start any project, whether it be tower blocks in a major city, new bridges, major roads and rail tunnels or even home extensions. A career with the experienced Geotechnical team means rarely working on the same project twice and having the satisfaction of ensuring the built world around us is safe and stable.
Due to an increase in workload our client is looking to grow the team for an entrance level engineering geologist with a minimum of 2 years UK project experience. As an engineering geologist, you will be exposed to a variety of unique projects throughout the country. In this role you will work on site as well as the office 70/30 split. Each week will be flexible dependant on project allocated.
Delivering ground investigation and geotechnical services to our wide ranging client base across the business, work in a wide range of sectors including major infrastructure for highways and rail, nuclear, new build, onshore and offshore energy and environmental.
Responsible for the planning, supervision and programming of Ground Investigation projects at locations throughout the United Kingdom.
Keeping accurate field records of tasks performed.
Act as a Site Agent or a support role, supervising multiple activities and staff for short and longer term projects.
Performing in-situ testing and sampling in accordance with the specification and current technical standards.
Liaise with Clients / Engineers / Main Contractors throughout the site works phase.
Managing and collating site data using company software systems.
Assist in the compilation of monthly financial project accounts.
Have a minimum level of fitness required to undertake all site based tasks listed above on a variety of sites including active construction sites and linear projects for roads and railways.
Degree in geology or environmental.
Minimum of 2 years UK project experience.
Engineering Geology, soil logging experience.
Management and supervision of GI techniques
Sample and data collection
interpretative technical report writing
Competitive salary,
~25 days holiday with the option to buy more
~ Project Allowances £5K
~ Health Care Cover
~ Employee recognition schemes
~ Employee benefits and discounts app
~ Employee assistance programmes
~ Contributed 6% company pension
Equality and diversity matters, and they are keen to promote these values across all areas of the business.