Description
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1. Functionally responsible for leading the geotechnical, geology and I&M technical teams across the programme
2. Provide specialist technical expertise to support each project within the programme, leading technical resolution to significant geotechnical challenges with a “best-for-project” mentality, accounting for contract requirements, cost, schedule, risk, etc
3. Drive progressive technical assurance of construction-stage technical closeout of items such as the ground risk registers, geotechnical feedback reports and monitoring reports, ensuring technical quality is in accordance with client expectations
4. Ensure timely delivery of construction-stage technical documentation from design consultants to enable handover in accordance with schedule needs and key dates
5. Ownership of programme-wide standard details and contract requirements (technical) within the area of responsibility
6. In collaboration with the projects’ technical leads, ensure the timely delivery of remaining geotechnical designs
7. Lead the team in effectively managing relevant commercial and contractual communications (TQs, EWs, EIs, CEs, etc.) associated with area of responsibility with suppliers and client
8. Relationship owner and focal point for the client’s geotechnical subject matter experts to enable a productive and collaborative working relationship within the discipline
9. Lead by example and promote good practice relating to geotechnical, geology and I&M, sharing learning across the programme
Department: Technical Function
Reports to: Technical Disciplines Director
Management Responsibility: Lead Geologist, I&M Manager and Geotechnical Design Managers (functionally)
JV Organisation: EKFB
Key Skills and qualifications
10. Degree qualified and experienced in technical earthworks design and construction support roles
11. Chartered (e.g. CEng MICE) professional qualification desired
12. Excellent knowledge of relevant earthworks design standards and its applicability for the design
13. Ability to lead and manage a team with competing priorities with a focus on what is ‘best for project’
14. Management of commercial/contractual aspects of projects with suppliers and client
15. Strong stakeholder management skills with experience of influencing and negotiating with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders and the ability to extract key points and communicate this to others
Key relationships include: Project Technical Leads, Earthworks Delivery Teams, Design Consultants and Client Subject Matter Experts.
*Please note that this job description does not represent a comprehensive list of activities and employees may be requested to undertake other reasonable duties.
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