Location
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Category
Engineering
Date Published
15/09/25
Status
Open
About you:
Join us. Unleash your energy within.
If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we're the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.
We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we're far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.
We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.
We're a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.
Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we're tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.
It's the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:
We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING
Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:
Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We're heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.
Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.
Kent is looking for a Senior or Principal Geotechnical Engineer to deliver Pre-FEED, FEED and Detailed Design Projects in Offshore Geotechnics.
Deliverables
* Technically responsible for the area of work and preparation of specific deliverables.
* Ensures compliance with Kent's ISO accredited QMS, and project specific procedures, guides and standards
* Acting as discipline lead in the delivery of offshore geotechnics projects
* Providing technical reviews
* Mentoring junior geotechnical engineers and supporting the development of the team's capability
* Providing support to procurement/ proposals including for geotechnical investigations & site surveys: preparing Scopes of Work, technical requisitions, reviewing contractor/bid documentation and providing technical bid evaluation support to ensure compliance.
Key Requirements:
* Excellent technical skills and extensive experience in Offshore Geotechnics covering site investigation and characterisation, ground risk management, foundation design, soil-structure interaction and foundation installation
* Experience of acting as a senior / principal geotechnical engineer within multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-moving engineering consultancy environment
* Experience and understanding of the needs and approaches to the engineering consultancy and design markets, including relationships with clients, work planning and commercial management
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and lead geotechnical design teams
* Excellent communication skills and confidence to liaise with clients
* Good commercial track record in negotiating and running successful jobs
* Excellent report writing skills.
* A degree in civil engineering or geology with a post graduate qualification in a geotechnical subject
* Chartered status as either a civil engineer or geologist