Salary £49,000 - £59,000 Vacancy type Permanent Categories Geotechnical Engineering Job reference CAS0028
Role: Principle Geotechnical Engineer
Salary: £49k - £59k
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Ref: CAS0028
Job Duties Include:
Deliver : Lead and manage geotechnical projects from investigation through to design and construction ensuring high quality deliverables. We require ambitious team players with the technical and commercial skills, knowledge and experience to take day-to-day responsibility for delivery of projects, ensuring technical quality and adherence to budget and programme.
Innovate: Apply cutting-edge approaches in geotechnical design, and construction including foundation design, retaining wall design, and ground improvement.
Lead: The positions will suit those who can work with a high degree of independence, who can support and develop junior team members, engage with internal and external clients developing relationships and lead the input to projects from desk study/feasibility through ground investigation and interpretation to final design.
To be successful candidates must have a proven track record in the delivery of ground engineering projects in the UK and be fully conversant with the technical standards that apply.
Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
1. Degree (BEng or MEng) in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or a related field.
2. Ability to collaborate closely with our Technical Directors and Associates in project delivery, work winning and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.
3. Lead Geotechnical discipline to projects, actively input to team and client meetings, being prepared to own decisions and put forward alternative ideas and concepts.
4. Provide on the job mentoring and line management of junior staff and support them towards achieving chartered status.
5. Prepare, check, and review a wide range of technical documents, including designs, specifications, construction drawings, desk studies, interpretative reports, and design reports.
6. Demonstrable understanding of current design codes, standards, and best practices in geotechnical design, but also open to exploring new methods and innovations.
7. Proven leadership experience in similar roles, with an ability to inspire and lead teams.
8. Willingness to travel throughout the UK.
9. Driving licence.
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