Principal Engineer (Rock Engineering)
Glasgow, London, Bristol, York or Derby
Permanent
Office/Home Hybrid Working
Do you want to be a part of a growing Rock Engineering team? Can you offer expertise on rock engineering projects? Are you an experienced chartered Rock Engineer? Then, this is the place to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow.
Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To offer technical leadership and expertise, we are looking for a Principal Engineer to join us. Working on complex rock engineering and engineering geological projects, you’ll organise the delivery of our projects while offering guidance to junior team members.
Your key responsibilities will be:
1. Checking and assessing a wide range of both new and existing rock engineering and engineering geological projects
2. Organising the delivery of your projects to time and budget, ensuring a high standard of sustainability, technical quality, and compliance with our internal management systems
3. Supervising, mentoring, and developing less experienced geologists, engineers and technicians within your project teams, working with line managers to maximise training opportunities
4. Developing and maintaining client relationships through your project work, including identifying and realising any potential business opportunities
5. Assisting with the preparation of bids and tenders and supporting the pursuit of business development opportunities as required
6. Production of engineering and geological design, preparation and checking of calculations, written reports and other contract deliverables
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you’ll:
7. Be chartered (CGeol, CEng or equivalent)
8. Have significant experience in a design environment working on complex rock engineering and engineering geological projects in the UK or internationally (in addition some site experience is preferred)
9. Have experience of using a range of rock engineering software (e.g. RS2, RS3, UDEC, 3DEC)
10. Have significant experience growing project teams and organising the delivery of projects, either as client's or contractor's designer, ideally both
11. Be an accomplished team leader with the ability to support, mentor and develop less experienced engineers
12. Have the inter-personal skills and aptitude to work collaboratively in a diverse multi-disciplinary team
13. Have good communication skills, both verbal and written
14. Be a technically skilled geologist or engineer, able to demonstrate a deep understanding and enthusiasm for rock engineering and a personal commitment to technical excellence
15. Have a full UK driving licence