Overview
Geotechnical Engineer role at Arup. The position offers the opportunity to join a team working on geotechnical engineering across a range of projects, from building design to infrastructure. Location: Birmingham or Nottingham city centre offices.
Responsibilities
* Interpret and characterise the ground and develop and supervise ground investigations.
* Undertake geotechnical analysis to develop solutions to complex geotechnical challenges.
* Design geotechnical works and provide construction support for both building and infrastructure projects, including shallow and deep foundations, gravity/embedded retaining walls, ground improvement, underground structures, and earthworks, and prepare geotechnical design reports and specifications.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and project managers to ensure successful project delivery.
* Write reports for internal and external recipients. Present technical material (traditional and innovative methods) to technical and non-technical audiences.
* Understand trends and best practices in the geotechnical industry. Develop new or existing tools to support analyses and design.
Qualifications
* A degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering. A post-graduate qualification in Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Mechanics, or equivalent is an advantage.
* Are working towards Chartered status of a professional engineering organisation.
* A background working as a geotechnical engineer, with an understanding and experience of geotechnical analysis and design of foundations, retaining structures, slope stability measures, and earthworks. An interest in geo-seismic design is desirable.
* Good planning, organisational, and time management skills.
* Experience in and enthusiasm for digital technologies applicable to geotechnical engineering is desirable, for example, the use of finite element software, GIS, programming (especially in Python), and data management, processing, and visualisation.
* Strong communication skills, including report writing and presentations. Enquiring minds and a desire to learn and progress their career.
What We Offer
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success, including competitive pay and benefits that support health and wellbeing, learning opportunities, and opportunities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover, and flexible benefits to support wellbeing and individual needs.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender identity, marital status, disability, race or ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or parental status. We are committed to making recruitment processes and workplaces accessible to all candidates and to supporting reasonable adjustments throughout applications and interviews.
Recruitment and Applications
Our application process information and next steps are available on our careers site. Arup is committed to providing accessible recruitment and interview processes. If you need any adjustments or support, please contact the recruitment team.
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