Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
Role description: As a ground investigation consultant, you will be an integrated member of our UK-wide Site Evaluation and Restoration team, collecting and managing site and laboratory data, undertaking site and task management, and reporting on a wide range of ground investigation projects.
We are looking for an established ground investigation practitioner from consultancy or contractor background, who is looking for the next step in their career. As part of our ground investigation capability you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and sectors and there will be opportunity to broaden your skills within our geo-environmental consultancy team including land quality and engineering geology assessments.
Role accountabilities:
* Task management including supply chain co-ordination and procurement
* Field based work undertaken across the UK, including:
o Site management of ground investigations and associated works, with a strong focus on health and safety management and documentation.
o The collection of site characterisation data, including soil, rock & groundwater sampling.
o The logging of soil and rock to appropriate British Standards and undertaking in-situ field testing.
o The scheduling of samples for laboratory analysis
o The compilation of factual ground investigation reports
* Work collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall project.
* Produce project outputs (e.g. documentation, reports, specifications) and ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with relevant national standards and codes of practice.
* Develop effective working relationships with the Project Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues.
* Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry.
Qualifications & Experience:
* BSc qualified (or higher) in Geology, or equivalent Earth Science.
* Experience of working on site and in supervising contractors e.g. drillers
* Minimum of 18 months experience of working on geo-environmental projects (i.e. geotechnical or contamination)
* An awareness of hazards and risk management associated with ground investigations, including health & safety, budgetary and technical considerations.
* SSSTS / SMSTS preferable
* Proficient report writer – Factual Ground Investigation Reporting
* Working towards professional membership and chartership.
* Desired - Rail / Highway sector experience
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.
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