Senior Engineering Geologist
Location: Guildford
Salary: £40,000 - 50,000
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior engineering geologist to join a well‑known, innovative environmental consultancy with a Guildford office. You will be part of an award‑winning ground engineering team that offers excellent progression opportunities.
You will be joining a consultancy that is winning geotechnical projects with large construction contractors across the South East, supported by an award‑winning Chartered geotechnical design engineer.
Benefits
* Competitive salary £40,000 - £50,000
* Company vehicle
* Generous pension scheme
* Fantastic working conditions
* Chartership support
* Flexible benefits
* Full training
* Exciting projects
* Guildford office
Day‑to‑day duties
* Project Management & Technical Delivery: Managing ground investigations, including planning boreholes, scheduling lab tests, and ensuring projects meet budget, timeline, and safety standards.
* Geotechnical Reporting & Analysis: Writing and reviewing complex technical interpretative reports, such as Ground Investigation Reports (GIR) and Geotechnical Design Reports (GDR).
* Site Investigations & Analysis: Designing and conducting site walk‑overs, desk studies and supervising field investigations to map geological hazards like landslides, subsidence, or contaminated land.
* Engineering Analysis & Design: Performing rock and soil logging to industry standards, using software to develop ground models, and calculating geotechnical parameters for foundations and earthworks.
* Mentoring & Leadership: Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior staff and ensuring the technical quality of work prepared by colleagues.
* Client & Stakeholder Management: Acting as a technical liaison with clients, consultants and contractors to deliver solutions and present technical findings.
Qualifications
Background in geotechnical or geo‑environmental engineering, located near Guildford or South West London, with strong skills in risk assessment, strategy development and report review.
Permanent role.
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