Principle Geotechnical Engineer

The Role

Reporting directly Engineering Driector, the role candidate will be responsible for all Civil and geotechnical design activities and manhours estimation for the civil and Geotechnical discipline.

Main Responsibilities

Overview of the Role

The focus of the role is two fold:
1.    To build strong internal and external relationships with Optimum Engneering Solutions team and potential clients by networking and promoting our expertise in UK with the aim of growing the team.
2- Technical and commercial delivery of ground engineering projects in UK and beyond.
The role will be varied and offers fantastic opportunities for personal and career development. The candidate will report to the Engineering Director and will provide ground engineering support and expertise on projects across Europe region. You will also mentor and develop junior staff the more projects the company gets in the near future to transistion into a geotechnical and civil department manager.

- You will be expected to control project resources including monitoring against budget; prepare and manage work programmes to deliver to deadlines; develop client relationships; contribute to bid submissions, comply with corporate governance processes as well as to support development of the teams technical capability.

- The role will be primarily office-based however flexibility is required to attend site visits, client meetings, and for GI site-supervision as may be required by our projects.  Travel to other offices in the UK and client offices is also expected to be required periodically

 

Candidate Specification

Essential:
- Degree qualified in civil/geotechnical engineering or engineering geology and professionally qualified (Chartered).
- Demonstrable extensive record delivering geological/ geotechnical projects using applicable standards and principles
- Broad knowledge and understanding of civil and geotechnical engineering with practical design experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to build relationships with colleagues and provide geotechnical support in key sectors
- Quality assurance – track record of checking of reports and designs to ensure quality standards are met.
- Commercial awareness and ability to communicate and manage project change 
Desirable 
- Geotechnical design experience including (for example) shallow and deep foundations, settlement assessment, retaining walls, ground improvement and slope stability analysis
- Producing geological, geotechnical and geo-environmental desk studies, ground investigation specifications and managing ground investigation projects 
- Experience of line management and/ or leading a small team
-  Day-to-day mentoring and development of graduate engineers.  
- Shall embrace and promote digital methods of working and reporting.