Full Time
permanent
On-Site, Flexible
Geotechnical Engineer
UK, Scotland, Edinburgh
£65K to £86k depending on experience
Company Summary
The Geotechnical Engineer will be responsible for various tasks related to civil engineering projects across the UK and Ireland. These activities include:
Roles and Responsibilities
Your new role
The Geotechnical Engineer will be responsible for various tasks related to civil engineering projects across the UK and Ireland. These activities include:
- Conducting desktop studies and site walkover surveys.
- Managing and overseeing ground investigation work, from procurement to reporting.
- Preparing contract documents, including specifications, mini Bills of Quantities (BoQs), and testing requirements for site investigations.
- Reviewing factual reports from site investigations and creating interpretive reports. These interpretive reports assess soil parameters, provide foundation recommendations, and address groundwater and contamination issues.
- Coordinating with design teams for geotechnical design, offering options for ground improvement techniques and foundation strategies. This includes specifying necessary ground improvement works and providing advice on ground settlement.
- Calculating settlements.
- Developing project specifications, which may involve both external standard specifications and in-house specifications.
- Performing engineering analyses, such as slope stability analysis, shallow foundation design, pile design, retaining wall design, soil nail and ground anchor design, and piling platform design.
- Designing temporary structures for deep excavations.
- Supervising technicians in creating detailed scheme drawings.
- Attending design team meetings and client consultations.
- Following company procedures in accordance with the Quality System.
- Contributing other general civil engineering skills as needed in various sections of the company
Skills and Competencies
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this Geotechnical Engineering role, this client requires a candidate who has a Degree in Civil/Geotechnical/Geoinformatics/Geology Engineering, preferably 2:1.
A candidate must also have relevant experience in Geotechnical Engineering, with good technical knowledge, proficient in the use of geotechnical analysis and design software and have an awareness of recent developments in engineering design and research.
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