Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer

ROLE: Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer

PURPOSE:

Produce geotechnical and civil engineering design deliverables for projects in the water and rail industries

Responsibilities

- Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements

- Produce design calculations and drawings

- Direct and develop CAD technicians and more junior designers and graduates

- Prepare design investigations, reports and specifications

- Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and group standards

- Ensure project change for design packages is fully implemented and recorded

- Undertake work using formal processes and procedures

- Estimate hours required for design packages

- Present and attend internal design review meetings and design presentations

Required Qualifications & Experience

- 10 years relevant design experience in geotechnical and/or civil engineering

- Good geotechnical understanding including ability to produce ground investigation specifications, interpretive reports and design reports

- Graduate or HND

- Good level of IT capability

- Registered with professional body and working towards chartership

- Experience working in regulated infrastructure industry (e.g. rail, utilities, nuclear, highways, oil and gas)

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

- Chartered engineer

- Experience in geotechnical and civil engineering design

- Awareness of ground investigation and construction methods and materials

- Knowledge of Engineering Drawing Practices

- Experience working in the water or railway industries

Key Skills

- Communication

- Results focused

- Strong technical knowledge

- Developer of self and others

- Problem solving

- Technical Main Discipline

- Technical Subsidiary Discipline
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed