Head of Subsidence Diagnosis

Description

Key tasks include: Accurately diagnosing subsidence properties both structurally and geotechnically and creating technically correct treatment plans, Feasibility of schemes, design, design checking, quality assurance of all residential designs, quote quality checking and advising the operations department on engineering matters.

This is a role for someone who is passionate about solving domestic property subsidence issues to the highest technical standard. The role covers all aspects of Engineering for our residential subsidence repair business. It is a hands-on role in all aspects, including site visits and being personally responsible for deliverables including supporting our Global businesses.

• Signing off Certificates of Structural Adequacy.
• Designing a suitable repair for buildings that have suffered from subsidence
• Visiting properties in person (20%)
• Working with operations to learn how designs perform on site
• Developing feasibility schemes
• Checking the quality of quotations in lines with in house quoting guidelines
• Checking of internal design in accordance with in house design guidelines
• Creating designs
• Supporting Head of Social Housing and Head of New insurance business in business development
• Proactive customer work to educate the market
• Supervising retreatment works on site
• Training of Area Managers

Requirements

• Operates with high integrity, is resilient and takes ownership of their objectives. This person should be knowledgeable, highly organized, dynamic and flexible in their approach and should be of a strong character and have the ability to challenge performance and be challenged.
• c10 years experience in engineering
• Experience in retaining wall analysis and design.
• Member of ICE / IStructE
• A track record of designing geotechnical solutions, preferably in domestic subsidence space
• Visiting properties online (80%)
• Diagnosing properties
• Ideally coming from a contracting and / or consulting business and / or loss adjusting and / or building control with experience in building / foundation engineering and repair. This role requires someone who is used to dealing with multiple tasks at a time with strong ICT skills, preferably Salesforce. Experience of dealing directly with both customers and internal stakeholders. They will have a good knowledge of building techniques and design.
• IT skills across multiple platforms - Google Suite/MS Office/Salesforce/Plaxis
• Ability and willingness to carry out virtual inspections of residential dwellings to diagnose the problem
• Educated to degree standard in Civil & Structural Engineering, M Eng / MSc (Eng) preferable
• Hands-on individual who is used to working in a fast paced changing environment. Someone who can work under pressure, solve problems and is a good team player.
• Ability to work with speed to issue design and QA approvals
• Strong team player and excellent communicator.

Benefits

Culture: We foster a growth mindset culture where every team member has an opportunity to harness their skills and experience and to develop their professional skills to advance in the company if they perform well over time.

If you are hungry for growth, enjoy targets and are open-minded about new ways of thinking and doing things, you will find it great working for Geobear. Our job is to solve problems for our clients, so the more proactive a problem solver you are, the better you will fit into our team of dedicated colleagues. We strive to keep our clients' world running with our proven technology which saves time, money and the impact on the world.

We prioritise our values and provide a place where you can be yourself and thrive. Geobear offers opportunities for development, growth, and a remarkable career.

• Overseas support during holiday periods

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance