Ground Engineer[1138000]

Overview

Deliver and manage ground investigations for water sector infrastructure projects

Key Responsibilities

• compliance
• soil logging
• ground investigations
• mentoring
• client collaboration
• project delivery

Tasks

-Ensure compliance with industry standards and health & safety regulations. -Soil and rock logging to current geotechnical standards, including laboratory scheduling. -Supervising, managing and completing intrusive ground investigations involving multiple techniques including sonic, rotary, cable percussion and window sampling boreholes, geophysics, trial pits amongst others. -Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical development. -Collaborate with clients, regulators, and multidisciplinary teams. -Deliver geotechnical projects from inception to completion.

Requirements

• geotechnical
• water sector
• site investigation
• communication
• degree
• chartered

What You Bring

-Proven experience delivering geotechnical projects. -Firm understanding of UK water sector infrastructure and regulatory frameworks. -Sound understanding of the UK site investigation industry and applicable standards. -Excellent communication, teamwork skills, and client-facing skills. -Degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Geology, or related field. -Working towards Chartered status (CGeol or equivalent). -Full Clean UK Manual driving licence essential.

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Benefits

-Payment of relevant professional memberships and mentoring to chartership. -Life insurance, pension scheme and free private GP service. -A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, electric car salary sacrifice scheme, plus more. -31 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), rising to 36 for extended service.

About Structural Soils

-Operating UKAS-accredited labs and mobile testing units, they blend field drilling with lab-based soil, rock and materials testing. -Typical projects span major infrastructure schemes: bridges, rail lines, power stations, roads and offshore wind farms. -Specialised in geotechnical and geoenvironmental consultancy, intrusive investigations, in situ testing, sampling, monitoring and reporting. -Unusual fact: has supported high-profile offshore wind and nuclear projects through detailed laboratory and site investigations.

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