Associate Geotechnical Engineer

THE ROLE

We are currently seeking an ASSOCIATE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER to join our client, an award winning firm of consulting engineers in their London office in the Southwark area.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fairly large firm who work on projects across a good range of sectors including infrastructure, specialist geotechnical design, education, health, commercial, residential, leisure, regeneration and masterplanning.

Projects are both in the UK and overseas.

You will be a Chartered Geotechnical Engineer who is highly motivated and able to head up a team plus be able to prepare bids for projects and also assist in the preparation of bids for very large commissions.

Experience of doing presentations too is preferred.

THE CLIENT

Our client is a successful, large firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

They work on projects both in the UK and overseas.

THE CANDIDATE



You will need to have good technical skills to provide leadership to your team.

You must be able to take responsibility for technical and commercial matters.

You will have excellent communication skills to be able to deal with other professionals and contractors as well as get involved in networking and strengthening client relationships.

You will be able to delegate workload, monitor deliverables, help train more junior engineers etc.

You will do site visits, surveys and inspections associated with all geotechnical works.

You need experience of slope engineering, ground movement assessments, infrastructure design and regeneration, ground remediation, earthworks and more.

Experience and good knowledge of health and safety risks essential.

You must be up to date with UK codes and construction methods.

Knowledge and experience of geotechnical design software to include Slope-W, Wallap, the Oasys suite of geotechnical software and Plaxis.

A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable but likely to be between £80000 and £90000 per annum and there is an excellent package of company benefits.

Please email a full c.v. or give me, Toby Melling a call for an informal and confidential discussion on 020 7613 5555 or 020 8368 0025 or mobile 07740 067025.