Associate, Geotechnical

Key Responsibilities

• Development of professional and technically competent reports.
• Liaison with specialists and clients across all sectors.
• Making use of efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services.
• Effectively managing and delivering project work.
• Assisting in the management of team resources and allocation of appropriate project resources.
• Managing, motivating, mentoring, and developing professional staff.
• Providing support in all aspects of project delivery including:
• Client liaison.
• Contractor and sub-consultant liaison.
• Public and statutory body consultation.
• Quality control.
• Management of specialists.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Technical expertise in geotechnical engineering with a demonstrable understanding of the underlying principles.
• Design skills for commonly adopted retaining wall, foundation, and slope stabilisation solutions.
• Consultancy experience with demonstrably good commercial awareness and relationships with clients & contractors.
• Experience in the delivery of geotechnical projects, including preparing reports to a high technical level.
• An understanding of client requirements and the ability to influence contract specifications.
• Experience of being part of or leading delivery teams that are effective in delivering short to medium term projects from inception to construction.
• Excellent report-writing and client liaison skills.
• Proven previous experience of undertaking and managing:
• Geotechnical desk studies.
• Designing, procuring & supervising Ground Investigations (GIs).
• Checking Ground Investigation Reports & Geotechnical Design Reports in accordance with the requirements of Eurocode 7 : Part 1.
• Working knowledge of Eurocode 7 and UK annex design codes.
• Working knowledge of ground investigation and construction contracts and specifications.
• Working knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges CD622 and CS641.
• Familiarity and ability to interrogate a wide range of geotechnical software for the design of civil engineering projects, including:
• Deep and shallow foundations (including pile group analysis).
• Embedded and gravity retaining walls.
• Earthworks/slope stability.
• Reinforced earthworks.
• Skills to check and critically evaluate the work done by others (drawings, calculations, or reports).
• Proven track record of checking and critically evaluating the work done by others.

Qualifications

• Chartered or near chartered professional qualification.