At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting geotechnical projects and mentor junior staff while ensuring safety and compliance.
- Company: Join Brownfield Solutions, a leader in geo-environmental consultancy with a supportive culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, generous leave, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with social events and clear paths for career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the environment while advancing your career in a dynamic team.
- Qualifications: 5+ years experience in geotechnical or environmental fields and a relevant degree.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 45000 £ per year.
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Wickham
Compensation: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum
Description: Contract: Permanent
Location: Wickham
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
About Us: Brownfield Solutions has been providing specialist geo-environmental and geotechnical consultancy services since 2005, offering expert ground investigation, risk assessment, and remediation services for both brownfield and greenfield developments. We work across a range of sectors—including property development, infrastructure, construction, and energy—to help clients understand ground conditions, manage contamination risks, and ensure regulatory compliance. Our team of experienced consultants, including environmental scientists, geologists, and engineers, specialises in assessing geotechnical and geo-environmental constraints, providing tailored solutions to unlock the full potential of each site. As part of the Celnor Group, we maintain a supportive and friendly working environment where everyone can thrive, with a strong reputation for technical excellence, reliability, and problem‐solving.
About the Role: We are seeking a Senior Geotechnical / Geo-Environmental Consultant to join our team in Wickham. The role offers rapid professional development and promotion for the right candidate. We are looking for a team player with approximately 5+ years of relevant experience, drive, ambition, and commitment to producing quality work. The successful candidate will be self‐motivated, eager to develop their skills, and willing to manage a variety of projects, including ground investigations, contaminated land assessments, geotechnical design, remediation design, verification, Part 2A investigations, and due diligence surveys.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be highly familiar with relevant standards, guidance, and legislative background to the geo-environmental and geotechnical industry, and spread knowledge to junior staff
- Implement and maintain health and safety standards across the business
- Conduct ground investigations using various techniques, serving as Project Manager on schemes and delegating work to junior staff
- Produce project fee proposals and tenders
- Understand commercial aspects of business and take responsibility for project finances, including invoicing
- Attend meetings, site visits, and site work as required
- Manage workload and prioritise tasks to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
- Develop client relationships and communicate effectively in writing and verbally
- Check and approve the work of junior staff, including health and safety documentation, drawings, logs, calculations, and reports
- Help produce guides, template masters, and tools that improve quality and efficiency
- Mentor junior staff and share knowledge
- Write interpretive reports, including Phase I/II geo-environmental assessments, qualitative and generic quantitative risk assessments, ground gas assessments, and geotechnical assessments
- Write bespoke and complex technical assessments
- Prepare outline and detailed remediation strategies, applying knowledge of a range of remediation techniques
- Undertake remediation verification and reporting
- Manage earthworks and materials/waste management, with knowledge of MMPs under the CL:AIRE DoWCoP
- Apply detailed knowledge of soil mechanics, determining characteristic values and calculating foundation bearing capacities (shallow and deep foundations) and settlements
- Liaise and negotiate with regulators
- Comply with and assist in updating/producing internal policies and procedures within ISO standards
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise:
Essential Requirements:
- Approximately 5+ years of relevant experience
- Undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in a relevant subject (e.g. geology, environmental science, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, physical geography)
- Full UK driving licence (manual transmission)
- Excellent IT skills and highly competent with MS Office
- Excellent problem‐solving and contingency‐planning skills, with the ability to adapt and find quick, innovative and practical solutions
- A strong and exemplary work ethic, able to work effectively alone or as part of a team
Desirable:
- Postgraduate degree or Masters in a relevant subject
- Chartered Status
- Experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, Holebase, Surfer, Geo5, etc.
Salary and Benefits:
We offer a competitive salary of £40,000 - £45,000 (dependent on experience) and a comprehensive range of benefits:
- Optional 2FF working pattern: slightly extended hours across the fortnight with every second Friday off, providing approximately 26 extra days away from work each year on top of the standard annual leave allowance, and a full salary.
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with additional days awarded over the Christmas shutdown and with service and promotions)
- Twice‐yearly salary reviews as you gain experience
- Company profit‐share scheme and enhanced 4% employer pension contribution
- Overnight stay allowance (£30 per night) plus expenses
- Generous training fund and CPD support with professional fees covered for two bodies
- £2,000 bonus on attaining chartership (one body only)
- Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing and mental health
- Company equipment: laptop/PC, mobile phone, company vehicles, and branded workwear provided
- Family‐friendly policies: enhanced maternity/paternity leave, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Cycle‐to‐work scheme and recruitment recommendation bonus
- Hybrid work approach, typically 2‐3 days in the office per week when on 2FF, but flexible
- Optional salary‐sacrifice benefits scheme, including enhanced pension contributions, cycle‐to‐work, and access to an electric‐vehicle salary‐sacrifice scheme for eligible employees earning above £30,000 (available from August 2026)
We have a friendly, supportive and collaborative working environment, with company social events throughout the calendar. We are a growing company, offering the opportunity to move up the career ladder and make your mark on the direction of the company. Brownfield Solutions is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Senior Geotechnical / Geo-Environmental Consultant in Wickham employer: Brownfield Solutions
Brownfield Solutions is an exceptional employer located in Wickham, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment that fosters professional growth and development. With competitive salaries, flexible working patterns, and a strong commitment to employee wellbeing, we provide numerous benefits including generous training support, profit-sharing schemes, and family-friendly policies. Join us to be part of a team that values technical excellence and innovation while making a meaningful impact in the geo-environmental and geotechnical consultancy sector.
