Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer

The role:\\n\\n – The candidate will need to have a strong design background and be able to work within a team environment, supporting the design delivery of existing projects and the growth of the existing client base. Previous experience and knowledge of the local Civil Engineering market is desirable.\\n\\nJob Responsibilities:\\n\\n- Design delivery of the geotechnical elements of existing and future projects\\n- Co-ordinate with other engineers both in the regional offices and between groups\\n- Prepare fee budgets, proposals and resource requirements for projects\\n- Prepare calculations, drawings and other documents and ensuring these are controlled during the execution of projects\\n- Support less experienced staff, sharing knowledge and acting as a coach or mentor\\n- Specify and/or manage site examination and investigation work\\n- Identify and manage risks for the work to agreed acceptable levels\\n- Develop the relationship between the company and new and existing clients in order to identify potential work\\n- Contribute to the management of the company by participating in Action Groups\\n- Comply with the Company Health & Safety procedures, Quality -Assurance/Environmental Management system procedures and documentation, CDM Regulations and general legislation\\n- Provide support to the Quality Manager by participating in training, audits and providing feedback\\n\\nSkills & Experience Required:\\n\\n- MEng/BEng in Civil Engineering, with an MSc in Geotechnical Engineering and/or PhD in Geotechnical Engineering\\n- Chartered Engineer\\n\\n- Minimum of 10 years’ experience post-graduation in Geotechnical Engineering and Geotechnical Design to current UK standards, particularly Eurocodes, with detailed understanding of the following Geotechnical processes:\\n\\nEarthworks Remediation\\nEarthworks Design\\nSoil nailed slopes\\nReinforced soil slopes and walls\\nPiled foundations\\nShallow foundations\\nEmbedding retaining walls\\nGravity retaining walls\\nDeep basements\\nGround improvement/treatment\\nEnvironmental Engineering\\n\\n- Use of computer software for the analysis of geotechnical problems, preferably to include the use of Finite Element or other numerical methods\\n- Geotechnical report writing both Ground Investigation and Geotechnical Design Reports to BS EN1997 and the production of design specifications\\n- Preparation of design documentation, e.g. Forms F001 and F003 on Network Rail projects\\n- Budget control and programming\\n- Supervision of a Geotechnical team\\n- Excellent communication both oral and written\\n- Ability to work on own and within a team to meet project, client, company and personal objectives\\n- Ability to provide technical direction to a team of geotechnical professionals\\n- Ability to present the outcomes of Geotechnical designs to other professionals both internally and to exterior clients\\n- A challenging attitude to the solution of engineering problems in order to achieve cost effective designs and develop innovative solutions\\n- Awareness of the importance of costs and the need to complete projects on time and to budget