Senior Geotechnical Engineer

We are currently looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our Ground Engineering team. This role can be based at our Leeds office and can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office/on site and the option of adjusted start and finish times.

In this role, you’ll be an active member of the Ground Engineering team helping to deliver a diverse portfolio of projects across the UK for a range of market sectors including highways, water, energy and development. The Ground Engineering team provides a wide range of geotechnical design services across all project stages including feasibility studies, ground investigations, geotechnical interpretation, preliminary and detailed design, and construction supervision for geotechnical works.

You will be joining a very experienced and enthusiastic team that have recently supported the British Antarctic Survey’s £100M Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme and delivered the detailed geotechnical design for prominent projects such as the £790m Queensferry Crossing, Stockholm Metro Extension, A47 improvement programme and Beauly HDVC Convertor Station.

This is an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company who is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you.

Business Opportunity

• Support technical input into Project Management Plans.
• Contribute to technical proposals and tender submissions.

Tender

• Assist with the preparation of Scope of Services (Proposal) documents, including post-tender clarifications where required.
• Support the preparation of tender submissions.

Project Start-up

• Assist the Project Manager in clarifying the project brief, deliverables, key milestones, methodology, quality assurance and control strategy.
• Contribute to technical elements of the Project Management Plan.
• Support project checking and approval arrangements.
• Attend internal project start-up meetings.

Project Delivery

• Review and validate design inputs and raise RFIs through the Project Manager where required.
• Produce high-quality design deliverables including calculations, drawings, sketches and reports.
• Support implementation of project checking and approval processes.
• Identify and communicate design changes to the Project Manager.
• Participate in technical reviews.
• Check design outputs prior to submission for approval.
• Attend internal project review meetings.
• Support junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Project Close-out

• Attend client close-out meetings where appropriate.
• Contribute to improvements in technical processes, design solutions and knowledge sharing across the team.

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• Experience working within a geotechnical consultancy environment in the UK.
• Knowledge and/or experience of delivering geotechnical projects.
• Good interpersonal and teamworking skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues, clients and contractors.
• Experience in geotechnical design, ground investigations, reporting and construction support.
• Familiarity with software packages such as MS Project, Word, Excel, AutoCAD and geotechnical design software.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Good problem-solving skills and the ability to develop practical engineering solutions.
• A proactive approach to personal development and supporting the development of others.

In terms of qualifications, you’ll have:

• A BEng/MEng in Civil Engineering or BSc/MSc in Engineering Geology, Earth Science or Geotechnical Engineering.
• An MSc in Geotechnical Engineering or a related field is desirable.
• Working towards or holding Chartered Engineer (IEng/CEng) or Chartered Geologist (CGeol) status.

You’ll experience a diverse, inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. This is a meaningful role where you’ll help transform society by supporting our clients with trusted engineering expertise.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable. We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.