Geo-Environmental Consultant/ Engineering Geologist

at  Tetra Tech

REWARDS

In return for your dedication, you’ll enjoy an excellent remuneration package, including contributory pension, life insurance, health cover and flexible working options. Pick and choose your perfect blend from advantages including childcare, additional holiday and travel insurance. You’ll also benefit from a tailored package of professional training and development, with support to achieve your career goals and a fully paid professional membership subscription.
Tetra Tech’s flexible benefits scheme was introduced in recognition of the fact that the needs and priorities of each individual differ. Tetra Tech’s “Flexible Benefits” is a menu of benefit options which allows you to vary your remuneration package to suit your own personal circumstances.
Tetra Tech wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. We will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

We are looking for a Geo-environmental Consultant or Engineering Geologist at Consultant or Senior Consultant grade to join our team in Manchester. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to be part of Tetra Tech’s 100 strong national geo-environmental and mining business unit. The Manchester team provides land quality, ground investigation, geotechnical and geo-environmental consultancy services to a broad range of private and public sector clients.

The role will include:

• The production of desk based assessments of site geology, hydrogeology, history and assessment of risk to generate a conceptual site model and associated ground model.
• Ground investigation design, data interpretation and reporting.
• Ground investigation management and site supervision.
• Production of interpretative reports, strategies and specifications.
• Construction phase input including supervision and reviewing earthworks data.

With appropriate support by other team members the role will incorporate assisting with the project management including multidisciplinary projects. This will include liaison with other disciplines within Tetra Tech and client liaison, meeting attendance (virtual and face to face), involvement in contractor procurement and project financial management.
Our experienced team members will offer mentoring and the opportunity to progress to professional chartership following our Geological Society accredited Training Scheme. We will tailor your training and development accordingly to achieve your own personal goals, providing the specific support you need to reach your potential.

You will have all, or most of, the following:

• A first degree or Masters degree in geology or engineering geology.
• Practical experience of managing and supervising ground investigations and laboratory scheduling.
• Experience of geotechnical and geo-environmental data assessment and drafting interpretative reports.
• Knowledge of geotechnical and geo-environmental field investigation techniques.
• Some experience in drafting earthworks specifications and in the supervision of earthworks and of mining assessments and investigations would be an advantage.
• A willingness to travel on occasion for ground investigation works or remediation supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and be fully IT literate such that you can write clear, concise and technically robust reports.
• A good understanding of health, safety and environmental management for ground investigation and of CDM regulations as applicable to design.
• A full, preferably clean, driving license.
• CSCS card relevant to the position
• Strong social, interpersonal and communication skills and a willingness to work closely and collaboratively with colleagues in as part of a multi disciplinary team.