Senior Geotechnical Engineer

at  Roughan ODonovan

SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER

Roughan O’Donovan (ROD) is looking to recruit a senior geotechnical engineer with seven+ years’ relevant experience for a permanent position within our award-winning geotechnical team.
Job type: Permanent
Location: Sandyford, D.18, Woodford, D.17 and Otley, Leeds
Salary: Competitive

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior geotechnical engineer with seven+ years’ relevant experience to join our dedicated and talented geotechnical group in delivering complex geotechnical design solutions as part of our overall multidisciplinary team.
ROD has a proven track record, experience and expertise across a range of technical disciplines, including transportation, bridges, buildings, retaining structures, slope stability, hydrology, hydrogeology, through all project stages.
Examples of recent detailed geotechnical solutions include rock/soil slope stabilisation works, ground improvement schemes over soft ground, observational monitoring of construction on peat, cofferdam piling and bridge foundations.
In addition to devising and overseeing ground investigation contracts and earthworks/foundations designs for buildings/bridges and climate resilient infrastructure, the successful applicant will be responsible for supporting our design teams through the provision of specialist geotechnical inputs.
The role will present you with opportunities to expand your technical knowledge and leadership skills, and you will be supported in your development through all career stages.

DUTIES

• Identifying preliminary geotechnical risks for projects and option selection analysis
• Planning, procuring and controlling site investigation contracts for major infrastructure and commercial development projects to manage geotechnical risks
• Advising the structures teams on the design parameters for shallow and deep foundations for buildings, bridges, etc.
• Designing complex foundations to Eurocode EC7, including pile groups and soil-structure interaction problems
• Interacting with transportation and environmental colleagues to improve routes, drainage requirements, flood defences and coastal protection works
• Preparing the earthworks to Eurocode EC7 by producing contract documents, including specifications, design drawings and reports
• Supporting Category 3 check designs of geotechnical design packages
• Assessing borrow and quarry materials for reuse as embankment fill, drainage, concrete and pavement aggregates for mass haul analysis
• Pavement foundation design in accordance with TII / UK DMRB
• Assessing and designing soil improvement techniques for soft ground, including surcharge, vertical drains, vibroflotation, geosynthetic reinforcement, geosynthetic encased columns, piled embankments, mass stabilisation, rolling dynamic compaction, lime/concrete subgrade stabilisation
• Assessing peat stability and access road drainage and services for upland developments, such as windfarms