Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineering/Engineering Geologist

at  Mott MacDonald

Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineering/Engineering Geologist
Country: United Kingdom
Position Location: Brighton, UK / Glasgow UK
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Sector: Energy
Discipline: Energy
Job Ref: 5556
Recruiter Contact: Laura Kennedy

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OVERVIEW OF ROLE

As a Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer/Engineering Geologist in our growing Energy Unit geotechnical team, you will have the opportunity to expand your experience and work with a range of public and private sector clients on some key and major projects across what is a varied and diverse Energy market in the UK, Europe and beyond.
You will lead the production of cost effective and buildable design solutions in line with current Eurocodes, reports specifications and drawings covering a range of project requirements within energy sector geotechnics.
You’ll deliver various geotechnical and ground engineering projects and provide technical leadership through leading the team, managing and overseeing their design work on complex projects. You’ll also support larger projects acting as lead client liaison whether that be internal or external.
You will have the opportunity to shape the future technical direction and delivery of our team and work with a range of public and private sector clients on key and major energy projects.
You will be involved in overseeing our technical training remain at the forefront of technology and managing our professional excellence activities. You’ll support various ground engineering projects as both peer reviewer and some direct management of engineering geology design work. You will work with account leads in business development with

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Contributing to setting of long-term strategy for our Energy Unit engineering geology and geotechnics development and driving forward plans
• Ground characterisation oversight
• Design foundations and substructures associated with Energy projects such as, earthworks, slope stability, foundations, retaining walls etc with experience of feasibility study design through to detailed design and construction.
• Design retaining wall systems
• Undertake technical oversight of Ground Investigation (scope, specifications, supervision, GIRs, GBRs etc)
• Undertake technical oversight of engineering geology design for projects such as deep basements, earthworks and slope stability
• Supporting business development activities including inputs to bid and proposals
• Travel to project sites when necessary for project delivery and client liaison meetings
• Managing disciplinary design teams or be discipline lead as part of larger team on major projects.
• You have strong interpersonal skills and are able to liaise with various clients and build professional relationships.
• You are comfortable with your technical expertise in the ground engineering sector and have gained various project management skills throughout your career as well as acted in a technical lead capability.
• You’re an effective communicator and are able to collaborate with all levels of staff and clients.
  In addition to this, you are a relationship builder and understand the dynamics of working with a team as well as working autonomously.