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Principal Geotechnical / Geo-environmental Engineer - Sheffield

The What

Principal Geotechnical / Geo-environmental Engineer

The Where

Sheffield - S11

The Who

Geology degree / Chartered status (Geological Society, ICE or similar) with several years related experience 

Your Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong professional to lead complex site investigation and contaminated land projects, manage client relationships, and support the continued growth of our geo-environmental (and geotechnical) team.

You will play a key role in delivering a wide range of projects across sectors including residential, commercial, industrial, infrastructure and regeneration. Working closely with senior leadership, you will provide technical guidance, mentor junior staff, and ensure projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget.

This role would suit an ambitious engineer looking for a pathway to Technical Director/Director level within a supportive business.

The role, based in Sheffield but covering sites within the wider Yorkshire region and beyond, will see you:

  • Lead and manage geo-environmental and contaminated land projects from inception through to completion
  • Design, procure and supervise site investigations and remediation works
  • Interpret factual and interpretative site investigation data
  • Prepare and review Phase 1and Phase 2 Reports, Remediation Strategies and Verification Reports
  • Undertake and review generic and detailed quantitative risk assessments
  • Carry out site visits as and when required
  • Manage project budgets, programmes and resource allocation
  • Provide technical leadership and quality assurance across the team
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships
  • Support business development, bids and tenders
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers and graduates
  • Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality standards

You

• Degree qualified in Geology.
• Significant UK consultancy experience in geo-environmental engineering / contaminated land
• Strong technical knowledge of UK contaminated land legislation and guidance
• Experience managing multiple projects and teams
• Commercially aware with strong client-facing skills
• Excellent report writing and communication skills
• Full UK driving licence
• Chartered status (Geological Society, ICE or similar) with several years related experience.

Our Company

An award-winning engineering firm, a career opportunity with longevity, and an inspiring team to become a valued part of.

Eastwood Consulting Engineers are a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm based in Sheffield, covering civil, structural, geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. See our portfolio of recent projects here.

Benefits with Eastwood

Development

Eastwood have grown as an engineering company through continually investing in the development of our staff and teams. We offer staff a full spectrum of project experience encouraging all staff to grow their knowledge and engineering experience. We pride ourselves on our hands-on approach to your professional and technical development with in-house professional development schemes.

Working with a multitude of clients, contractors, architects and let’s not forget Eastwood engineers themselves specialising in the various engineering disciplines, strengthens confidence, competence and flare.

Benefits

As well as reviewing our salaries twice yearly, and rewarding staff based on merit, here at Eastwood we also offer the following:

  • Continued CPD/Chartership support
  • Flexible working hours with adjustable start and finish times, so you can shape your day
  • Early finish on Fridays to kick-start your weekend
  • 4% contributory pension scheme to help you plan for the future
  • Life insurance cover of 2x your annual salary for added peace of mind
  • Enhanced sickness pay when you need extra support
  • Discounted health cash plan to help with everyday medical expenses
  • Cycle to Work Scheme to support healthier, more sustainable commuting
  • Regular social events organised by our dedicated Social Committee
  • Opportunities to give back through local community and fundraising initiative
  • More than just a place to work

More than just a place to work

It is not all about work at Eastwood and we encourage all our staff to engage in more than just engineering, offering a range of activities from sports teams and social events to community projects and fundraising. We want our staff to enjoy coming to work, and building relationships is important to our collaborative working culture.

How to apply

Please send your CV and Covering Letter to careers@eastwoodce.com and please feel free to call ahead so we can answer any questions you may have or to simply introduce yourself, we’d love to hear from you personally.
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Eastwood Consulting Engineers

Award winning multi-disciplinary Consulting Engineers providing quality, sustainable design solutions since 1972. Our team is based at offices in Sheffield and Hampshire.
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