Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Macdonald & Company

Job Description

The company's geotechnical specialists provide a service to other sections of the firm as well as undertaking direct geotechnical commissions for many outside bodies such as government departments, local authorities, financial institutions, other consulting engineers, contracting and commercial organizations and private individuals. Projects range from a foundation assessment for a single building to the geotechnical aspects of major projects such as new towns, highways, prestigious structures, airports and bridges.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a well-established, fully competent professional to join one of our key discipline groups. This position involves acting as the leading technical contributor in some of our more complex and critical client situations, and may also act as Team Leader. As a Team Leader, the jobholder may be leading a small team of people with responsibility for day-to-day supervision of staff, management of individual performance and scheduling of resources. As an established professional, the jobholder develops and maintains high credibility and influence inside the company and within the clients' organization and interfaces up to senior management level and possibly Board level. The role involves significant project responsibility with the jobholder leading projects with considerable impact, proactively managing change requests and identifying risks. The role also involves identifying opportunities to leverage our expertise in marketplace and delivering presentations as a technical expert to peer groups, senior management, clients and suppliers.

Key Skills About You

An Engineering Geologist or Geotechnical Engineer with an MSc in Geology or a Civil Engineering background
Considerable post graduate experience in general Geotechnical design of infrastructure projects, mainly in a Rail environment or experience in working with structural engineers or Architects to develop feasible foundation solutions.
Experience of infrastructure projects including brown field sites, reclamation of quarries and mining projects
Expected to undertake some business development