Senior Ground Investigation Engineer

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

As a senior ground investigation engineer you will be an integrated member of our UK-wide Site Evaluation and Restoration team leading from site our large-scale ground investigation projects. Working as part of our Ground Investigation Contracting capability you will support clients across all sectors but with a focus on infrastructure such as rail energy highways and waterways by conducting a variety of different tasks including ground investigation management supervision programme management and commercial management support to the project manager. A high proportion of the work will be spent on client sites leading site investigations implementing and maintaining safe and efficient working practices.

We are looking for an established ground investigation practitioner from a contracting background who is looking for their next step in their career. As a part of our ground investigation capability you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and sectors.

In return you will join an award-winning team and be part of one of the global top 3 consultants within the field. Working across various projects you will have the opportunity to work alongside international technical experts and continue building on your experience.

There is flexibility as to your choice of location within the UK and you can select any of the following offices: Warrington Manchester Bristol Cardiff or Glasgow. Work may be across the UK

Your Day-to-Day

• Site management including supply chain co-ordination and procurement
• Field based work undertaken across the UK including:
  • Site management of ground investigations and associated works with a strong focus on SHEQ management and documentation.
  • Leadership and co-ordination of site teams including programme management feeding into project management team
  • QA/QC of logging of soil and rock to appropriate British Standards and ensuring the quality output of in-situ field testing.
  • Commercial reporting to the project manager providing updated measures and identifying early warnings and input into compensation events in the field
  • Stakeholder liaison
• Work collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall project.
• Produce project outputs (e.g. documentation reports) and ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with relevant national standards and codes of practice.
• Develop effective working relationships with the Project Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues.
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis of the clients business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry.

Requirements

• BSc / BEng qualified (or higher) in Geology Geoscience Geography or Civil Engineering
• Experience of undertaking lead engineer role on large scale ground investigation projects and in supervising engineers and multiple contractors
• Minimum of 5 years experience of working in the field
• Knowledge of NEC4 contract management producing and managing early warnings and CEs compiling measures
• Strong Health and safety and risk management associated with ground investigations including budgetary and technical considerations. Experience compiling and managing construction phase plan documentation essential
• SMSTS preferred
• Stakeholder management and strong communication skills essential
• Working towards professional membership and chartership.
• Desired - Rail / Highway / Energy sector experience

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1