Senior Geotechnical / Geo-Environmental Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Be highly familiar with relevant standards, guidance and legislative background to the geo-environmental and geotechnical industry, helping to spread knowledge to junior staff
• Implement and maintain health and safety standards across the business
• Conduct ground investigations involving various techniques, taking on the role of Project Manager for various schemes and delegating work to junior staff
• Produce project fee proposals and tenders
• Understand commercial aspects of business and take responsibility for project finances, with potential responsibility for invoicing projects
• Attend meetings, site visits and site work as required
• Manage workload and prioritise tasks to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Develop client relationships and be an excellent written and verbal communicator
• Check and approve the work of junior staff including health and safety documentation, drawings, logs, calculations, factual and interpretive reports
• Help produce guides, template masters, identify and develop tools to improve quality and efficiency
• Pass knowledge on and mentor junior staff
• Write interpretive reports including Phase I/II geo-environmental assessments, qualitative and generic quantitative risk assessments, ground gas assessments, and geotechnical assessments
• Write bespoke and complex technical assessments
• Prepare outline and detailed remediation strategies with knowledge of a range of remediation techniques
• Undertake remediation verification and reporting
• Manage earthworks and materials/waste management including knowledge of MMPs under the CL:AIRE DoWCoP
• Apply detailed knowledge of soil mechanics, determining characteristic values and calculation of foundation bearing capacities (shallow and deep foundations) and settlements
• Liaise and negotiate with regulators
• Comply with and assist with updating/producing internal policies and procedures within ISO standards

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Approximately 5+ years relevant experience
• Undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in relevant subject (geology, environmental science, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, physical geography etc.)
• Full UK driving licence (manual transmission)
• Excellent IT skills and highly competent with MS Office
• Excellent problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to adapt, finding quick, innovative and practical solutions
• A strong and exemplary work ethic, able to work effectively alone or as part of a team

• Postgraduate degree or Masters in relevant subject
• Chartered Status
• Experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, Holebase, Surfer, Geo5 etc.

Salary and Benefits

• Optional 2FF working pattern, working slightly extended hours across the fortnight and you take every second Friday off. This gives you around 26 extra days away from work each year on top of standard annual leave allowance. You still receive your full salary, while gaining regular time back for family, hobbies, travel or simply switching off
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (3 days reserved over Christmas shutdown, increasing with service and promotions)
• Twice yearly salary reviews as you become more experienced
• Company profit share scheme and enhanced 4% employer pension contribution
• Overnight stay allowance (£30 per night) plus expenses
• Generous training fund and CPD support with professional fees covered (for two bodies)
• £2,000 bonus on attaining chartership (one body only)
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing and mental health
• Laptop/PC, mobile phone, company vehicles, and branded workwear provided
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity/paternity leave, adoption and shared parental leave
• Cycle to work scheme and recruitment recommendation bonus
• Hybrid work approach, typically 2-3 days in the office per week when on 2FF, but flexible
• Optional salary sacrifice benefits scheme including enhanced pension contributions, cycle to work, plus access to an electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme for eligible employees earning above £30k (EV scheme available from August 2026).