Senior Engineering Geologist

Vinci Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading geotechnical contractor in Leeds is seeking a Senior Engineering Geologist. The role involves managing contracts, ensuring safety and quality, while maintaining excellent client relations. Ideal candidates will have significant geotechnical experience, strong communication skills, and a valid UK driving license. This position offers the chance to work on prestigious projects within an international community of experts.

Qualifications

• Experience managing contracts in geotechnical settings.
• Ability to maintain commercial awareness.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage contracts ensuring safety, quality, and performance.
• Lead teams to deliver work within budget.
• Maintain good client relations.

Skills

Significant experience within the geotechnical industry

Understanding of ground conditions

Good understanding of geotechnical processes

Excellent written English

Strong customer-service focus

Excellent communication skills

Full UK Driving License

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Senior Engineering Geologist role at VINCI.

We are looking for candidates that can manage day-to-day operational site control of contracts of varying sizes within the UK, focusing on safety, quality, productivity, cost control, performance to programme and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Manage contracts to ensure safety, quality, productivity, cost control and performance to programme; maintain good client relations and ensure client requirements are met to maximise opportunity for repeat business.
• Maintain commercial awareness to protect the Company from financial exposure and to achieve full margins from operational activities.
• Lead contracts to ensure effective and safety-conscious workforce, while delivering on budget and client expectations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within the geotechnical industry, with a solid understanding of ground conditions, drilling and site investigation works.
• Good understanding of geotechnical processes and contract management; excellent written English and good letter-writing abilities.
• Strong customer-service focus and professional approach, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with clients and regional teams.
• Full UK Driving License.

About the opportunity

Soil Engineering is committed to equal opportunities in employment with the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work receives fair treatment. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief and pregnancy/maternity.

Why us?

When you join the world’s largest specialist geotechnical contractor, you’re part of an international community of over 10,000 experts, based in 31 countries around the world. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to prestigious, ground-breaking projects, using the very latest tools and technology to solve complex problems, constantly learn new skills and take your career in any direction.

At Soil Engineering Geoservices, our highly skilled team provide leading geotechnical expertise through ground investigation, drilling and grouting, and geotechnical testing from three bases across the country, capable of undertaking a wide range of investigative and remediation techniques. Our experience over 60 years of business allows us to undertake both land and nearshore marine investigations, works in secure or high risk environments, and a wide range of difficult and restricted access projects.

Supporting our Ground Investigation business, we maintain one of the country’s largest single site Geotechnical Laboratories, UKAS accredited for over 40 test disciplines, which undertakes testing for internal and external projects. The laboratory also maintains our In-Situ testing capability, including CBR and Plate Bearing tests.

A career at Soil Engineering means working with leading experts and continuously building your knowledge as part of a supportive community that takes care of one another.

Job details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
• Industries: Construction

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