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Job Title: Engineering Geologist

Salary/Rate: £21,000 - £25,000

Location: Gloucester

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Geotechnical

Client Description:

Our client specialises in the undertaking of site investigations of all types throughout the UK. Extremely dedicated, with a highly skilled team, they manage geotechnical and geo-environmental investigations, even on the most demanding of sites.  With a diverse service range, our client can offer a comprehensive package, which is tailored to each project’s requirements.Progressive, energetic and highly ambitious, our client is renowned for providing innovative services to a wide-ranging client base, ranging from private developers through to major multi-disciplinary consultants and main contractors who require large scale and complex ground investigations.

Job Description:

Due to a significant increase in workload, our client is seeking to appoint an Engineering Geologist to join their expanding management team. The role of the Engineering Geologist is to supervise site / project work activities, undertake logging and in situ testing, and assist in the formation, collating and reporting of factual data.

 

The Role

 

• Communicate with the client, Senior Engineers and Contracts Managers daily
• Completion of engineer briefs, and fieldwork briefs as required
• Daily checks to ensure that all deliverables have been received
• Ensuring that field teams provide deliverables to agreed timescales and that contract related administration is submitted on time (logs, lab tests, factual reports etc.)
• Ensuring all company policies, procedures and SHEQ standards are met and recognising where improvements / efficiencies can be made
• Daily communication and support to the Site Engineers / Contracts Manager, including site attendance and liaison with laboratories (internal and external)
• Completion and submission of site visit records where necessary

 

The Person

 

• Educated to degree level in an Earth Sciences or Environmental Sciences related discipline
• Previous experience in site investigations or exploration geology
• Commercial awareness to allow the review of tender documents and production of tenders
• Ability to write factual reports
• Ability to schedule laboratory testing, liaise with the testing lab on progress and understand the principals of the test results
• You will be an ambitious and career driven Engineer, who is hardworking, and able to lead and manage projects and site delivery teams
• A financially astute and commercially minded individual with technical awareness and understanding
• A good communicator, capable of delegating tasks and negotiating in fast-moving situations
• Individuals who understand the need to deliver projects to deadlines, safely and on budget
• Excellent organisational skills with clear written and verbal communication abilities
• The ability to work on your own initiative and in a team environment

 

This represents a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic Geologist to join a growing business at the forefront of the Geotechnical / Geological Engineering sector. In return our client will offer the opportunity to work on varied and challenging projects carried out across the UK, the in depth knowledge of working to CDM regulations and under ICC and NEC Conditions of Contract.

An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of work, further training / qualification sponsorship, and a clear forward career path, given the company’s dedication to employee progression and significant future growth plans.

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