Senior Geotechnical Engineer

About the role

Rendel, an Ingérop Group company, is an international civil engineering consultancy with offices in Birmingham, Bristol and Sydney, working on infrastructure, energy and industry projects. It is looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to lead and undertake assignments in the UK and overseas, supporting high-quality outputs.

Key responsibilities

• Act as assignment manager, overseeing technical delivery, commercial aspects, forecasting and budgeting, planning, resourcing and troubleshooting
• Support technical capability, act as line manager where required, mentor engineers and help with recruitment, training and CPD
• Assist graduates with their Chartership and help deliver assignments in the UK and overseas while maximising fee income
• Help the Market Sector Leader source business, produce tenders and build client relationships
• Standardise work products, run peer reviews, follow company procedures and maintain strong cross-functional relationships
• Observe the Health and Safety policy and undertake other reasonable duties

Required profile

• Chartered (or near Chartered) in a relevant discipline, ideally ICE; civil engineering degree with a postgraduate qualification in geotechnics or engineering geology
• Demonstrable international and site experience on large-scale (c. £100m+) infrastructure projects
• Proven experience at Assignment Manager and Designer level, managing assignments to programme and budget
• People management experience such as appraisals, training and recruitment
• Willingness to travel and international experience are desirable; proficiency in French and/or Spanish is an asset

Required skills

• Hands-on geotechnical design, including deep and shallow foundations, deep excavations, basements, retaining structures, earthworks, slopes, ground improvement, seismicity, liquefaction and instrumentation
• Ground investigation, tender documents and interpretation
• Extensive knowledge of Eurocodes and industry standards
• Proficiency in geotechnical software such as Repute, Settle, WALLAP, LPile, GPile, DPile, Slide, gINT or equivalents
• Competent use of 2D and 3D finite element software (e.g. PLAXIS, Z-soil)
• CAD and CAE tools, and excellent Microsoft Office skills