Geo-Environmental Engineer

Salary: £36,000 per year

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with technical experience within the environmental, remediation or contaminated land sectors.

Our client is a multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy, specialising in environmental claims management, ground verification and monitoring, remediation, oil spill incident response and contaminated land projects across the UK. They have an excellent reputation for the successful management of complex environmental incidents for commercial clients in the construction, energy, chemical, industrial, and agricultural markets offering design and implantation of in situ remediation programmes on often challenging brownfield sites. They also offer a wide range of soil and groundwater remediation treatments, and additionally the design of sustainable environmental based solutions to the public sector, property developers, construction contractors, and the chemical and petrochemical industry.

Overview

Our client’s environmental teams across the UK have a strategy to grow significantly over the next three to five years, and thus have an exciting opportunity for a Geo-Environmental Engineer to play a key role in helping to realise this strategy. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience and technical expertise in any area of the geo-environmental arena, including contaminated land, soil or ground investigation or remediation.

The Role

* Carrying out works on site under the direction of the Contracts Manager

* Running projects according to previously agreed schedules and budgets

* Utilising own initiative, skills and knowledge where appropriate

* Procurement of plant, resources and materials to sites to keep to a schedule of works

* Assisting with reports and data gathering throughout all stages of works

* Carrying out works in accordance with health and safety regulations, including RAMS documentation

* Following drawings or plans to carry out works safely

* Supervising a team of site based personnel, ensuring productivity and safety at all times

The Person

* Relevant industry experience within any area of the geo-environmental, GI, SI or remediation sectors operating at a similar level or within a similar role

* A full UK driving license

* Excellent organisational and time-management skills

* Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to pay close attention to detail

* Motivated, friendly and confident interacting with clients, internal teams and members of the public

* Excellent written and spoken communication skills, including the ability to produce reports

* Demonstrable project delivery competency, including an appreciation of HSE requirements, and ensuring agreed budgets and delivery deadlines are met

* Excellent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Word and Excel

* Ability to communicate on appropriate technical and commercial levels to a diverse range of clients

* Ability to work with autonomy, as well as managing and monitoring staff and the needs of the wider team

An attractive salary and benefits package (permanent) is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of work, job security and career progression, given the company’s significant forward order workload, their market leading status, and their continued commitment to profitable growth throughout all areas of the industry.

We are committed to equal opportunities. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital / civil partnership status, religion / belief or nationality.