Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Site Characterisation Coordinator

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Site Characterisation Coordinator

Initial 12 Month contract

Outside IR35 – Remote and site work likely to be involved

On call basis – Average of 20 hours per week

A Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator) is required to be involved on an ‘on call’ basis on projects supporting the Project Discipline Lead Engineer.

As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will likely work on an average of 20 hours per week.

As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), the projects will vary from Feasibility phase through Basic Design and FEED. Projects can be relevant to onshore/offshore oil/gas production facilities, with special focus on CCS and renewables production facilities.

The main responsibilities are:
• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will produce documents for site investigation planning, both onshore and offshore, for geophysical and geotechnical operations, covering pipeline integrity surveys; offshore jackets; marine and tidal sediment mobility surveys; UXO surveys; anchoring requirements.
• Implementing Contaminated Land assessments, including the planning; supervision and then reporting.
• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will interface with senior civil engineers and senior civil designers within other Company hubs in order to achieve and guarantee common design approaches, standards and procedures.
• Assist the responsible engineers with the preparation of MTOs for new pipelines; advising on potential hazards along routes; assessments in difficult ground conditions.
• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will assist in the development of Company procedures, work instructions and standards for drafting and modelling.
• Operate as Client representative, both onshore and offshore.

Candidate’s qualifications, professional experience and skills required for the position

• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you must have a masters in geotechnical engineering / engineering geology / soil mechanics.
• Candidate must have UK experience and knowledge of Site Investigation to BS5930 and Eurocode 7; must have UK contaminated land experience and remediation strategies; experience of crossing infrastructure such as railways; motorways; rivers etc., including trenchless solutions e.g. HDD, microtunnelling.
• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will have BOSIET certification and offshore experience, covering geophysical and geotechnical operations including ROV operations.
• Candidate will ideally be chartered either ICE or chartered geologist.
• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will ideally have DCO planning experience or major infrastructure experience.
• As the Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Site Characterisation Coordinator), you will ideally have worked on projects from Feasibility phase through Basic Design and FEED to Detailed Design and Construction.
• ARCGis knowledge would be beneficial.

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.

We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for Senior Geotechnical Engineers (Site Characterisation Coordinator) looking for new employment.