Fantastic opportunity at a busy and successful, Medium-sized Contractor who are looking to fill the position of Graduate Site Based Geotechnical Engineer, based in Durham.
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Overview
Our client is a national leader in the provision of ground investigation services. They provide insitu site testing services for earthworks design and validation, as well as post fieldwork monitoring, and work closely with clients to provide solutions for all aspects of foundation design, earthworks design, soil mechanics, highways and drainage design parameters, and slope stability assessment.
Full training is offered for the position, which involves assisting with the organisation and delivery of site investigation projects. Background as Geotechnical engineer preferred but Graduates without a working background and with relevant degrees also welcome to apply. This role is 90-100% site based.
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Responsibilities
Main:
– Site walkovers and attendance at pre-start meetings.
– Support the preparation of construction phase plans, incorporating RAMS.
– Support the preparation of environmental management plans.
– Support the preparation of site establishment and logistics plans.
Support the preparation of equipment and consumables lists and arrangement of purchases / orders.
– Read, understand and ensure compliance with project start-up information packs, including specifications and drawings, drilling instructions, utility service drawings and other project related information.
– Organisation, implementation and supervision of the site work phase including all SHEQ components and compliance with all in-house procedures and audits.
– Undertake accurate soil, rock core and trial pit sampling and logging, including compilation of typed engineer's logs and completion of chain of custodies.
– Undertake (or supervise) in situ testing (e.g. hand vanes, DCP, soakaways).
– Technical report writing.
– Post-fieldwork monitoring and surveying.
– Monitor staff competency on site.
– Monitor hours of work compliance on site.
– Monitor drug and alcohol compliance on site.
Project management and technical excellence:
– Execution of ground investigations.
– Contract management on site to including delivery of projects on time and to maximise profits from each contract.
– Contribute expertise and provide input into the siteworks of new projects.
Prepare and deliver technical reports.
Monitoring and auditing:
– Assist the project managers in monitoring contractual and assurance performance.
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Requirements
– Full, clean driving licence.
– Working background as Geotechnical engineer preferred BUT Graduates with relevant degrees also welcome to apply.
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On offer
– Salary – £24,000 – £27,000
– Excellent benefits package
– Full training
– Flexible working
– Exciting varied projects
– Pension
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To apply for the positions of Graduate Site Based Geotechnical Engineer, please submit your current CV.
Due to high volume, we are unable to acknowledge every application. Bear in mind that if you are short listed you will be contacted in 7 days.
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