Associate Geotechnical Engineer

Bath, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

Want to work with the most sought-after minds and most-talked about projects? Your skills and experience in geotechnical engineering might just make you our new Associate Geotechnical Engineer.

This role will see you working amongst a diverse and talented team to design innovative and efficient ground engineering solutions for projects across a variety of sectors and scales - including sports stadia, masterplans, bridges, foundation reuse projects, and more.

Your next role:

• Providing high-quality geotechnical support to our clients in the development of bespoke, sustainable, structural engineering and infrastructure projects in the UK and overseas.
• Technical input into deliverables including specifications, design reports, and geotechnical interpretation.
• Analysis including soil structure interaction, geotechnical numerical modelling, geotechnical substructure, and earthworks design
• Mentoring and technical support for colleagues.
• Technical input to derive innovative and sustainable solutions to ground related challenges.
• Liaise with clients and maintain our strong, unique work culture within the industry.
• Collaboration with colleagues from other disciplines to provide coordinated design solutions.
• Leading and managing project discipline input
• Playing an active role in supporting work-winning and client relationship management in a ground engineering context.
  
  
  

Your skills and experience:

• Significant geotechnical design experience across a range of projects typologies.
• Ability to develop pragmatic, cost effective and sustainable solutions
• Experience delivering projects with a strong technical focus including geotechnical interpretation and design.
• Experience of rock engineering including slope stability assessment and tunnelling/underground construction.
• Appetite to lead and develop design capabilities.
• Educated to Masters degree level in relevant disciplines (e.g. Civil and/or Geotechnical Engineering).
• Professionally registered with a relevant institution - e.g. ICE.
  
  
  

What we offer you:

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, income protection and private medical cover.
• Car allowance (10% of basic salary)
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
• We value flexible working and welcome applications from those who are seeking this in their careers.
  
  
  

We wish to create a team that is fully inclusive, and welcome applications from those who are seeking flexible or part-time working. If you have any specific requirements that would enable you to take this role, we would be keen to explore this with you.

Ready for something a little less ordinary?

Apply now to start your career journey with us.