Geo-Environmental Engineer

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

11/13/2024

The Vacancy

The Geosciences division within RSK Group Ltd, is one of the UK’s largest environmental consultancies. Due to continued growth, RSK Geosciences now has an exciting opportunity for a Geo-Environmental Engineer to join the growing team in Birmingham. Working alongside an experienced team you will get involved with a vast array of development projects. This is a full-time, permanent position.

This exciting and challenging role will see you working on varied projects across the West Midlands, whilst being fully supported with access to industry leading training.

Responsibilities:

• Participating in a variety of geo-environmental projects for both external clients and for other teams within RSK.
• Assisting with desk studies, ground investigations and materials management plans.
• Production of environmental management plans including Pollution Prevention and Surface Water Management Plans for construction sites.
• Soil logging to current UK standards, including laboratory scheduling.
• Experience of soil sampling plus water monitoring/sampling.
• Writing factual and interpretative reports.
• Geotechnical reporting requirements beneficial.
• Knowledge of contaminated land legislation and reporting requirements.
• Preparing factual site investigation data.
• Travel to other offices and sites within the UK (as needed).
  
  
  

Qualification and Experience:

• BSc or equivalent in Geology, Environmental Science or similar.
• MSc desirable but not essential.
• Working towards membership of a relevant professional body with a longer term goal to move toward chartership with a relevant institution.
• Basic knowledge of planning legislation.
• Experience of site inspections and reporting, preferably on residential developments.
• Response / management of environmental incidents including, fuel/oil spillage, silt discharges, and effluent discharges desirable but not essential.
• Able to complete factual and interpretative assessments to a basic level
• Able to deliver projects and work within a multi-disciplinary consultancy
• Track record in managing time and resources effectively and within budget
• In possession of full UK driving license
  
  
  

Salary and Benefits:

• Commensurate with Experience
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Free life assurance cover
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, and private health care
• Training by senior team members to enable technical and managerial progression
• Significant support and encouragement to gain chartered status.
• We encourage Continuing Professional Development and are committed to supporting candidates with chartership.
  
  
  

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.

About Us

We are a market-leading site investigation, contaminated land and geotechnical consultancy with geophysics and survey teams and waste management consultants, operating from 20 UK locations. Our company also includes Leap Environmental, an award-winning site investigation, geotechnical design and geoenvironmental consultancy and Carbon Zero Consulting, which undertakes appraisals for ground source heat projects.

Throughout our 30 years of operations, we have enabled our clients to realise opportunities and manage the potential liabilities associated with acquiring, owning, operating and developing land. Our clients come from the public and private sectors, including many of the UK’s leading property developers, major and local house builders, utility providers and main contractors, local authorities and other government organisations.

RSK Geosciences is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.

By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments. 

We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.

If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?