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Principal Geotechnical Engineer London 55,000 - 65,000 (depending on experience) One of Britain's largest multi-disciplinary engineering companies are looking for a Senior/Principal Geotechnical Engineer to run the LondOn team of talented engineering geologists to work on a mixture of slope stability, retaining walls, mining, residential, commercial and local authority projects. You will be joining an established geotechnical set up within a future thinking company who are focused on high working standards, innovative projects, who are ever expanding and setting the pace in the geotechnical industry in the South East. We are looking for a Senior/Principal level geotechnical engineer who has or is close to chartership, if this is you and you are looking for a new opportunity to showcase your skills, please get in touch! This position offers: Competitive salary ( 55,000 - 65,000) Generous pension Package Excellent working conditions Friendly team setting The chance to build and manage a team Career Progression Flexible Benefits If you are a senior or principal geotechnical engineer, who is looking for a new challenge and you fit the criteria, please get in touch now! Interested in this or other geoenvironmental/geotechnical roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitment. We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer Location: Exeter Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 Are you an experienced Geotechnical Design Engineer looking to take the next step in your career with a well-established consultancy? A growing engineering consultancy in Exeter is looking to appoint a Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer to support the delivery of a diverse portfolio of infrastructure, commercial, residential and industrial projects. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within a collaborative team, leading projects, mentoring junior engineers and delivering technically challenging geotechnical solutions. The Role Deliver geotechnical design solutions for a wide range of projects. Undertake foundation, retaining wall, slope stability and earthworks design. Interpret ground investigation data and produce geotechnical design reports. Carry out geotechnical calculations and numerical analysis. Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers. Manage projects from initial design through to completion. Liaise directly with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary design teams. Attend project meetings and provide technical input throughout project delivery. Support business development and contribute to winning new work. Requirements Degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology or a related discipline. Significant consultancy experience within geotechnical design. Strong knowledge of Eurocodes and current UK design standards. Experience designing foundations, retaining structures, slopes and earthworks. Proficient with geotechnical design software. Excellent report writing and communication skills. Chartered status (or working towards Chartership) is desirable. Full UK driving licence. What's on Offer? Competitive salary with regular salary reviews. Clear pathway to Principal Engineer. Varied and technically challenging projects. Hybrid and flexible working. This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer looking to join a growing consultancy where you'll have genuine responsibility, work on high-profile projects and play an important role in the continued success of the business. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Geotechnical Leaders - Shape the Next Generation of Offshore Energy Engineering A leading international engineering and project management company at the forefront of infrastructure and energy transformation is seeking to appoint a Principal, Associate or Chief Geotechnical Engineer to join its growing Offshore Geotechnical practice. This role offers the opportunity to sit at the forefront of the industry-leading complex, high-value projects, providing authoritative technical review, and raising capability across the wider engineering community through deep specialist knowledge. The successful candidate will take on an influential leadership position within the Geotechnical business, which sits at the heart of the organisation's technical strength. As client demands continue to evolve, this role will be instrumental in pushing the boundaries of offshore geotechnical design and advanced modelling. The Role Provide technical leadership on complex geotechnical and seismic design projects. Act as a senior technical authority, delivering independent review, assurance and challenge. Lead and mentor numerical modelling teams using advanced software tools. Support and upskill engineers across the business in advanced geotechnical principles. Drive innovation in digital delivery and advanced analysis methods. Collaborate within multidisciplinary project teams and engage confidently with clients. The Candidate Holds a strong academic background in engineering, ideally supported by an M.Sc. or PhD. Chartered Engineer status in the UK is essential. Demonstrates significant experience in geotechnical and seismic analysis and design. Has led numerical modelling teams using advanced software. Possesses a detailed understanding of advanced soil constitutive models, parameter selection and model calibration. Experienced in validation and management of complex numerical analyses within multidisciplinary environments. Brings a strong appetite for digital innovation and technical advancement. Communicates clearly and authoritatively with clients and colleagues across disciplines. Produces and reviews high-quality technical reports to exemplary standards. Willing to travel on short assignments in the UK and overseas and hold a valid UK driving licence. The OpportunityThis role offers senior engineers the chance to influence strategy, shape technical excellence, and leave a lasting impact on some of the most challenging offshore energy geotechnical projects in the industry.Ideal for those looking to combine leadership, innovation and technical mastery at the highest level. If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Senior / Principal / Associate Director Flood Modeller/Hydrology UK wide 75,000 plus benefits Exceptional opportunities exist with this leading consultancy who continue to grow their water group across the country. We are keen to hear from Senior to Associate Director level individuals with strong Flood Modelling/Hydrology experience. At Senior/Principal level you will lead and manage commissions, sign off modelling reporting, manage budgets as well as change control and mentor modellers. The Associate Director will act as Project Director on key commissions, lead client relationships and work-winning, set modelling governance standards across the team and oversee portfolio performance. The main focus surrounds the leadership and management and the delivery of hydrology and hydraulic modelling commissions (1D/2D fluvial, tidal and surface water) to support planning, design and construction. Providing technical direction, managing programme/budget/risk/QA, coordinate multi-disciplinary inputs, and acted as the key client interface for modelling work streams. In more detail the role will be to:- Lead and manage modelling projects end-to-end: define scope and methodology, set programme, manage budget, control risk, and deliver to agreed QA/QMS standards. Lead and manage hydrology inputs: catchment assessment, rainfall/flow estimation, hydrograph derivation, climate change allowances, and clear documentation of assumptions and uncertainty. Lead and coordinate model build, verification and scenario testing (e.g., climate change, breach/blockage, sensitivities) ensuring outputs are fit for purpose. Provide technical direction on data requirements, boundary conditions, model schematisation, mesh strategy, time step selection, roughness/structures representation, stability/performance and optimisation. Interpret and communicate results into clear, decision-ready advice for clients and design teams (mitigation optioneering, levels/FFL strategy, safe access/egress, residual risk, exceedance routing, floodplain compensation concepts where applicable). Produce and sign-off technical reports/appendices suitable for regulator review and planning/design submissions; respond to technical queries and challenge. Lead and manage stakeholder engagement with EA/LLFAs/LPAs and other technical reviewers (method agreement, meetings, review responses). Coordinate interfaces with drainage, civils, highways, geotechnical and planning teams to ensure consistent assumptions and integrated outcomes. Resource-plan and delegate tasks; mentor junior modellers; maintain consistent standards, templates, and auditable file/version control. Contribute to bids: scope, methodology, programme, assumptions, risks and fee inputs; identify follow-on opportunities. For your part you will possess:- Strong UK consultancy experience leading hydrology and hydraulic modelling projects, including delivery governance (scope/programme/budget/risk/QA). Demonstrable hydrology competence: flow estimation and hydrograph development; confident selection of methods appropriate to catchment type, data availability and study purpose; able to communicate uncertainty and sensitivity clearly. Strong hydraulic modelling understanding (stability, mesh/timestep, roughness, structures representation, boundary conditions, calibration/validation where possible). Confident client-facing communicator with excellent technical writing and project management discipline. Advanced capability in one or more of: TUFLOW, Flood Modeller, InfoWorks ICM. Strong GIS skills (QGIS/ArcGIS) for data preparation and mapping outputs. Desirable: hydrology tools familiarity (e.g., ReFH2, WINFAP, FEH methods or equivalent), plus Python/data processing and CAD familiarity. A graduate in Civil Engineering, Water/Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Geography or similar and preferably Chartered (ICE/CIWEM) In return you can expect an above industry salary and benefits package together with unrivalled career progression.

Principal Geotechnical Engineer Leeds 50,000 - 60,000 (depending on experience) One of Britain's largest multi-disciplinary engineering companies are looking for a Principal Geotechnical Engineer to run the Leeds team of talented engineering geologists to work on a mixture of slope stability, retaining walls, mining risk assessment, residential, high-rises, commercial and local authority projects. You will be joining an established geotechnical set up within a future thinking company who are focused on high working standards, innovative projects, who are ever expanding and setting the pace in the ground investigation industry in the North West. We are looking for a Senior/Principal level geotechnical engineer who has or is close to chartership, if this is you and you are looking for a new opportunity to showcase your skills, please get in touch! This Principal Geotechnical Engineer position offers: Competitive salary Generous pension Package Excellent working conditions Friendly team setting The chance to build and manage a team Career Progression Flexible Benefits To be considered: Chartered or close to Based commutable to Central London Geology or civil engineering degree Full right to work permanently in the UK Full driving licence Technical report writing Geotechnical Design skills Team mentoring If this sounds like you and you are looking for an exciting new challenge, get in touch now! Interested in this or other geoenvironmental/geotechnical roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen on (url removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

Position: Principal Geologist Salary: 55,000 - 65,000 (depending on experience) Location: Leeds One of Britain's largest multi-disciplinary engineering companies are looking for a Principal Geologist to run the Leeds team of talented geotechnical and geo-environmental engineers to work on a mixture of slope stability, retaining walls, rail and infrastructure projects. This principal geologist position offers: Fantastic salary 55,000 - 65,000 Generous pension Package Excellent working conditions The chance to build and manage a team Career Progression Flexible Benefits Leeds office Annual Bonus As a principal geologist, you will be joining an established geotechnical set up within a future thinking company who are focused on high working standards, innovative and challenging projects. This company is expanding and this is an exciting time to bring your skills and experience to this principal geotechnical engineer position. We are looking for a Leeds based, Principal Geologist / geotechnical engineer who has or is close to chartership, if this is you and you are looking for a new opportunity to showcase your skills, please get in touch! Interested in this or other geoenvironmental/geotechnical roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitement. We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

Principal Geologist Birmingham £55,000 - £65,000 (depending on experience) Are you a Chartered Geotechnical Engineer looking for the chance to step up to Principal Engineer level? This is your opportunity to join a fantastic, ambitious award winning multi-disciplinary consultancy to work on multi-million pound rail and infrastructure projects, whilst furthering your career. As a principal geologist, you will become part of an award winning geotechnical team in a company who will you support you on your journey to become director level.If you are a Birmingham based principal geologist with extensive UK geotechnical / geo-environmental experience, with the drive to take your career to the next step, have the right to work in the UK permanently, have a relevant UK degree and a full UK driving licence, we would love to hear from you! This principal geologist position offers: Award winning team Excellent salary (£55,000 - 65,000) Hybrid working policy Generous company pension contribution Private Healthcare Employee wellness program Life assurance and long-term illness protection Technically challenging projects Choice of offices Birmingham / Nottingham / Leeds / ManchesterIf you are a Chartered principal geologist, who is looking for a new challenge, with the ambition to work on some of the most exciting infrastructure projects in the geotechnical industry and you meet the criteria, please get in touch now! Interested in this or other geotechnical/geo-environmental roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitment We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

Position: Principal Geologist Salary: £55,000 - 65,000 (depending on experience) Location: Leeds One of Britain's largest multi-disciplinary engineering companies are looking for a Principal Geologist to run the Leeds team of talented geotechnical and geo-environmental engineers to work on a mixture of slope stability, retaining walls, rail and infrastructure projects. This principal geologist position offers: Fantastic salary £55,000 - 65,000 Generous pension Package Excellent working conditions The chance to build and manage a team Career Progression Flexible Benefits Leeds office Annual Bonus As a principal geologist, you will be joining an established geotechnical set up within a future thinking company who are focused on high working standards, innovative and challenging projects. This company is expanding and this is an exciting time to bring your skills and experience to this principal geotechnical engineer position.We are looking for a Leeds based, Principal Geologist / geotechnical engineer who has or is close to chartership, if this is you and you are looking for a new opportunity to showcase your skills, please get in touch! Interested in this or other geoenvironmental/geotechnical roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitement. We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

Principal Geologist Birmingham 55,000 - 65,000 (depending on experience) Are you a Chartered Geotechnical Engineer looking for the chance to step up to Principal Engineer level? This is your opportunity to join a fantastic, ambitious award winning multi-disciplinary consultancy to work on multi-million pound rail and infrastructure projects, whilst furthering your career. As a principal geologist, you will become part of an award winning geotechnical team in a company who will you support you on your journey to become director level. If you are a Birmingham based principal geologist with extensive UK geotechnical / geo-environmental experience, with the drive to take your career to the next step, have the right to work in the UK permanently, have a relevant UK degree and a full UK driving licence, we would love to hear from you! This principal geologist position offers: Award winning team Excellent salary ( 55,000 - 65,000) Hybrid working policy Generous company pension contribution Private Healthcare Employee wellness program Life assurance and long-term illness protection Technically challenging projects Choice of offices Birmingham / Nottingham / Leeds / Manchester If you are a Chartered principal geologist, who is looking for a new challenge, with the ambition to work on some of the most exciting infrastructure projects in the geotechnical industry and you meet the criteria, please get in touch now! Interested in this or other geotechnical/geo-environmental roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitment We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.

NEW OPPORTUNITIES Senior and a Principal Geotechnical Engineer / Engineering Geologists in Newcastle Our client is one of the largest multi-disciplinary partnerships in the UK providing engineering and design consultancy services with innovative, cost-effective and sustainable solutions for challenging environments. Due to a healthy forward workload, they are looking to recruit both a Senior and a Principal Geotechnical Engineer / Engineering Geologists in the Newcastle office. The successful candidate will hold a key and permanent position in the team and help manage the geotechnical workload. They will also be responsible for continued development of more junior staff and the client base. RESPONSIBILITIES: Practical and dedicated Geotechnical Engineers / Engineering Geologists are required to assist in managing a growing geotechnical and environmental team comprising of engineering geologists, and geo-environmental andgeotechnical engineers. The successful candidate should have strong project management experience, be able to lead technical project teams, have robust technical abilities and a strong sense of customer service. Applicants should also have experience and be willing to contribute to business development. The candidate would preferably have experience in a range of sectors, including infrastructure, industrial, residential, commercial and leisure developments, providing robust, technically sound and cost effective solutions to Clients throughout. The successful candidate would be expected to have the following abilities and performance expectations: Experience in undertaking, scoping and reviewing Preliminary Risk Assessments and Intrusive Ground investigations including an understanding of currently available ground investigation, sampling and laboratory analysis techniques; A basic understanding of contaminated land legislation and the planning regime, with the support of geo-environmental specialist staff; Interpretative report writing and reviewing including a comprehensive understanding of ground models, geotechnical engineering properties and soil behaviours; Prepare, review and/or authorise competent Ground Investigation Reports and Geotechnical Design Reports; A thorough understanding in the assessment and detailed design of: Slope stability; Foundations (shallow and deep); Earthworks Specification Reinforced Earthworks Retaining Structures; Soil & Rock engineering; Ground improvement; Ground movement and settlement/subsidence; Mineral workings and natural cavities; Temporary works (e.g. crane bases, working platforms). Experience in considering construction techniques and constraints and value engineering appraisals; Ability to deliver projects and work within a multi-disciplinary consultancy, with awareness of structural, civil, transport, planning and landscape architecture capabilities in the wider firm; Ability to provide technically sound and commercially focussed proposals and reports based on a clear understanding of clients requirements; Experience in client facing roles, developing good working relationships with other professionals within wider project teams and an enthusiasm towards business development and marketing. Candidates would be expected to be proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office suite. A good working knowledge of AutoCAD, ArcGIS, RocScience (Slide, RocFall), Oasys (pDisp, Xdisp), gINT, PLAXIS and Wallap software is expected. WHAT THEY OFFER YOU The current permanent employment opportunity offers a competitive salary and excellent flexible benefits package for permanent staff which includes training opportunities, reimbursement of professional fees, contributory pension, personal health care plan and life insurance, interest-free travel loan scheme, additional leave purchase and buy-back scheme, staff loyalty bonus

Principal Geo-Environmental Engineer Reference: BY1913 Location: Leeds Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 This is a great opportunity for a Geo-Environmental Engineer looking for more responsibility, and the next step in their career. Your role will be primarily associated with geoenvironmental site investigation amongst an expanding team of specialists in leeds, carrying out both fieldwork and report writing. The Principal Geo-Environmental Engineer selected will be working on: - Proposals to be checked and approved by an Associate Director/Director - Cient liaison to ensure they are kept fully informed of progress in advance of issue of a final report - Project management of all types of site investigations. - Briefing and mentoring of junior staff for all relevant SI activities. - Production and review of drawing for reports & search requests. - Review data and write Desk Study/'front end' of SI report for all sites. - Organise and supervise GI activities on brownfield sites and intrusive mining investigations. Act as Lead Engineer on sites with staff. Therefore, to be considered for this Principal Geo-Environmental role you must have: - Extesive experience within ground investigation consultancy. - Proficiency with report writing and reviewing. - A full UK Driver's license is essential. - A full right to work in the UK. - Live commitable to the Leeds area. The Principal Geo-Environmental Engineer successful will be offered: - A top salary ( 40,000- 50,000) - Company benefits and pension scheme - Continued professional development - Hybrid work - Opportunities to train a team and project manage. If you are interested in this or other roles in Geo-Environmental/Geotechnical Engineering roles please do not hesitate to contact Beth Young on (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website. Please refer to (url removed). This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position

Job Title: Graduate Geologist Location: Harrogate Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 A new opportunity has opened for a Graduate Geologist in Harrogate. The successful Graduate Geologist will be working on a variety of different projects carrying out work on site and in the office. Projects will range from residential to large commercial and infrastructure. Are you looking for a role that offers a clear progression path? Are you looking to work in an established ground investigation consultancy with lots of exciting projects? Company benefits: Internal training opportunities Bonus scheme Healthy pension scheme Clear progression path Role and responsibilities: The role of the Graduate Geologist will involve the following: ground investigation design, phase 1 desk studies, interpretative report writing, conducting geotechnical risk assessments, and liaising with clients. The ideal candidate will have a mix of geo-environmental and geotechnical experience. Your role as Engineering Geologist will also give you the chance to help mentor and share your skill set with junior engineers, in addition to gaining experience from senior and principal engineers. If you are looking to work for a talented specialist geotechnical and environmental consultancy, we want to hear from you! If you meet the following criteria, please apply for the Graduate Geologist role. Essential Criteria: Hold a geology degree Experience within ground investigation Live within a commutable distance from the Harrogate office Hold a full UK driving licence If you are interested in applying, please reach out to Penguin Recruitment - Ruby Evans.

Company Overview My client are currently experiencing strong growth with exciting opportunities and are looking for a flexible, practical engineer who can grow with the company to achieve the goals of the business in parallel with their personal ambitions. The position requires a BSc, BEng or MEng Engineer with previous experience in Geotechnical Engineering. Ideally the candidate would be someone who is keen to diversify and encompass the scope of their project remits which cover domestic and commercial structures, highways / rail, bridge and temporary works in both the public and private sectors. The candidate should be conversant with engineering software. You will be supported and supervised by the Directors and Principal Engineers within the office and work in close conjunction with the other offices. The ideal candidate should be proactive, dynamic and intuitive, happy to work on their own initiative as well as being a team player and interacting comfortably with the other staff members. The role will include but not be limited to: Design of geotechnical structures in the temporary and permanent case Design of civil and structural schemes and / or providing input into schemes designed by other disciplines Review and checks of other schemes prepared by others Carrying out inspections and surveys of geotechnical structures and preparing reports Undertaking feasibility / option studies Working with cognisance to project programmes Providing guidance and training to more junior staff members where applicable To be considered for this design role we require the following experience, qualifications, skills, knowledge and attributes; Relevant Engineering degree Previous experience Full UK driving licence and own transport would be useful but not imperative Eligible to live and work in the UK and high standard of written English Salary Remuneration will be commensurate with background and experience in line with the current industry rates. The package includes pension scheme, Health Insurance, 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays and cycle to work scheme.

Key Responsibilities: Develop and implement programme plans, including budget management and reporting Lead internal delivery teams and manage project execution from concept to completion Manage key relationships with stakeholders and delivery partners Provide senior-level oversight and input to project boards and governance structures Ensure accurate reporting on risk, progress, and financial performance Support continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across programmes Job Requirements: Experience in geotechnical project management or environmental consultancy Strong leadership and team management abilities Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills Proficiency in planning and managing multi-million-pound budgets Understanding of project governance principles and best practices Effective decision-making and problem-solving skills Relevant qualifications in environmental science, engineering, or a related field Chartered membership of an appropriate professional body (desirable)