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Associate Geotechnical Engineer

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.

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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.

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