Geo-Environmental Engineer

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Introduction

This is an excellent opportunity to join a Geo-Environmental Consultancy within a highly regarded, long established, specialist Ground Investigation group of companies with offices nationwide.

Important

A strong technical background in the investigation, remediation and validation of contaminated land

The Job

Our client are a specialist environmental and geotechnical consultancy and is looking for an ambitious Geo-Environmental Engineer to join their Consultancy team based in Preston. They are an independent company within a group specialising in site investigation, environmental and geotechnical consultancy on a wide range of projects.

The successful candidate would ideally have:

• B.Sc. / M.Sc. in an Environmental related subject.
• Approximately 2 - 7 years experience in contaminated land investigation in the UK.
• A strong technical background in the investigation, remediation and validation of contaminated land.
• Technical Report writing experience of Phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 stages of investigation.
• Knowledge of generic and site specific risk assessments, CLEA and other risk models, groundwater contamination, P20 assessments, landfill gas risk assessments, remediation techniques, waste soil classification, validation etc.
• Experience and understanding of current UK legislation for contaminated land.
• Some geotechnical knowledge, particularly with regard to foundation assessment, would be ideal.
• Experience of logging soils to BS5930/Eurocode 7.
• Full UK drivers licence.

The main responsibilities of the successful candidate would be:

• Providing geo-environmental expertise and advice to the Group’s area offices on a wide range of projects.
• Producing Technical Reports: Phase 1 Desk Studies, Phase 2 Intrusive Geo-Environmental Reports, Phase 3 Remediation Statements, Phase 4 Validation Reports on a wide range of projects.
• Liaising with and providing geo-environmental consultancy advice to Clients.
• Liaison with Contaminated Land Officers, Environment Agency etc.
• Designing investigation and remediation schemes.
• Peer review of external reports.

Our client is a long established, highly respected company within the industry, looking to expand in size and the services they offer and this position would provide an excellent opportunity for them to progress their career.

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK