Our client is a successful multi-disciplinary consultancy with 13 offices throughout the UK and employing approximately 500 staff. At the heart of the business lies a group of outstanding people who, working together with clients, deliver solutions to challenging problems in Mining & Minerals, Infrastructure & Energy, and Property & Development.

The Opportunity:

Our clients Ground Engineering team is seeking a Junior Geotechnical Engineer/Engineering Geologist to start immediately, with a minimum of 6 to 12 months’ experience, to work out of their Cardiff office.

In this role you will:

• Undertake Phase 1 Desk Studies with a focus on geotechnical, geological and mining aspects
• Supervise ground investigation works including managing rigs, site activities and logging of soils and rock (in accordance with current UK standards)
• Assist with preparation of health & safety documentation before and during site works
• Assist with the specification and supervision of in-situ testing and sampling in accordance with UK specifications and current technical standards
• Liaise with clients, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors throughout the site work phase
• Assist in the preparation of contract documentation and administration of contracts
• Process and managing site data using spreadsheets and inhouse programmes
• Support with geotechnical data assessment and analysis
• Assist with the development of factual and interpretive conceptual ground models, ground investigation reports and geotechnical design reports

About you:

As the successful candidate you will:

• Have a BSc in Geology, Engineering Geology, Earth Sciences, Geotechnical Engineering, or similar, an MSc would be advantageous
• Be a Fellow/Associate Member of a professional body and working towards Chartership
• Have a willingness and ability to travel regularly to site locations across the UK
• Have a full UK driving licence

They offer:

• Hybrid home/office working arrangement
• Membership of the Firm’s Group Personal Pension Plan, with Employer’s contribution of up to 5%
• Payment of a relevant professional subscription
• 24 days annual leave per year
• Membership to the Firm’s Private Health Care Scheme
• Inclusion in the Firm’s Critical Illness Cover Policy
• Inclusion in the Firm’s Life Assurance Policy, insuring you 3 times your annual salary
• Mobile Phone with inclusive tariff including personal usage
• Flexi-Time Working Schedule
• Long service awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Travel Loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment Bounty Scheme