SLR has an exciting opportunity for a Chartered Geotechnical Engineer to work with its growing Transport Engineering team in the UK. SLR’s engineering team boasts a wealth of expertise within diverse sectors including the built environment, infrastructure, power, mining and waste sectors.
The successful applicant will join at Technical Director level and actively lead on geotechnical design execution, management and delivery on a range of projects for new and existing Clients, principally within the Built Environment and Infrastructure Sectors. They will also be expected to support the business development activities of the wider engineering team.
This position provides an exciting opportunity to join a diverse and experienced team of geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists in a leading multi-national engineering and environmental consultancy and to take an active role in the future growth and development of our business in the traditional highway engineering sector as well as the ever-growing active travel market. The appointee would ideally be based at one of our existing offices in Manchester, London, Bristol or Nottingham.
About us
SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 2400+ staff across 6 regions – including over 850 staff across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.
About your role
The successful candidate will work independently and within existing teams to lead and deliver geotechnical design inputs for a wide range of highway and infrastructure projects, as well as supporting the development of new and existing business.
You will act as a project manager, write proposals and manage clients, as well as the interface with Clients and/or Overseeing Authorities. You will provide workload to others within the team and in related technical disciplines and will also be expected to mentor and coach other engineers and engineering geologists, including technical review of engineering reports, drawings and advice issued to Clients.
The successful candidate will ensure compliance with recognised engineering standards, technical guidance and associated legislation and will be expected to keep abreast of geotechnical innovation and any related policy or regulatory change impacting the highway and infrastructure sectors, both nationally within the UK and internationally.
As a senior member of SLR’s engineering team, you will have input into the strategic direction, planning and development of the team, creating new opportunities and prospects, enhancing and broadening team capacity and capability, recruiting new staff, identifying target markets and developing future strategies.
The successful candidate will work with other SLR colleagues across a range of disciplines including Civil Engineering, Transport Engineering and Planning, Land Quality, Geology, Hydrogeology, as well as some of our specialist environmental services teams (e.g. Air Quality, Noise and Climate).
About you
If you are interested in this opportunity we would love to hear from you. In order to succeed we'd envisage that you would be an established geotechnical professional ideally holding chartered status and with expertise within the Highways and Infrastructure sectors; and would be able to demonstrate:
- Relevant first degree and post graduate qualification (Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Geology or similar);
- Chartered Member of a relevant professional institution with at least ten-years post chartership experience in earthworks design for highway / infrastructure projects and geotechnical design of bridge and earth retaining structures (sufficient to fulfil requirements for Designers Geotechnical Advisor under DMRB CD 622);
- Excellent geotechnical and analytical design skill
- Past experience of reporting to DMRB CD 622 and liaising with Overseeing Organisations, acting as the Designer’s Geotechnical Advisor (incl. National Highways, Transport Scotland and Local Authorities)
- Proven business development capabilities, with an established track record in building and maintaining good working relationships with Clients and in winning consultancy work;
- Proven leadership skills, with past experience in mentoring and leading a team of specialist professional engineering staff in a project or consultancy environment and achieving or exceeding financial, project performance and health and safety goals.
To apply
If you are interested in this opportunity we'd love to hear from you, so click apply or you can submit your application at: www.slrconsulting.com/careers.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
SLR Consulting is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be. We embrace diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within and outside our organisation. We respect and celebrate difference to ensure SLR is a place where everyone feels included, is encouraged to be their authentic self and has opportunities to grow.
Across Europe, our DE&I agenda is driven forward through our DE&I Committee, which actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across both our internal processes and our client work. Globally, our Global Culture & Diversity Council brings together representatives from across our regions to share ideas and best practice that can be incorporated into our global policies, enabling greater transparency and supporting the development of an inclusive culture, inclusive approaches to policies and practices, and to personal behaviours.
We welcome applications from everybody, regardless of their background, and particularly invite those from groups who are currently under-represented in our business to apply, such as women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled people.