Title:  Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.   

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future 

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight and collaboration.    

The Opportunity 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our Consulting Highways team, based in our Belfast office. 

Our 130 strong Belfast Design Hub delivers a range of local, national and international projects for clients including Department for Infrastructure Roads, Translink, National Highways, Transport Scotland and Network Rail. Our multidisciplinary team encapsulates Highway Engineering, Bridge/Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, River & Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Traffic Engineering/Transport Planning, as well as being the BIM Centre of Excellence for Amey. This unique ecosystem offers our clients a one-stop shop and offers our staff the opportunity to grow and develop in a knowledge-rich environment, with specialists who are eager to assist and mentor their development. 

Recent key projects include: 

• £1bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine (A66 NTP) project 

• £40m Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) 

• £6m Lichfield Southern Bypass Railway Bridge 

• £5m Translink Bridge Refurbishment Package 2 

• £300m M8M73M74 Motorway Improvements Bridges 

• £50m Churchill Flyover PTSI and Deconstruction 

• Lifecycle management for the DBFO2 Network in Northern Ireland (M1, A4 and A1). 

• £30M A565 North Liverpool Key Corridor Dualling 

The Belfast Geotechnical Team 

Our Ground Engineering Team in Belfast has a total of 15 geotechnical practitioners, comprising experienced Geotechnical Engineers and Engineering Geologists, which play a pivotal role on all our major and minor civil/structural engineering schemes. 

Our core geotechnical consultancy services include the following: 

• Desk Studies / Feasibility Assessments  

• Ground Investigations – scoping, planning, procuring, supervising and reporting 

• Design of earthworks, rock slopes, reinforced soil, foundations, retaining structures and ground improvement schemes 

• Technical review and Geotechnical Risk Analysis  

• Geotechnical Asset Management 

In addition, the Belfast Ground Engineering Team provide input into Contract Documents and Health and Safety Documents for Tendering Construction Packages, while offering design support to multi-discipline site teams during construction works on all geotechnical elements. 

The role 

As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer you will provide effective support and assistance to the Principal Engineer and/or Technical Director on a variety of ground engineering schemes whilst taking the lead on projects and mentoring junior engineers and technicians. Responsibilities include: 

• Leading a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions. 

• Taking ownership and leading projects from start to finish, from preparing the quotation all the way to handover. 

• Preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the criteria of quality, cost and programme. 

• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions. 

• Contributing to the professional development of junior staff and acting as a Delegated Engineer. 

• Liaising with Client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, and responding to queries. 

• Managing a small, locally based single discipline technical team and taking responsibility for delivery of their workload. 

• Contributing to the preparation of bids and general work winning function. 

• Drive effective Health and Safety practices within the team. 

What you will bring to us: 

• Have achieved Chartered or Incorporated status as defined by the Engineering Council, Engineers Ireland, Geological Society of London, Institute of Geologists of Ireland or another relevant professional body. 

• Developed experience and expertise within geotechnical field, gained in an Engineer role or equivalent.  

• Obtained a comprehensive knowledge of technical reports procedures, in accordance with CG 300 & CD 622, and design production in accordance with EC7 and NWR Standards. 

• A thorough understanding of rail earthworks asset management procedures, in accordance with CIV/065. 

• Takes ownership for the preparation and checking of deliverables and can check deliverables to a reasonable standard. 

• Very good working knowledge of relevant software and similar analytical tools (e.g Wallap, SlopeW etc). 

• Demonstrates good commercial awareness and understanding of CDM and risk assessment. 

• Substantially experienced in the management and communication of hazards and risks on projects and ensures appropriate risk mitigation and transference has been applied. 

• Demonstrates a good understanding of interface management, and ensures own deliverables align with deliverables produced by other disciplines.