Geotechnical Engineer
Posted Today by SYSTRA
Negotiable
Undetermined
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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Geotechnical Engineer at SYSTRA will play a crucial role in delivering Geotechnical Construction Phase Support (CPS) for the HS2 route, collaborating with designers and contract partners. This position involves various tasks including reviewing inspection and test plans, managing non-conformance reports, and analyzing monitoring data. The engineer will ensure compliance with technical standards while supporting junior staff in producing geotechnical feedback reports. This role is integral to the successful delivery of civil engineering work packages within specified project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and recommend witnessing requirements for contractor testing and inspections.
- Attend site to witness client inspections and testing.
- Maintain and audit site observation reports and construction record reviews.
- Review and respond to site technical queries and manage design changes.
- Provide responses to non-conformance reports and facilitate design team support.
- Analyze and interpret monitoring data and provide technical support as needed.
- Conduct geological inspections and mapping for various structures.
- Contribute to the production of Geotechnical Feedback Reports.
Key Skills:
- Experience in geotechnical engineering and construction phase support.
- Strong understanding of inspection and test plans.
- Ability to analyze and interpret monitoring data.
- Knowledge of technical standards and compliance requirements.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience in managing non-conformance reports.
- Ability to support junior staff in technical reporting.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day. For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.
Context
We are looking for a Geotechnical engineer to be part of a team delivering the Geotechnical Construction Phase Support (CPS) on the HS2 route. The role will require being part of the team delivering the Geotechnical CPS scope within a design area liaising with the technical lead and reporting to the Discipline lead.
Missions/Main Duties
Working In Collaboration With Our Designers And Contract Partners, The Geotechnical Engineer Will Be Involved In a Variety Of Tasks Such As
- Inspection and Test Plans (ITP) – Secondary Assurance/Check
- Reviewing ITPs and identify/recommend DJV witnessing requirements of contractor (Client) testing and inspections for design verification.
- Representing the DJV through attendance on site to witness a sample of client inspections and testing
- Undertaking sample reviews of construction records
- Ensure DJV’s site observation reports and construction record reviews are maintained and auditable.
- Field Change Requests (FCRs)- Technical Support undertaking the review and response to site technical queries.
- Adhere to the internal assurance process associated with design changes.
- Inform client of the need for external assurance process associated with design change.
- Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs)
- Provide response to NCRs (and/or facilitate DJV design team support).
- Inform client of the need for external assurance process associated with proposed solutions to non-conformances.
- Instrumentation and Monitoring (I&M)
- Analyse and interpret monitoring data provided by the Contractor and provide as needed technical support.
- Attend regular I&M meetings with the client and HS2.
- Provide design mitigation in the event of trigger breaches or unexpected data trend during the execution of works.
- Manage the undertaking of earthworks and geotechnical data logging
- Slope geological inspections/mapping in cuts and bulk excavations for retained cuts, retaining walls, portals, and shafts.
- Formation geological inspections for retained cuts, retaining walls, portals, shafts, and bridging structures with shallow foundations (inc. box structures).
- Geotechnical Feedback Report (GFR)
- Contribute to the production Geotechnical Feedback Reports by checking reports and supporting junior members of staff in writing feedback reports.
Profile/Skills
The Geotechnical Engineer will be accountable for the design delivery of allocated civil engineering work packages, ensuring:
- Delivery of all the specified project outcomes on time, within budget and to the client’s specifications
- Project requirements are fully met
- Technically sound design solutions are produced, including all associated reporting and cost estimating, to programme and within budget
- Identifying and delivering solutions
- Compliance with all relevant technical standards