Celnor Group

Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant

Celnor Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bromsgrove • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £40,000 - £45,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Be highly familiar with relevant standards, guidance and legislative background to the geo-environmental and geotechnical industry, helping to spread knowledge to junior staff
  • Implement and maintain health and safety standards across the business
  • Conduct ground investigations involving various techniques, taking on the role of Project Manager for various schemes and delegating work to junior staff
  • Produce project fee proposals and tenders
  • Understand commercial aspects of business and take responsibility for project finances, with potential responsibility for invoicing projects
  • Attend meetings, site visits and site work as required
  • Manage workload and prioritise tasks to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
  • Develop client relationships and be an excellent written and verbal communicator
  • Check and approve the work of junior staff including health and safety documentation, drawings, logs, calculations, factual and interpretive reports
  • Help produce guides, template masters, identify and develop tools to improve quality and efficiency
  • Pass knowledge on and mentor junior staff
  • Write interpretive reports including Phase I/II geo-environmental assessments, qualitative and generic quantitative risk assessments, ground gas assessments, and geotechnical assessments
  • Write bespoke and complex technical assessments
  • Prepare outline and detailed remediation strategies with knowledge of a range of remediation techniques
  • Undertake remediation verification and reporting
  • Manage earthworks and materials/waste management including knowledge of MMPs under the CL:AIRE DoWCoP
  • Apply detailed knowledge of soil mechanics, determining characteristic values and calculation of foundation bearing capacities (shallow and deep foundations) and settlements
  • Liaise and negotiate with regulators
  • Comply with and assist with updating/producing internal policies and procedures within ISO standards

Requirements

  • Approximately 5+ years relevant experience
  • Undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in relevant subject (geology, environmental science, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, physical geography etc.)
  • Full UK driving licence (manual transmission)
  • Excellent IT skills and highly competent with MS Office
  • Excellent problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to adapt, finding quick, innovative and practical solutions
  • A strong and exemplary work ethic, able to work effectively alone or as part of a team
  • Postgraduate degree or Masters in relevant subject (desirable)
  • Chartered Status (desirable)
  • Experience with software packages such as AutoCAD, Holebase, Surfer, Geo5 etc. (desirable)
Benefits
  • Optional every second Friday off work (2FF scheme) - giving an extra circa 26 days off per year on top of paid annual leave
  • 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (3 days reserved over Christmas shutdown, increasing with service and promotions)
  • Twice yearly salary reviews as you become more experienced
  • Company profit share scheme and enhanced 4% employer pension contribution
  • Overnight stay allowance (£30 per night) plus expenses
  • Generous training fund and CPD support with professional fees covered (for two bodies)
  • £2,000 bonus on attaining chartership (one body only)
  • Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing and mental health
  • Laptop/PC, mobile phone, company vehicles, and branded workwear provided
  • Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity/paternity leave, adoption and shared parental leave
  • Cycle to work scheme and recruitment recommendation bonus
  • Potential for occasional home working

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
geo-environmental assessmentsgeotechnical assessmentsremediation strategiessoil mechanicsfoundation bearing capacitiesground investigationsrisk assessmentsearthworks managementmaterials managementhealth and safety documentation
Soft skills
communicationproblem solvingcontingency planningteamworkmentoringwork ethictime managementclient relationship developmentdelegationadaptability
Certifications
Chartered StatusPostgraduate degreeUndergraduate degree