Principal Ground Investigation Consultant

Role description

Based on recent market success and to coincide with expansion in our Ground Investigation capability we are growing our existing team of over 200 in the UK. Working as part of our Ground Investigation Contracting capability, you will deliver for clients including SSE, United Utilities and National Highways across all sectors such as rail, highways, energy and water in a variety of ways, including ground investigation management, client management and business development. As a principal ground investigation engineer, you will be an integrated member of our UK wide Site Evaluation and Restoration team, which includes in house drilling and field data collection capability and a mature supply chain function. You will be responsible for leading projects that involve ground investigation scoping, collecting site and laboratory data, undertaking site and contract management, and technical reporting on a wide range of ground investigation projects, while also developing your client relationship management and work winning experience.

There is flexibility as to your choice of location within the UK; you can select any of the following offices: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Warrington, Birmingham, Bristol, Gloucester or Cardiff.

Role accountabilities

• Support the growth team with identification of and subsequently lead the bidding for opportunities
• Lead the planning and execution of geotechnical ground investigations across the UK
• Supply chain coordination and procurement
• Set a safety culture where protecting our people is the first priority
• Manage the field based work undertaken across the UK, including:
  • Site management of ground investigations and associated works, with a relentless focus on health and safety leadership, management and documentation.
  • Collection of site characterisation data, including soil, rock and groundwater sampling.
  • Logging of soil and rock to appropriate British Standards and undertaking in situ field testing.
  • Scheduling of samples for laboratory analysis.
  • Compilation of factual ground investigation reports.
• Work collaboratively across Arcadis to ensure the integrity of the overall project.
• Oversee the production of project deliverables (documentation, reports, specifications) and ensure they meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with relevant national standards and codes of practice.
• Develop effective working relationships with the business team, the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues.
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client's business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry.
• Be a line manager; set measurable and achievable goals and support the professional development of team members.
• Promote innovation within the team, adopting best practices and digital technologies in project delivery.
• Support the head of Discipline for Ground Investigation with monitoring and reporting on team performance.

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc qualified (or higher) in Geology, Civil Engineering, or associated subjects
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in the ground investigation industry
• A strong and demonstrable safety record including demonstrable leadership in the identification of hazards and risk management associated with ground investigations, including health & safety, budgetary and technical considerations.
• Experience of working on site and supervising contractors such as drillers
• A broad range of skills including people management, communication, business development, contract management and project delivery
• Well developed problem solving and negotiation skills to achieve mutually successful project outcomes
• SMSTS preferable
• Proficient report reviewer/approver - factual ground investigation reporting
• Experience of managing teams and stakeholders
• Desired - professional membership and chartership
• Desired - rail, highway, energy sector experience

Equal Opportunities

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & BelongingWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.