Alice Condon
Principal Geotechnical Engineer
*Great company with excellent career progression opportunities and benefits *
Principal Geotechnical Engineer with 8-10+ years’ experience needed to join a highly respected, award-winning, Irish owned consultancy in South Dublin with an impressive client profile including main contractors, consultants, government agencies and private clients.
This role will involve working on large scale projects and comes with excellent career progression opportunities. The successful Principal Geotechnical Engineer will be delivering complex geotechnical design solutions and contribute to the execution of geotechnical site visits and the review of ground investigation investigations.
Duties:
- The successful Geotechnical Engineer will work within a supportive office and shall work on varied projects such as rail, highways, structures & water.
- As Geotechnical Engineer you will be involved in delivery of geotechnical design packages incl. earthworks, slope stability, shallow and deep foundations and retaining walls.
- Planning and procurement of ground investigation contracts for major infrastructure and commercial development projects
- Designing earthworks and foundations to Eurocode 7.
- Preparing earthworks designs to Eurocode 7, including production of earthworks specifications and design drawings.
- Pavement foundation design in accordance with TII / UK DMRB.
- Design of ground improvement techniques for soft ground, including surcharge, vertical drains, piled embankments, and lime/concrete subgrade stabilisation.
- Attendance at client meetings; Preparation of proposals and contract tenders; Management and delivery of design documents, drawings and reports.
Requirements:
- Honours Degree in Geotechnical, Civil or Structural Engineering.
- The successful Geotechnical Engineer should have 8+ years post graduate Geotechnical design experience within an engineering consultancy.
- Advanced experience in leading project interpretation, analysis, design, specification, and reporting as Project Manager across a diverse range of Geotechnical Category projects.
- Experience in the design and development of ground engineering processes, systems, services and products
- Fully experienced in design to Eurocode 7.
- Experience working in Irish/UK glacial till soils desirable, but not essential.
- Experience in general numerical software such as GeoStudio, Holebase/Openground, Wallap etc.
Salary & Benefits:
- €70k – €85k+ – DOE
- Pension – 2.5% – 5% depending on tenure.
- Bonus
- Paid Overtime at the standard hourly rate.
- CPD training & upskilling
- Flexible working hours
- €1k taxsaver ticket for public transport
If you are a Geotechnical Engineer looking for your next career move, please contact Alice Condon. We will not send your cv to any client without your permission. We also have many other roles for Civil and Structural Engineers across Ireland. 17370