Leeds, Hybrid
Perm anent
Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Freedom (Civil) Design is looking for a professional (Engineering Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer) engineer to join our growing team and work on an array of complex and challenging engineering projects that are helping to deliver the country’s Net Zero targets. Our projects span the complete energy system from generation, transmission, distribution and storage, to load-end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data and recycling.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Manage and interpret ground investigation data.

• Produce geotechnical interpretative investigation reports and design reports, risk assessments and foundation and cabling recommendations.  This will also include contaminated land assessments and interpretation from review of site investigation data.

• Conduct site visits for the supervision of drilling and testing (Investigation Supervisor role).

• Collaborate with civil and structural teams to integrate geotechnical inputs into design.

• Lead geotechnical design packages and ensure compliance with relevant standards including health and safety.

• Review and approve ground investigation scopes and factual reports.

• Review and comply with specification documentation to ensure works are carried out accordingly.

• Liaise with external consultants, laboratories, and contractors for ground investigations.

Provide technical input during construction phases, including earthworks, roads and foundation installation.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an experienced Geotechnical Engineer who can lead on design packages and produce strong geotechnical interpretation:

• Strong background in geotechnical engineering or geology.

• Experience in ground investigation design, specification and supervision.

• Proficiency in geotechnical analysis software (e.g. Plaxis, geostudio, gINT/OpenGround etc).

• Eurocode 7 and BS 5930.

• Understanding soil and rock mechanics, slope stability and foundation design.

Benefits:

We’re always evolving our benefits to ensure we’re attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Car Allowance
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
• Personal development programme