Senior Engineer - Geotechnical

Responsibilities

• Support the Middle East Ground Engineering Team in the delivery of Maritime Geotechnical consultancy projects to private and public sector clients;
• From a project management perspective, the candidate will have a management and delivery role in the provision of guidance and assistance to internal and external clients, regarding Maritime geotechnical related issues.
• Manage and produce technical reports and Maritime geotechnical design calculations to support the client and project team throughout the different project stages.
• Manage and design of geotechnical site investigations including recommendations for best intrusive techniques to be employed and specification of in-situ and laboratory testing.
• Lead in the procurement of site investigation contractors.
• Undertake scheduling of geotechnical and chemical testing and interpretation of the test results.
• Supervision of ground investigation site activities.
• Conduct and lead the interpretation of geotechnical ground models and design parameters for their use in the maritime geotechnical design.
• Review of factual and interpretative geotechnical reports produced by others.
• Lead production of geotechnical factual and interpretative reports including the interpretation of geotechnical data for maritime projects.
• Lead provision of maritime geotechnical engineering recommendations related to appropriate foundation systems and ground improvement techniques for maritime structures.
• Manage and produce technical specifications for Enabling, Shoring, Excavation, Ground improvement and Piling works.
• Review of tender returns and tender evaluations for enabling, shoring and piling works.
• Perform axial and lateral pile capacity assessments and bearing capacity calculations.
• Undertake slope stability assessments and settlement analysis.
• Perform liquefaction assessment and design.
• Review and approve the design and assessment of foundations, substructure, and retaining/shoring walls.
• Lead in the delivery and management of geotechnical analysis including deep and shallow foundation design, slope stability calculations, liquefaction assessments, embedded retaining and shoring walls and quay walls; pile design, ground movement assessments, evaluation of soil springs for use within structural design models and soil structure interaction using recognised international geotechnical software and preferably finite element software.
• Good knowledge of all the relevant Eurocodes and British standards applicable to maritime structures.
• Knowledge of construction techniques and buildability of maritime structures.
• Provide support to the preparation of technical and commercial proposals for standalone Marine Ground Engineering opportunities and contributing to multi-disciplinary bids;
• Ensure WSP Quality Management System (QMS) and Project Lifecycle compliance on all projects;
• Ensure that Health & Safety is embedded into all work practices in line with company policies;
• Actively develop expertise and stay abreast of developments in relevant technical field;
• Identify improvements (where possible) to enhance WSP ME service to clients;
• Cross functioning among other disciplines as and when required;