Geotechnical Engineer

2 weeks ago

Perth, Western Australia GHD Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Description:
  • Opportunity to work across Western Australia and interstate in both short and long term assignments with a focus on developing a broad range of skills.
  • Job management and preparation of proposals for geotechnical investigation, geotechnical design projects and construction support.
  • Project planning and management, including financial management and sub-contractor and Client liaison.
  • Conducting geotechnical site investigations in accordance with AS , including desktop studies, fieldwork data gathering and scheduling of laboratory testing. This will require pre-fieldwork activities, such as safety risk assessments and management, inductions, partner liaison, making land access arrangements and document preparation.
  • Fieldwork will include enabling activities (e.g. buried service locating and traffic management), supervision of subcontractors, data gathering (e.g. surface mapping, geophysics, borehole drilling, test pit excavation, cone penetration testing, auguring and in situ testing), groundwater monitoring well installation, ground sampling, and shipment of samples to a laboratory for testing.
  • Preparing geotechnical site investigation reports, including laboratory testing management, data processing, assessment and interpretation of ground conditions and geotechnical design parameters, developing geotechnical design advice and report writing.
  • Completing geotechnical analyses in relation to slope stability, shallow foundations, piled foundations, retaining walls, settlement assessment and soil structure interaction.
  • Assisting senior engineers with the preparation of geotechnical interpretive reports, specifications, and other engineering reports.
What you will bring to the team:
  • Degree level qualifications in geotechnical, geological or civil engineering. Post graduate qualifications, particularly those in geotechnical engineering and/or engineering geology will be beneficial.
  • A minimum of two years relevant geotechnical engineering experience, preferably in consulting, including site investigation and reporting experience.
  • Open to travel and work on local or remote sites for extended periods of time as required for durations of up to 3 months (rostered work).
  • A current manual WA drivers license (or equivalent).
  • Confident in logging soil and rock in accordance with AS1726, with experience in using proprietary software, such as gINT and OpenGround.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office programs and common geotechnical engineering software, such as Slide, SlopeW, LPILE and numerical modelling software.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and dedication to deliver high quality technical deliverables.
  • A strong personal dedication to Health and Safety and alignment to HSE procedures.
  • Excellent time management skills, able to run several jobs at once and resolve priorities, demonstrating excellent judgement and decisiveness; with a bias for action.


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