Project Engineer

Principle Geotechnical Engineer Team Leader

Location – Coventry

Salary £55,000 – £65,000/annum   Dependant on experience

An exciting opportunity for a Principal Engineer Team Lead to lead and manage the engineering team for a leading Ground investigation contractor.

This role demands demonstrable technical, managerial and sales skills to nurture and lead a team of Engineers and Principal Engineers to win work and deliver high standards.

Role 

• Reporting to and liaising with the Managing Director
• Aid with the mentoring, coaching, technical training and development of more junior staff
• Aid with the monitoring and appraisal of the performance of personnel.
• Identify technical developments, training and research
• Leading by example to achieve goals and championing quality.
• Preparing and checking technical reports such as Desk Study Reports, GIRs and Interpretive Reports.
• Participating in the resolution of project technical issues.
• Collaborating with other engineers to ensure the integrity of the delivery.
• Enhancing team’s reputation by delivering high quality work on time and budget.
• Commercial input to projects (contract, invoicing, debt management, client management etc) relating to projects for which you have responsibility.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients on projects.
• Preparing and checking drawings, specifications, reports and other project deliverables as required in line with company and client requirements as well as national standards and codes of practice.
• Ensure that the Company’s policies are implemented successfully
• Comply with the Company SHEQ, ISO14001, ISO9001 and ISO45001 quality systems and promote a culture of awareness within the team.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your line manager.

What The Client Is Looking For: 

• Someone with drive, ambition and a real passion for all things geotechnical.
• The ideal person will be diligent, have a sense of urgency, be tenacious with a strength of purpose and above all have integrity.
• They will be able to quickly build relationships with all staff. Effectively communicate business requirements and plans in collaboration with the Managing Director.
• The client is fortunate to work across many sectors so it’s true to say that you will be exposed to a whole myriad of different project types, sizes, levels of complexity and environments.
• Well-rounded ground investigation/geotechnical design experience gained from working in either a consultancy or contracting background.
• Proven experience acting in a senior / principal engineer role with experience managing teams of people.
• Post-graduate experience in most aspects of projects, including planning and commercial, together with examples of applying standards and technical knowledge in projects.
• Good motivational, communication and people management skills with an ability to influence staff and clients.
• Experience and understanding of the needs and approaches to ground investigation specialism markets, including relationships with clients, work planning and commercial management.
• Experience managing commercial aspects of projects.
• Excellent report writing skills with the ability to self-check and produce accurate deliverables.
• Team player, self-starter and problem solver with a mature approach and ability to work as part of a larger operations team.
• Flexible to travel for short assignments.
• Familiar with Office 365, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.