Geotechnical Engineering Manager / Ground Engineering Director
Role Overview
Leads geotechnical engineering, ground investigation, foundation design, and technical delivery across projects.
Ensures projects meet safety, quality, technical, regulatory, cost, and schedule requirements.
Key Skills for This Role
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Position overview
Leads geotechnical engineering, ground investigation, foundation design, and technical delivery across projects.
Ensures projects meet safety, quality, technical, regulatory, cost, and schedule requirements.
Key responsibilities
- Lead geotechnical engineering, ground investigation, and ground engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage geotechnical engineers, specialists, consultants, contractors, and technical teams.
- Oversee soil investigations, site characterization, geotechnical analysis, and engineering assessments.
- Direct technical reviews of foundation systems, retaining structures, excavation, earthworks, and ground improvement.
- Assess slope stability, settlement, bearing capacity, groundwater conditions, and geotechnical risks.
- Review reports, calculations, specifications, drawings, and technical submissions; develop design solutions for foundations, excavations, retaining systems, slopes, and infrastructure.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams; advise on constructability, value engineering, ground conditions, and risk mitigation.
- Monitor design deliverables, investigations, construction, testing, and quality; resolve technical issues and unexpected site conditions.
- Support tendering, contractor evaluation, project planning, and construction delivery; prepare reports, recommendations, risk assessments, and management updates.
Requirements
- Degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or a related field.
- 10–15+ years of geotechnical, ground engineering, or related technical management experience.
- Strong knowledge of soil mechanics, foundation engineering, site investigation, earthworks, and geotechnical analysis.
- Experience with slope stability, settlement analysis, retaining structures, deep foundations, excavation, and ground improvement.
- Professional Engineer / Chartered Engineer status or relevant accreditation is preferred.
- Proficiency in PLAXIS, GeoStudio, gINT, or equivalent geotechnical analysis and design tools.
- Experience managing engineering teams, consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
- Understanding of HSE, quality management, geotechnical risk, construction methods, and regulatory requirements.
- Relevant project experience in high-rise, infrastructure, industrial, commercial, transportation, or large-scale developments is preferred.
- Strong leadership, technical, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
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