Soil Improvement Engineer (Geotechnical)
Role Overview
The Geotechnical / Soil Improvement Engineer provides technical and engineering support for investigations, soil improvement, ground treatment, foundation-related works, and construction activities.
The role covers planning, design, execution, monitoring, and documentation of geotechnical and soil improvement works.
Work must comply with project specifications, approved methodologies, international standards, and applicable local requirements.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
The Geotechnical / Soil Improvement Engineer provides technical and engineering support for investigations, soil improvement, ground treatment, foundation-related works, and construction activities.
The role covers planning, design, execution, monitoring, and documentation of geotechnical and soil improvement works.
Work must comply with project specifications, approved methodologies, international standards, and applicable local requirements.
Geotechnical Engineering
- Plan, coordinate, and supervise geotechnical investigations, ground improvement, soil stabilization, and related field activities.
- Review soil profiles, laboratory results, groundwater conditions, and site information.
- Provide recommendations for foundations, earthworks, embankments, excavations, and soil improvement requirements.
- Prepare and review calculations, design reports, method statements, specifications, technical submissions, and engineering reports.
Soil Improvement Methods
- Design, review, and monitor dynamic compaction, vibro-compaction, vibro-replacement, stone columns, rigid inclusions, grouting, deep soil mixing, preloading, vertical drains, and soil stabilization.
- Supervise field implementation of soil improvement works for compliance with approved designs, specifications, and project requirements.
- Monitor settlement, bearing capacity, compaction, ground response, groundwater conditions, and other performance parameters.
Testing and Quality
- Coordinate and interpret SPT, CPT/CPTu, plate load, density, permeability, settlement monitoring, and other relevant geotechnical tests.
- Review ground improvement verification and acceptance testing and evaluate results against project criteria.
- Monitor progress, quality, productivity, technical performance, and compliance with project requirements.
- Prepare inspection reports, progress reports, test summaries, technical reports, and project documentation.
Coordination and Risk
- Review contractor proposals, method statements, design submissions, calculations, drawings, specifications, geotechnical reports, BOQs, and contractual requirements.
- Coordinate with project managers, structural and civil engineers, surveyors, laboratories, contractors, consultants, and clients.
- Identify geotechnical risks and investigate technical problems, non-conformities, and unexpected ground conditions.
- Conduct site inspections, provide technical guidance to engineers and site personnel, and support safe working practices.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- More than 10 years of relevant overall professional engineering experience.
- More than 7 years of specific experience in geotechnical engineering, soil improvement, ground improvement, foundation engineering, or related activities.
- Relevant Middle Eastern experience is required, preferably in Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, or Bahrain.
- Strong knowledge of soil mechanics, geotechnical principles, soil investigation, characterization, settlement, bearing capacity, consolidation, compaction, slope stability, and groundwater conditions.
- Familiarity with geotechnical design and analysis software such as PLAXIS and GEO5.
Standards and Technical Scope
- Apply ASTM, BS, EN, ISO, project specifications, and other relevant standards to geotechnical and soil improvement works.
- Provide technical mentoring and guidance to junior engineers and technical staff.
- Support project proposals, technical offers, methodologies, work programmes, and cost estimates where required.
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