As a Senior Engineer within Story Geotech you will be providing support during all phases of the project lifecycle. You will assist the Principal Project Manager in the management and delivery of site works, and the Principal Engineer in the logging, test scheduling, and reporting phases. To engage with the client at key project stages and agree/confirm scope and methodology to achieve the desired outcomes. Liaise with subcontractors, labs and authorities on behalf of SCL as directed by the Principal Engineer.

Key Responsibilities: 

• The development of professional and technically competent reports and liaison with specialists and clients, making use of efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services.
• Effectively managing and delivering project work with robust project financial management.
• Assisting in the management of team resources and allocation of appropriate project resources.
• Managing, motivating, mentoring and developing professional staff.
• Providing support in all aspects of project delivery including client liaison, contractors and sub consultants, public and statutory body consultation, quality control and management of specialists.
• Site based work supervising ground investigation and construction.

• To participate in profile raising and bidding activities as part of both the Scotland and the wider UK team.

   

Benefits

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.

In addition to a competitive salary, overtime payments, pension (and company car/allowance). We show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.

Our agile working policy allows for a mixture of office and home working, and flexible working arrangements are available so that our people are engaged to give their best.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.

The Ideal Candidate: 

• Qualified to degree level in a geotechnical discipline plus five to seven years relevant experience
• Full UK Driving License
• IOSH Managing Geotechnical Sites
• CSCS Professionally qualified level
• Technical expertise in geotechnical engineering with a demonstrable understanding of the underlying principles.
• Good commercial awareness and relationships with clients & contractors.
• Experience in the delivery of geotechnical projects, including preparing reports to a high technical level.
• An understanding of client requirements and the ability to influence contract specifications.
• Excellent report-writing and client liaison skills.
• Previous experience of undertaking and managing: geotechnical desk studies; designing, procuring & supervising Ground Investigations (GIs); checking
• Ground Investigation Reports.
• Working knowledge of Eurocode 7 and UK annex design codes, ground investigation and construction contracts and specifications.
• Familiarity and an ability to use a wide range of geotechnical software.
• The skills to check and critically evaluate the work done by others, be it drawings or reports, and have a proven track record of doing so.