Job title: Geotechnical Group Engineer

Salary: PO4 *GBP*44,711- *GBP*47,754 

Hours: 37 hours

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merrion House, Leeds

As the Geotechnical Group Engineer you will be joining a busy team liaising with various stakeholders to provide a high quality geotechnical engineering consultancy service supporting a variety of developments across the City of Leeds

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About you

As a Geotechnical Group Engineer you will be a highly motivated and organised individual managing a team of Senior Geotechnical Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers and Technical Support engaged in delivering a high quality service in ground and mining investigations, earthworks control and geotechnical design. You will also manage a number of schemes liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure cost effective and efficient progression of all schemes within your team. As a Section Geotechnical Group Engineer you will bring to the role:

• Able to write detailed professional reports relevant to the role.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to interpret corporate visions and values and put into practice through agreed policies and strategies.
• Ability to drive through change programmes, improve service quality and develop a culture that drives up standards and performance.
• Ability to manage and monitor performance effectively, to set clear objectives for the review of individual and service performance.
• Ability to make an effective contribution to internal and external meetings.
• Ability to take forward initiatives and policies from development to implementation.
• Ability to develop and contribute to partnerships involving various stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Ability to work effectively with others to deliver cross discipline projects.

About the role

The role is in the Geotechnical Section of the Section 38 Team within the Highways and Transportation service area, and you will be joining a supportive and welcoming team that delivers high quality engineering advice to developers, external agencies and internal teams on highways adoption and geotechnical related matters.

• As our next Geotehnical Group Engineer youâ€􀀙🿿μ be working with the team to ensure the delivery of schemes is managed in a cost effective and efficient manner. Providing positive leadership to ensure your team is empowered to deliver a high quality service. You will also lead change programmes, help to improve service quality and support a culture that drives up standards and performance, providing solutions to achieving diversion an inclusion in all aspects of service delivery and community engagement.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

 

Please complete the online application form.

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If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Trevor Bowyer, Operations Manager on 0113 3368859 or email trevor.bowyer@leeds.gov.uk

 

Interview dates to be confirmed.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.  

 

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. 

  

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least *GBP*38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying. 

Job Description

Job Purpose

• To provide geotechnical expertise as a team leader engaged in ground and mining investigations, earthworks control and geotechnical design.
• To analyse and interpret data and to draft technical reports and correspondence.

Principal Responsibilities

• Author geotechnical and geo environmental interpretative reports, including all necessary calculations.
• Review technical reports submitted to the Department for adequacy.
• Design ground investigations
• Draw up work programmes and allocate work to staff and sub-contractors.
• Prepare estimates and monitor performance to budget. Complete work and reports to programme.
• Provide clients with verbal advice in respect of current and future project status, including interim technical opinion and advice.
• Liaise with clients, landowners, and any other interested parties with regard to implementation of site investigation works.
• Maintain a familiarity with appropriate specifications, codes of practice and manuals, including those related to contaminated land.
• Support the development of staff within the team following the current staff development procedures, including staff appraisals as required.
• Work within the relevant Statutory and Departmental Safety Policies taking responsibility for your own safety and that of others.

Specific Responsibilities

• To manage a defined activity or a small range of the Department's activities to ensure delivery of best value services to customers, to meet the objectives of the Council's Strategic and Business Plans and comply with Government Standards.
• To motivate, develop and coach within your area of the directorate to achieve the Leeds Strategic Plan and Highways and Transportation Service Plan.
• Promote and deliver positive solutions to achieving diversity and equality in all aspects of service delivery, community engagement events, focussing on equality of outcome.
• Actively support continuous improvement initiatives through contributing to cross Council projects and supporting Service Management Team.
• To develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers and other stakeholders to achieve corporate objectives and to maintain a position of service provider of first choice.

Qualifications

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (or equivalent), graduate in an appropriate discipline. Chartered member of an appropriate discipline or, exceptionally qualified by specialist expertise.

Essential requirements It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements. 

• Able to write detailed professional reports relevant to the role.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to interpret corporate visions and values and put into practice through agreed policies and strategies.
• Ability to drive through change programmes, improve service quality and develop a culture that drives up standards and performance.
• Ability to manage and monitor performance effectively, to set clear objectives for the review of individual and service performance.
• Ability to make an effective contribution to internal and external meetings.
• Ability to take forward initiatives and policies from development to implementation.
• Ability to develop and contribute to partnerships involving various stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Ability to work effectively with others to deliver cross discipline projects.
• Appropriate experience at a senior level in an organisation managing staff engaged in a variety of geotechnical areas.
• Supervising geotechnical site work and sub-contractors.
• Experience of geotechnical interpretative reporting.
• Experience of contaminated land appraisals 

Essential Behavioural & other Characteristics 

• Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
• Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon.
• Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
• Carry out all duties having regard to an employeeâ€􀀙𯿿 responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
• Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
• Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
• Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
• Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
• Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
• The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters. 

Desirable requirements It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post.  Candidates are not required to meet all the desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between candidates. 

• Ability to interpret corporate visions and values and put into practice through agreed policies and strategies.
• Ability to resolve conflict.
• Understanding of local government and experience of achieving results in a politically sensitive context.
• An understanding of service delivery issues.
• Understanding of and commitment to sustainability in service delivery.

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