Geoenvironmental Engineer

Role Description

We are seeking a motivated geoenvironmental engineer with 1-5 years' experience of undertaking ground investigations out of our Gateshead office. You'll work within a multidisciplinary environment alongside our civil, structural, and architectural teams, delivering integrated, bespoke design services for national housing developers, contractors, local authorities, and registered social landlords. This is a hands on role involving site work, technical reporting, and project coordination, offering excellent opportunities for career progression and mentorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising ground investigations, including drilling, sampling and in-situ testing.
• Plan, organise and manage site activities while ensuring high standards of quality control and full compliance with H&S requirements.
• Production of desk studies, coal mining risk assessments and interpretive reports.
• Prepare geotechnical and chemical testing schedules.
• Liaise effectively with contractors, project managers, internal teams and clients throughout project lifecycles.

Skills and Experience Essential

• Degree in geology, earth science, environmental science or similar background.
• Practical experience in supervision of ground investigations.
• Competent in logging soils and rocks in accordance with BS5930.
• A good understanding of health and safety management for ground investigation works (e.g. CDM)
• Experience preparing desk studies, coal mining risk assessments and factual elements of ground investigation reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• UK driving license

Desirable (but not essential)

• Experience with preparing interpretive geotechnical and geoenvironmental reports
• Awareness of geotechnical design principals (e.g. soil mechanics, EC7)
• Experience with earthworks including production of earthwork specifications and supervision of earthwork schemes
• Land Contamination Risk Assessment (LCRM)
• CSCS, SMSTS/SSSTS, or first aid qualifications.

Why join us?

At Queensberry Design, you'll join a small, growing and highly experienced Geo team with over 70 years of combined geotechnical and geoenvironmental expertise. We are passionate about career development, hands on mentoring, and providing opportunities to broaden your technical skill set.

What we offer:

• Supportive environment that encourages growth, learning and ambition.
• Dedicated mentoring from experienced geotechnical and geoenvironmental professionals.
• Opportunities to develop geotechnical design, contaminated land assessment, reporting and project management skills.
• Competitive salary and benefits package (negotiable depending on experience).