Location: Croydon
Salary: £47,000 - 55,000
Hybrid working
We are looking for a highly skilled Principal Geo-environmental Engineer who is based near Croydon to join a successful ground investigation consultancy, with a close-knit team and a wide range of contaminated land projects. No two days are the same in this position! You will have the chance to mentor a team and be part of the technical support for environmental projects across the South East.
This Principal Geo-environmental Engineer position offers:
* Generous salary £47,000 - £55,000 (based on experience)
* Hybrid working
* Good pension scheme
* Support to become chartered
* Annual Bonus
* Flexible benefits
* Career progression
* Team management
* Client relationship building
* Annual Bonuses
Your Principal Geo-environmental Engineer duties will include:
* Technical Leadership & Reporting: Preparing and reviewing complex Phase 1 Desk Studies, Phase 2 intrusive investigation reports, remediation strategy designs, and verification reports.
* Project Management & Delivery: Managing project budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.
* Site Investigation Design: Planning and supervising ground investigations, including soil/rock logging to BS5930, trial pitting, boreholes, and sampling.
* Risk Assessment: Developing conceptual site models and conducting quantitative risk assessments for human health, groundwater, and ground gas.
* Client & Regulator Liaison: Acting as the primary contact for clients, regulators (e.g., Environment Agency, Local Authorities), and stakeholders.
* Remediation & Validation: Designing and supervising ground remediation, material management plans (MMP), and waste classification.
* Mentoring & Business Development: Providing technical guidance to junior staff, preparing fee proposals, and securing new work.
Our ideal Principal geo-environmental Engineer will have extensive contaminated land experience and be chartered. (full support to chartership is available).
If you are based near Croydon, hold a UK driving licence, with the full right to work permanently in the UK and fit the above criteria, please apply now!Interested in this or other geo roles?
Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitment. We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.
Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position
Salary description
£47000.00 - £55000.00 per year