Senior Design Engineer Geotechnical, Engineering Geologist, Geoenvironmental

Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Engineering Geologist / Geoenvironmental Engineer

Leeds, North East England - HybridPermanentCompetitive + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom (Civil) Design is looking for a professional senior (Engineering Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer & Geoenvironmental Engineer) engineer to join our growing team and work on an array of complex and challenging engineering projects that are helping to deliver the country's Net Zero targets. Our projects span the complete energy system from generation, transmission, distribution and storage, to load-end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data and recycling.

As a Senior Engineer, you will work within a specialist team delivering geotechnical and geoenvironmental design services on projects of varying scale. You will manage the production of calculations, drawings, and technical reports; supervise site works; and apply innovative and sustainable engineering solutions. You will provide integrated ground engineering advice, ensuring that geotechnical design solutions are compatible with land quality constraints, environmental legislation, and construction practicability.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Lead geotechnical and geoenvironmental design packages and ensure compliance with relevant standards and SHEQ requirements.
• Manage, interpret, and report geotechnical, geoenvironmental, and chemical ground investigation data.
• Produce and review interpretative reports, land contamination risk assessments, remediation strategies, and verification plans.
• Provide technical oversight during remediation, earthworks, and foundation construction activities.
• Liaise with regulators, laboratories, contractors, and environmental consultants.
• Identify and mitigate ground and land quality risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support sustainable development through materials reuse, low-carbon solutions, and minimisation of waste disposal.
• Manage project budgets, programmes, and resources for allocated scopes of work.
• Contribute to business development activities, including bid support and technical input.
• Maintain technical excellence and ensure compliance with current industry best practice.
• Conduct site visits for the supervision of drilling and testing (Investigation Supervisor role).
• Collaborate with civil and structural teams to integrate geotechnical inputs into design.

What we're looking for:

As a senior (Engineering Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer) engineer you will be required to have some of the below experience:

• Advise on geohazards, ground improvement techniques, and foundation solutions.
• Familiarity using specialist software (e.g., gINT/OpenGround, HazWaste Online, WAC Analysis).
• Lead geotechnical design packages and ensure compliance with Eurocode 7, BS 5930, and relevant standards.
• Conduct site visits for logging, sampling, and supervision of drilling and in-situ testing.
• Delivery and review of geotechnical analyses including bearing capacity, settlement, slope stability, and ground improvement.
• Preparation and review of ground investigation scopes, factual reports, and interpretative reports.
• Land contamination assessment including PRA, GQRA, and DQRA in line with UK guidance.
• Design and specification of remediation strategies, including earthworks-led remediation and capping solutions.
• Ground gas and vapour risk assessment and design of protection measures.
• Waste classification and development of Materials Management Plans under CL:AIRE DOW CoP.
• Assessment of thermal and electrical resistivity for underground cabling and infrastructure.
• Provision of geotechnical and geoenvironmental support during construction phases.

Benefits:

• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program (including counselling and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax-Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

Next Steps:

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us:

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be