Principal Engineering Geologist

7 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full time

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.

**Job Description**:
As an Engineering Geologist, your focus will be on the delivery of projects and tasks, ensuring technical quality and adherence to budget and programme deliverables.

You will act as technical advisor, providing technical input, advice and guidance to our motivated team and our emerging engineers.

You will work directly with clients, expanding your business development and networking skills.

Day to day you will be involved in;
- Leading the input to projects from desk study/feasibility through ground investigation and interpretation to final design, ensuring technical quality and adherence to budget and programme
- Making recommendations on work methods and procedures and technical innovations by devising practical and economical solutions to problems in own discipline
- Preparing, checking and reviewing a wide range of technical documents
- Preparation of fee proposals for external and internal clients
- Providing technical advisory advice and guidance to team
- Providing input to the development of engineering budgets and schedules to meet requirements
- Collaborating with a number of internal and external clients and will be involved in key stakeholder engagement processes, contributing to the growth of our business

**Qualifications**:
**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:
We are looking for an ambitious team player who can demonstrate;
- Seasoned technical and commercial skills
- A wide range of experience, knowledge, and skills in engineering geology.
- A strong working knowledge of New Zealand ground conditions, ground investigation practice and standards
- A rigorous adherence to quality assurance.
- Strong problem solving and inter-personal skills, working closely and collaboratively with colleagues and clients in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to write clear and concise technical reports and documents
- Accomplished in job mentoring and / or line management of junior team members

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- BSc/MSc in Engineering Geology, Master of Engineering Geology ( or equicalent) or Earth Science
- Chartered Geologist status is preferable

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.



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