Senior Geo-environmental Consultant (Site Services) | Energy

Overview

In this role you lead on-site delivery for ground investigation works on a major Northwest linear infrastructure project, while contributing to broader geoenvironmental consultancy from Warrington or Manchester. You will coordinate contractors, manage programmes and quality, and uphold HSSE standards, with a split rotation of on-site and off-site work. The position blends practical site leadership with office-based technical reporting and proposal work. You’ll work in a collaborative, growth‑minded energy and resources team and play a pivotal role in safe, efficient delivery at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• annual leave buy/sell
• private medical insurance
• hybrid/flexible working

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day site management and coordination for ground investigation activities on a major linear infrastructure project.
• Manage contractors and subcontractors, maintain programme and quality oversight, and perform Principal Contractor duties for defined work packages.
• Uphold HSSE standards and maintain accurate site documentation (diaries, progress records, photographs, quality registers).
• Escalate technical, programme, or safety issues as appropriate and coordinate interfaces between work packages.
• Maintain focus on safe, efficient delivery and high-quality standards both on-site and during office-based contributions.
• During off-site periods, contribute to proposals, workplans, data interpretation, and technical reporting for wider ground engineering and energy resources workloads.

Key requirements

• Degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in geoenvironmental consultancy, ground investigation, contaminated land, engineering geology or ground engineering.
• Strong track record in arranging, planning and coordinating siteworks, mobilisation, logistics, contractor interfaces and site documentation.
• Ability to manage contractors and subcontractors, monitor performance against scope, programme, quality and HSSE requirements; undertake Principal Contractor duties for defined work packages.
• Sound understanding of safe systems of work, risk assessments, method statements, permits and incident reporting; maintain thorough site records.

• Clear and confident communication with clients, contractors, landowners and project teams
• Practical judgement and organisational discipline
• Ability to manage multiple contractor interfaces and keep projects on track
• HSSE standards and governance
• Risk assessments, method statements, permits, incident reporting
• Ground investigation coordination and data interpretation

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