About the Role:
In a dynamic work environment filled with opportunities, you can build a fulfilling career as an Assistant Resident Engineer – Geotechnical. This role involves providing day-to-day geotechnical engineering support and supervision for enabling/earthworks and related infrastructure activities, ensuring that all work complies with approved designs, specifications, and testing requirements.
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What You'll Be Doing:
- Assist and deputize for the Resident Engineer as required and support overall site delivery.
- Review geotechnical reports, drawings, specifications, and soil investigation data; verify requirements are implemented on site.
- Monitor and verify geotechnical works including excavation, earthworks, grading, embankments, backfilling, compaction, and soil improvement.
- Assess ground conditions and suitability of in-situ soils and fill materials; identify unsuitable materials, groundwater issues, weak strata, or obstructions and recommend corrective measures.
- Review and provide input to method statements, ITPs, WIRs, RFIs/TQs and investigate geotechnical NCRs to closure.
- Coordinate with QA/QC and approved laboratories; witness and verify testing (e.g., FDT, CBR, Proctor, plate load, soil classification/compaction).
- Coordinate with survey teams to verify excavation/formation levels, slopes, embankments, and final grades.
- Support foundation and utilities trenching works by verifying bearing strata, bedding/backfilling, reinstatement and acceptance prior to next activities.
- Monitor testing frequency/locations and geotechnical performance indicators.
- Maintain accurate site records and prepare reports/updates; participate in inspections and technical/progress meetings and respond to technical comments.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Geotechnical Engineering or Civil Engineering.
- Minimum 10 years relevant experience with significant site-based geotechnical supervision on major infrastructure projects.
- Strong knowledge of soil mechanics, compaction, excavation, foundations, ground improvement and dewatering interfaces.
- Proven experience coordinating geotechnical laboratories and interpreting field/lab results.
- Strong documentation, computer literacy, and communication skills.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience in enabling works and large-scale earthworks programs (bulk earthworks/asphalt interface exposure is an advantage).
- Strong stakeholder coordination capability within a PMC/CS environment.
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
The company equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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