Principal Geotechnical Engineer - Exeter

WSP
United Kingdom
Full timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Leadership","Risk management","Mentorship"]

Serve as a technical lead on complex geotechnical and multidisciplinary projects in Exeter, delivering ground models, assessments, and design solutions across foundations, retaining structures, earthworks, and slopes. Manage project delivery across programme, commercial performance, quality, and risk, direct ground investigations, and provide technical oversight through construction. Lead client relationships, support bids and business development, and coach engineers and engineering geologists to grow technical excellence and succession planning.

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Principal Geotechnical Engineer - Exeter

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Job Summary

Serve as a technical lead on complex geotechnical and multidisciplinary projects in Exeter, delivering ground models, assessments, and design solutions across foundations, retaining structures, earthworks, and slopes. Manage project delivery across programme, commercial performance, quality, and risk, direct ground investigations, and provide technical oversight through construction. Lead client relationships, support bids and business development, and coach engineers and engineering geologists to grow technical excellence and succession planning.
Location: United Kingdom
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as a technical lead on complex geotechnical and multidisciplinary projects, providing specialist advice and oversight throughout project lifecycles.
  • •Lead development of ground models, geotechnical assessments, design solutions, and technical deliverables across a portfolio of projects.
  • •Undertake and review advanced geotechnical analysis and design for foundations, retaining structures, earthworks, slopes, and related assets.
  • •Manage project delivery responsibilities including programme, commercial performance, quality assurance, and risk management.
  • •Direct planning, procurement, and management of ground investigations; lead client relationships and support bidding and tender submissions. Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineers and engineering geologists.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Gym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •A strong technical background in geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, and ground risk management with experience delivering complex projects.
  • •Significant experience in geotechnical design, analysis, and interpretation across sectors and ground conditions.
  • •Proven ability to lead technical delivery, manage project risks, and provide quality assurance for geotechnical outputs.
  • •Strong commercial awareness with experience of project management, fee control, and successful project delivery.
  • •Chartered status with a relevant professional institution (ICE, Geological Society or equivalent), or demonstrable progress towards chartership.
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementLeadershipRisk managementMentorship

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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