Senior Ground Investigation Engineer

Job ID: 42002Reference: 300015746687768Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom | Bristol, United Kingdom | Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom | Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom | Cambridge, East of England, United Kingdom | Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United KingdomDepartment: Site Assessment & RemediationBusiness Unit: AUK UKWork Type: On-siteDate Posted: 2026-07-06Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.As a senior ground investigation engineer, you will be an integrated member of our UK-wide Site Evaluation and Restoration team, leading from site our large-scale ground investigation projects. Working as part of our Ground Investigation Contracting capability you will support clients across all sectors but with a focus on infrastructure such as rail, energy, highways and waterways by conducting a variety of different tasks including ground investigation management, supervision, programme management and commercial management support to the project manager. A high proportion of the work will be spent on client sites, leading site investigations, implementing and maintaining safe and efficient working practices.We are looking for an established ground investigation practitioner from a contracting background, who is looking for their next step in their career. As a part of our ground investigation capability, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and sectors.In return, you will join an award-winning team and be part of one of the global top 3 consultants within the field. Working across various projects, you will have the opportunity to work alongside international technical experts and continue building on your experience. There is flexibility as to your choice of location within the UK and you can select any of the following offices: Warrington, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff or Glasgow. Work may be across the UKYour Day-to-DaySite management including supply chain co-ordination and procurementField based work undertaken across the UK, including:Site management of ground investigations and associated works, with a strong focus on SHEQ management and documentation.Leadership and co-ordination of site teams, including programme management feeding into project management teamQA/QC of logging of soil and rock to appropriate British Standards and ensuring the quality output of in-situ field mercial reporting to the project manager, providing updated measures and identifying early warnings and input into compensation events in the fieldStakeholder liaisonWork collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall project.Produce project outputs (e.g. documentation, reports) and ensure that they meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with relevant national standards and codes of practice.Develop effective working relationships with the Project Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues.Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry.RequirementsBSc / BEng qualified (or higher) in Geology, Geoscience, Geography or Civil EngineeringExperience of undertaking lead engineer role on large scale ground investigation projects and in supervising engineers and multiple contractorsMinimum of 5 years experience of working in the fieldKnowledge of NEC4 contract management, producing and managing early warnings and CEs, compiling measuresStrong Health and safety and risk management associated with ground investigations, including budgetary and technical considerations. Experience compiling and managing construction phase plan documentation essentialSMSTS preferredStakeholder management and strong communication skills essentialWorking towards professional membership and chartership.Desired - Rail / Highway / Energy sector experienceWhy Arcadis?We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.Together, we can create a lasting legacy.Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & BelongingWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.