Geotechnical Co-ordinator

Balfour Beatty Vinci has an exciting opportunity for an **Geotechnical Coordinator** Lead to join our team based in Coleshill, Coventry

**What you’ll be doing**

As an **Geotechnical Coordinator** you’ll be working alongside our Design team helping to deliver the biggest civils infrastructure project in the UK.

**Some of the duties you will have include**:

- Demonstrate the BBV behaviours.
- Provide technical expertise to ensure realisation of opportunities and management of geotechnical risks for their respective sub-lot.
- Support technical Assurance checks and reviews of geotechnical work forming part of the permanent and temporary works design, with appropriate challenge for cost efficient solutions.
- Follow the required BBV assurance processes.
- Liaise with the sub-lot Design Management team and the Construction team to coordinate all earthworks/geotechnical tasks
- Possess moderate degree of technical competence and awareness of current sources of external, practical, cost-effective design and support the Sublot Design Manager in providing construction advice in the various specialist areas of ground engineering.
- Provide technical/coordination support in management of ground engineering aspects. Ensuring that key ground engineering factors affecting the project are identified and addressed in a technical, value-engineered, cost-effective and safe manner and appropriate risk management provisions implemented.
- Collaborate relentlessly.
- Ensure a relentless focus on Health, Safety and Welfare.
- Proven track record and experience at Engineer level in consultancy and/or a main contractor or specialist ground engineering contractor
- Awareness of geotechnical risk identification, quantification and mitigation
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- High standard of computer literacy
- Experience and confidence to constructively challenge to optimise design solutions which balance project requirements, risks and constraints
- BBV behaviours, respecting equality and diversity
- People management skills, effective delegation, mentoring, coaching and developing others
- Working knowledge of CDM 2015 Regulations
- Holding a valid CSCS card
- Holding a valid Driving Licence

**Why join us?**

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is responsible for designing and building part of the most exciting and challenging infrastructure project in Europe: HS2. We are building the West Midlands section of HS2's Phase One route, spanning approximately 90km from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

We will be employing thousands of people from the region to design and build the civil infrastructure for HS2 and we are looking for a wide range of skills to join the team and support this unique and ground breaking project.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:We aim to be a leader in equality, diversity and inclusion by creating a safe inclusive working environment for all - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership. We are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging all staff to engage in a diverse range of year round learning opportunities and provide personal development opportunities. Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture.

**About the company**

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long established joint venture between two global leaders in the delivery of critical infrastructure. Working together for over 30 years, we have been successful in delivering a number of significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond.

In 2008, we announced our formal alliance with the aim of delivering modern and innovative solutions to the UK's infrastructure needs.Since then, our collaboration has gone from strength to strength. We've successfully bid and delivered many key projects for Crossrail and Highways England Smart Motorways Programme. Balfour Beatty VINCI is a powerhouse for critical infrastructure.