Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
Want to be part of it?
You’ll join our in-house Design & Build team, supporting the delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure across Scotland.
Our geotechnical engineers play a vital role in shaping safe, buildable solutions by providing confidence in ground conditions. Working closely with civil, construction and temporary works teams, you’ll help ensure ground risks are properly understood, interpreted and reflected in design and construction decisions.
This is a delivery-led role, where geotechnical input directly influences how projects are planned and built - with responsibility aligned to experience.
Role Summary
This is a hands-on geotechnical engineering role within M Group Water’s in-house Design & Build function. You’ll be involved in projects from early optioneering through to construction, supporting and contributing geotechnical insight that informs design, temporary works and construction methods. Rather than producing reports in isolation, you’ll work alongside delivery teams to interpret ground conditions, reduce risk and improve certainty on site.
As your experience grows, so will your technical ownership and influence over decisions that shape safe and efficient delivery.
Roles are available from Assistant through to Principal level, with responsibilities aligned to experience.
What will you be doing?
- Supporting and contributing geotechnical input from early optioneering through to construction support
- Assisting with the interpretation of site investigation data to inform design, buildability and temporary works
- Contributing to the identification and management of ground-related risks
- Working closely with civil engineers, construction and temporary works teams
- Supporting technical assurance, quality reviews and compliance activities
- Sharing knowledge within the team and, where appropriate, supporting the development of junior engineers
What you’ll bring
- Geotechnical engineering experience within infrastructure or construction environments, appropriate to role level
- Ability to interpret ground conditions and apply findings practically, with support as required
- Confidence to contribute to design and construction discussions, growing influence with experience
- Experience working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams
- A proactive, safety-focused approach and commitment to quality
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice salary sacrifice EV / hybrid car scheme
- Private Healthcare
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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