Principal Geo-environmental Engineer

Job Position: Principal Geo-environmental Engineer

Location: Belfast

Salary: 45,000 - 55,000

Hybrid working

We are looking for a skilled Principal Geo-environmental Engineer who is based near Belfast to join a large, Global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, with a highly technical team and a wide range of contaminated land projects.

You will have the chance to mentor a team and be part of the technical support for environmental projects across Northern Ireland.

This Principal Geo-environmental Engineer position offers:

• Generous salary 45,000 - 55,000 (based on experience)
• Hybrid working
• Good pension scheme
• Support to become chartered
• Annual Bonus
• Flexible benefits
• Career progression
• Team management
• Client relationship building
• Annual Bonuses

Your Principal Geo-environmental Engineer duties will include:

• Technical Leadership & Reporting: Preparing and reviewing complex Phase 1 Desk Studies, Phase 2 intrusive investigation reports, remediation strategy designs, and verification reports.
• Project Management & Delivery: Managing project budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Site Investigation Design: Planning and supervising ground investigations, including soil/rock logging to BS5930, trial pitting, boreholes, and sampling.
• Risk Assessment: Developing conceptual site models and conducting quantitative risk assessments for human health, groundwater, and ground gas.
• Client & Regulator Liaison: Acting as the primary contact for clients, regulators (e.g., Environment Agency, Local Authorities), and stakeholders.
• Remediation & Validation: Designing and supervising ground remediation, material management plans (MMP), and waste classification.
• Mentoring & Business Development: Providing technical guidance to junior staff, preparing fee proposals, and securing new work.

Our ideal Principal geo-environmental Engineer will have extensive contaminated land experience and be chartered. (full support to chartership is available).

If you are based near Belfast, hold a UK driving licence, with the full right to work permanently in the UK and fit the above criteria, please apply now!

Interested in this or other geo roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen at Penguin Recruitment. We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.
Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.