Overview:
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.
We invite you to join us. Why?
When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.
Responsibilities:
This critical role will work as part of the Infrastructure team, developing geotechnical design of new and existing civil structures.
We envisage success in this role to include;
KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.
We invite you to join us. Why?
When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.
Our newest opportunity is for a talented Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join us remotely, on a distance working basis.
This critical role will work as part of the Infrastructure team, developing geotechnical design of new and existing civil structures.
We envisage success in this role to include;
- Providing technical design delivery and project management expertise.
- Overseeing geotechnical aspects of work, including slope stabilization, earthworks, shoring works, ground investigations, ground improvement e.t.c
- Demonstrating knowledge in earthworks, enabling works, geotechnical surveys, topographic surveys, geophysical surveys.
- Ensuring compliance with design specifications and project requirements.
- Conducting assessments, and reporting to ensure quality and safety standards are met.
- Coordinating with project teams, contractors, and clients to facilitate smooth project execution.
- Evaluating, selecting and applying standard engineering techniques, procedures and criteria to meet basic engineering and construction specifications.
- Setting-up geotechnical investigation (GI) specifications including drawings and bill of quantities.
- Preparing geotechnical designs of new and existing civil structures, such as, retaining walls, culverts, bridges foundations, shallow foundations, piled foundation, shoring structures, etc., following project’s scope.
- Preparing feasibility studies, geotechnical reports and interpretative geotechnical reports and other geotechnical related deliverables.
- Evaluating field and laboratory tests and providing recommendations on the most suitable method to assess materials.
- Advising appropriate Ground Improvement Methods like RIC, Dynamic Compaction, Stone Column, etc.
- Coordinating and giving technical guidance to CAD Technicians to produce drawings.
- Monitoring the technical quality of the projects to ensure that the projects delivered to Clients are of the highest technical quality and engineering practice standard.
- Coordinating with other disciplines to achieve a fully integrated design.
- Liaising with the Client and Authority representatives to obtain design approvals, as necessary.
- Providing discipline’s input for technical proposals for submission to external parties.
To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with preference in the specialized field of Geotechnics and more than 10 years of experience in a similar position. Having a membership of a professional institution is desirable.
You will have a demonstrated experience in preparing a wide range of geotechnical designs along with the following skills:
- Experience in international projects such as Middle East in an advantage.
- Proficiency in software such as Autodesk AutoCAD and MS Office.
- Experience in Geotechnical software in market to use as tools in Geotechnical Engineering works, such as Plaxis, or similar.
- Good knowledge of relevant design codes such as AASHTO LRFD, British Standard (DMRB), Eurocodes and GCC Standards.
- Experience in BIM and AutoCAD Civil 3D is an advantage.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills in English.
KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.
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