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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Geotechnical Engineer - Fugro Middle East B.V - United Arab Emirates

Objective:
1)     Provide service in accordance with client’s request and contract specifications.
2)     Organize projects and implement appropriate techniques.
3)     Establish and maintain long term relationship with clients and business partners.

Responsibilities and Authorities
1)     Held liable for putting the project(s) on track under the supervision of senior staff
2)     Evaluate with the Sr. Engineer (or Lead Engineer) the project’s fitting within his/her experience and capabilities.
3)     Respond to the specific needs of the client and assist Field Geologists/Field Engineers to do so.
4)     Report to the Senior Engineer, the progress and difficulties on the projects in hands in terms of logistics, planning, budget, schedule, communication, etc
5)     Report to the Senior Engineer or Lead Engineer all technical difficulties, queries, reporting, etc.
6)     Report to the Lead Engineer any potential contractual conflict with the client.
7)     Get the approval of the Lead Engineer to all reports.

Health and Safety
1)     Awareness of any specific health and safety measures needed on a project
2)     Liaise all HSE needs with HSE Dept. and keep all involved informed

1)     Coach Field Geologists/Field Engineers collaborating in the department on all logistics and technical matters in coordination with Senior Engineer and Operations Department
2)     Review of tests processing, logging and calculations.
3)     Conduct own reporting
4)     Liaise with clients and maintain good relationship with them and inform the Senior Engineer or Lead Engineer about any high profile meeting on any of the projects.
5)     Stay informed about new technical resources.
6)     Find solutions in coordination with the enior Engineer or Lead Engineer for all problems faced or anticipated during a project.
7)     Control quality of works during a project.
8)     Prepare invoices, bring up chasing payments to the Senior Engineer and keep a good economy of a project.

The successful candidate should have

1)     University degree in Civil Engineering.
2)     At least 3 years’ experience in soil investigation & laboratory testing, derivation of parameters, in depth understanding of soil mechanics, familiar with rock mechanics, basic foundation computations, foundation testing, etc.
3)     Computer literacy to quickly grasp computational Geotechnical packages and excel in-house computational spreadsheets.
4)  Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written).
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