Aventa
Geotechnical Engineer
Client Office
London, United Kingdom (5 days / week)
Freelance or Permanent
As soon as possible
Based on experience
Published 24 days ago
Working location: UK (London). The candidate should as default work from our office at least 2 days a week, but this can be negotiated depending on the candidate.
Desired start date: 13-04-2026
Workload: 0.75 FTE
Contract period: fixed with option for prolonging
The work will be performed under Orsted quality assurance procedures and on Orsted's digital platforms.
Key competencies:
Have proven experience in offshore site characterisation and analyses of in situ data and laboratory test results
Have proven experience with processing and validating geotechnical data, including AGS data handling and with writing Geotechnical Interpretation Reports (GIRs)
Have knowledge of the geotechnical input required for foundation and cable design, installation constraints and understanding of the interfaces with different engineering teams
Have a high degree of personal responsibility and accountability and capable of working with different tasks in parallel
Have strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills and enjoy working closely with colleagues and project teams.
Must be able to speak and write English fluently
Must be results oriented
Additional competencies:
Have in-depth experience with planning and scoping of offshore geotechnical site investigations, including deep shallow and nearshore site investigation techniques
Key Tasks
Integrated ground model development working closely with Ørsteds Geophysical Site Characterisation Department
Geotechnical Parameter Interpretation using in situ and laboratory test data to create profiles to support foundation and cable design and installation
Use Ørsted in-house software, Python and/or Excel to perform analyses and present results
Prepare and QA geotechnical interpretive report and other deliverables to stakeholders
Additional Tasks
Prepare geotechnical site investigation scopes to support foundation and subsea cable design and installation
Advanced geotechnical parameter interpretation e.g. development of cyclic contours