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Are you looking for an exciting, interesting job role which can turn into a successful career helping shape the world we live in? If you’re ambitious, innovative, and practically-minded? We may be able to help

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting services with experts across a wide variety of disciplines from project managers, engineers, surveyors and town planners to environmental specialists, asset management professionals and more. Our people are at the heart of everything we do! They help our clients succeed, our business prosper and the communities we work in thrive.

We need the very best people to maintain our position as a market leader. This includes those taking their first steps onto the career ladder – after all you are the future of our industry and if you’ve got ideas and ambition we want to hear from you!

If you join Tetra Tech as a graduate not only will you get to work on exciting, ground-breaking projects from day 1, you will also be given support to grow in your chosen discipline as well as training to develop the core skills needed to succeed in the corporate world. This is all part of our early careers programme – as is the chance to connect with others also starting out in their career, access to mentoring, Chartership support & bonuses and more.

Job description

We have an opportunity for a Graduate Geothermal Engineer to join our successful groundwater and geothermal business which forms part of our wider geo-environmental and mining business unit. Our team consists of c. 120 groundwater, geothermal, land quality, mining and ground investigation professionals.

We operate across the UK & Ireland and manage several high-profile groundwater and geothermal frameworks and contracts including the GeoEnergy NI Project, Northern Irish Private Water Supply Framework, Northern Ireland Water – Groundwater Supply Consultancy Framework, Mobuoy Remediation Contract, and the Environment Agency - National Borehole Decommissioning Project in England.

Due to our recent success in securing several long-term groundwater resources, contaminant hydrogeology and geothermal contracts we have a unique opportunity for an ambitious graduate geothermal engineer to join us and support several Key Client Accounts. The successful candidate will be joining us at an exciting time in our growth and development as a business and will have the opportunity to gain experience across a range of groundwater and geothermal projects.

What you'll be doing

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have a genuine interest in the field of groundwater and geothermal and ideally have some work experience. The role will involve:

  • Assisting with the design, procurement, supervision and management of groundwater and geothermal investigations.
  • Undertaking desk top study studies, feasibilities and assessments.
  • Undertaking sub-surface surveys, monitoring, testing and assessment works.
  • Accurate collection and analysis of site data to support modelling and assessments works.
  • Assist our Principal Geothermal Engineer with geothermal (including ground source heating and cooling) system design and modelling
  • Production of detailed reports factual progressing to interpretative

Qualifications & skills required

  • You will have a first degree in geology, engineering geology, environmental science or related subject.
  • You will have a higher degree (Master’s or PhD) in geothermal energy, green energy or hydrogeology;
  • The enthusiasm and determination to learn and progress within the fields of groundwater and geothermal.
  • You will be familiar with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to create, manage and analyse information.
  • Strong analytical, written, communication and presentation skills.
  • Preferable to have relevant work experience e.g. a work placement;
  • Excellent teamwork skills.
  • a full clean driving license.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in groundwater and geothermal energy to support the feasibility, investigation, testing, procurement and implementation of new water supply and geothermal energy systems.

The candidate will be based out of one of our UK or Irish offices and will have the opportunity to work on hydrogeological and geothermal projects in Great Britain and Ireland, as well as internationally.

You will need to have a flexible approach to time management and be willing to travel from you home for short periods.

How we work

Making everybody feel welcome at Tetra Tech is important to us – because everybody is welcome! We are working hard to be a business where people can not only be themselves but can celebrate who they are and what they bring to our organisation.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or any other individual need, we'd be happy to talk to you about making reasonable adjustments to our application and selection process that will enable you to be your best.

We are one of the only consultancies to have adopted a fully flexible working arrangement where employees have the choice of how, when and where they work caveated only by the requirement to fulfil our clients’ requirements.

The focus on our people doesn’t end there though, with mental health first aiders, wellbeing & fitness challenges, diversity & inclusion interest groups and lunch and learns sessions from guest speakers as well as a comprehensive flexible benefits selection and a day off for your birthday we want all our employees to be proud to work for Tetra Tech.