Worker Type: Employee Application End Date: 09-05-2025 Geowynd is part of the Ocean Infinity group offering market leading geoconsulting and laboratory business supporting the offshore energy sector. We are a geosolutions company that deploys smart data analytics to interpret and integrate big data from the seabed and sub-seabed to realise opportunities for offshore energy assets. Our mission is to deliver data-driven advanced geotechnical analysis to our clients to the highest standards and to ensure that ground risks are mitigated and design opportunities are realised. We find innovative reliable solutions for some of the world’s most complex geotechnical problems. We are committed to supporting the global transition towards fossil-fuel free living, enabling people and the planet to thrive. At Geowynd we embrace a culture of innovation and continuously strive for improvement through team collaboration and continued learning. This collaboration is fostered through initiatives such as: internal technical workshops, technical focus days, active engagement with university research, and encouragement to attend technical conferences and training. Our aim is the continual development of engaged, passionate engineers and geo-professionals that solve complex problems that add real value to renewable energy projects. During your career at Geowynd, you’ll have the chance to work on some of the largest offshore renewable energy projects in the world and work within a technical leading team. We employ people who share our core values. We expect our people to be courageous, trustworthy, and conscientious, driven by a desire to do the right thing. We strive for excellence, work collaboratively, and are genuinely excited by our work. We offer opportunities for our people to develop beyond their role and span a multitude of disciplines. These are open to all, regardless of background and experience level. Working with us means being part of a team that is harnessing technology and creativity to disrupt a traditional industry. We are not your average workplace. Geowynd is seeking a Principal Geotechnician. The successful candidate will be a team member at Geowynd and will be focused on providing the highest quality, high value data for interpretation by our clients and engineering teams. The Principal Geotechnician role will be focused on training, supervision and execution of classification and standard testing, but other duties will include calibration of equipment, and leading the accreditation process in the classification laboratory, including engagement with external assessors. What you will do: Demonstrating, supervising, and performing geotechnical laboratory testing, including classification, index strength and total stress shear tests; Providing training to junior personnel for execution and processing of the above test types; Ensuring test programming and tracking software is updated to allow accurate testing progress updates to be provided to clients; Overseeing daily equipment & environmental quality checks throughout the laboratory, informing the Laboratory Manager where anything out of the ordinary or out of specification is found; Demonstrating and supervising equipment calibrations and checks, as planned or otherwise required; Leading accreditation assessments and arranging verification testing; Support training of colleagues, as required by the laboratory management; Ensuring a high level of cleanliness throughout the laboratory facility, and ensuring the equipment is maintained to the highest standard; Complying with Geowynd management system policies, practices, programs, and procedures; Supporting Geowynd’s environmental and social goals. Who you are: A demonstrable experience in the execution and supervision of standard geotechnical laboratory testing across a range of soil types; Experience in the execution and supervision of laboratory equipment calibrations and checks; Experience in delivering training for classification testing; The ability to operate within a team, and at times be comfortable working under your own initiative; An aptitude for mechanical testing; An eye for detail, and the ability to follow written procedures; Good practical experience with office tools: MS Office, Google Drive, Teams, e-mail, among others. Desirable: Experience with internal and external geotechnical laboratory audits; Formal health & safety training. Salary for this position: Up to £60,000 per annum Salary : The salary varies for this position as we are recruiting in multiple regional locations and job grades. The salary process is based on skills, abilities, and experience required. What you can expect: At Geowynd, we believe in creating equal opportunities for all, celebrating each and everyone’s differences. We are driven by transforming the industry, through our technology, thoughts, behaviours and actions. Being inclusive and respectful to all is fundamental to who we are. It is the right thing to do and enables innovation and creativity to thrive. There is more work to be done, and we know that we aren’t perfect, but our commitment to these values is unwavering. They are central to our mission and the impact we have on the industry, meaning, we cannot live without them.