Are you a recent graduate with a passion for geotechnical engineering?
Do you thrive in hands-on environments and enjoy solving real-world challenges?
Are you ready to kick-start your career with a company that values development, safety, and doing it right?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Engineer to join Story Geotech. Based out of our Normanton office, you’ll support our Geotech Delivery Teams across a variety of infrastructure projects, gaining valuable experience in site investigations, reporting, and client engagement.
The Role
As a Graduate Engineer, you’ll support the delivery of geotechnical site works, including logging, test scheduling, and reporting. You’ll liaise with clients, subcontractors, and technical staff to ensure investigations are carried out safely, accurately, and efficiently. This is a hands-on role with real responsibility and the opportunity to grow your skills under the guidance of experienced engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out site duties and accurately record activities and outcomes
- Ensure health, safety, and welfare of the Geotech Team on site
- Collaborate with clients on site and during key reporting stages to confirm scope and methodology, ensuring accurate data is captured to support efficient and buildable design solutions.
- Promote Story Contracting’s full range of services
- Log soil and rock in accordance with BS5930:2015
- Compile detailed logs and factual elements of GIRs
- Manage and collate site data using company software
- Support quality control and ensure accurate live records
- Undertake post-site monitoring visits
- Represent Story Geotech professionally on site
- Promote a safety-first culture aligned with our ‘Do It Right’ ethos
Benefits
At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.
In addition to a competitive salary, pension and company car/allowance, we show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.
We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.
The Ideal Candidate
We’re looking for a motivated graduate who is eager to learn and contribute to engineering excellence. The ideal candidate will:
- Be client-focused and committed to delivering excellent service.
- Work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues and clients.
- Take ownership of tasks and strive for continuous improvement.
- Be detail-oriented and proactive in improving systems and processes.
- Hold a degree in Civil Engineering, Geology, or Physical Geography.
- Have a full UK Driving License.
- Hold a CSCS card at professionally qualified level.
- Understand GI techniques, BS standards, and lab testing procedures.
- Be computer literate with strong MS Office skills.
- Communicate effectively at all levels.
- Be mobile, flexible, and committed to site-based work.
- Ideally hold PTS certification and be COSS trained (post 1 year on track and 50 shifts).
Why Story Contracting?
Story Contracting is a privately-owned, award-winning infrastructure company who is financially secure and agile with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients who enjoy working with our talented and committed team. Our track record for delivery on time and to budget, safely and reliably, has meant repeat business from our clients, which is reflected in our motto of ‘Do It Right!’
Our values are at the heart of everything we do - the way we work and the behaviours we display. We believe that this is what makes Story Contracting and our people exceptional.
GROUNDED - Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.
HARDWORKING - We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.
PROUD - We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients and the success we create together.
FAMILY - We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.
TRUSTED - What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.
WINNERS - We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people and our communities.
Find out more about what it’s like to be part of Team Story here. https://www.storycontracting.com/jobs/
Every Story Matters
We are proud to be a place where everyone can be part of the Story!
As part of our pledge to eliminate discrimination and encourage diversity among our Story Team, our ‘Every Story’ policy https://www.storycontracting.com/about-us/our-culture-values/ ensures all employees are a part of a diverse environment and always feel included.
All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in.
Think you’d be a good fit?
Successful applicants will be contacted shortly after the closing date.
Apply today and start your story
