Engineering Geologist/ Ingeniørgeologisk

At Atkins, we help move the world forward, one step at a time. We turn the future of transport into a reality and our teams work on the biggest and most challenging projects around the world that will last for hundreds of years.

ATKINS is one of the largest Engineering Company in the world and designing tunnels and geotechnical structures in 50+ countries. The selected candidate, reporting to the Section Leader, will be part of the Geology Section of ATKINS Norge, member of a team of experts for rock tunnels and engineering and to deal with the largest topic in our Norwegian multidisciplinary, challenging and multibillionaire projects. He/She will operate in Norway, both at our Headquarter and at site or on the field, but will also be part of Worldwide Atkins Community for Tunneling.

Responsibilities

The tasks for the role of the Engineer for its discipline is to:

• Carry out technical work in its discipline area:
• apply and pursuit the Atkins Technical Assurance Goals;
• follow Atkins Design Principles (“Safe by Design” as first);
• prioritize identification and active management of safety aspects;
• identify and address risks and issues;
• maximize the use of the Digital Infrastructure in Norway within our global organization;
• produce models, reports and drawings
• Develop technical capability:
• learn and develop from daily work projects.
• Interact with the scientific working groups (Communities) to develop the Atkins’ capability. 
• seek technical direction and guidance from other teams’ members;
• Contribute to creating a recognized technical community in Norway
• Manage technical risk:
• Adopt Atkins systematic Risk Management processes;
• Undergo cross-discipline reviews;
• Take part in technical risk assessments, technical risk reviews, project technical audits, etc.

Skills and knowledge:

• Subdisciplines and Topics: Engineering Geology, Rock Engineering, Rock Support, Blasting, Grouting Rock Tunneling, Geology, Rock Characterization, Geological Survey
• Software (specialistic); Plaxis, Flac2D, 3D, Gemini, Vianova (spec modules), RocMas
• Software (general): NAVISWORKS, SOLIBRI, Vianova
• Standards: Banenor, Statensvegvesen og Statsbygg