Geotechnical Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Geotechnical Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Geotechnical role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Geotechnical job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 72% of Geotechnical job descriptions contained geotechnical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

geotechnical
72%
ground investigation
70%
contaminated land
55%
geology
50%
geo-environmental
46%
geotechnical engineer
27%
risk assessment
24%
site investigation
22%
geoenvironmental
22%
engineer
20%
consultancy
15%
civil engineering
12%
geo environmental
10%
engineering
10%
earth science
10%
environmental
8%
contracts manager
8%
construction
8%
graduate
8%
ground improvement
5%
rock mechanics
5%
slope stability
5%
soil mechanics
5%
geotechnical design
5%
geotechnical design engineer
5%
retaining structure
5%
contracting
5%
design engineer
5%
design technician
5%
draughtsperson
5%
site
5%
engineering geology
3%
environment
3%
ground engineering
3%
civil design
3%
environmental consultant
3%
environmental science
3%
geotechnical engineering
3%
geo-environmental engineer
3%
geotechnical consultant
3%
technician
3%
collection
3%
condition
3%
consultant
3%
data
3%
degree
3%
examination
3%
hazard
3%
rocks
3%
surveying
3%
surveys
3%
graduate geotechnical engineer
3%
ukas
3%
utilities
3%
water
3%
iso
3%
logging
3%
mechanical
3%
progression
3%
training
3%
engineering graduate
3%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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