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, 76% of Geotechnical job descriptions contained ground investigation as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

ground investigation
76%
geotechnical
69%
contaminated land
66%
geo-environmental
52%
geology
52%
geotechnical engineer
28%
site investigation
21%
risk assessment
21%
geoenvironmental
18%
geo environmental
14%
consultancy
14%
engineer
14%
earth science
11%
engineering
11%
civil engineering
7%
contracts manager
7%
environmental
7%
site
7%
construction
7%
graduate
7%
ground improvement
4%
condition
4%
collection
4%
contracting
4%
environmental consultant
4%
environmental science
4%
geo-environmental engineer
4%
geotechnical consultant
4%
geotechnical engineering
4%
graduate geotechnical engineer
4%
rock mechanics
4%
slope stability
4%
soil mechanics
4%
design engineer
4%
design technician
4%
draughtsperson
4%
geotechnical design engineer
4%
retaining structure
4%
degree
4%
hazard
4%
surveying
4%
surveys
4%
technician
4%
ukas
4%
utilities
4%
water
4%
examination
4%
rocks
4%
data
4%
iso
4%
logging
4%
mechanical
4%
progression
4%
training
4%
consultant
4%
engineering graduate
4%
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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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