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, 79% of Geotechnical job descriptions contained ground investigation as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

ground investigation
79%
geotechnical
72%
contaminated land
63%
geo-environmental
54%
geology
54%
geotechnical engineer
25%
site investigation
22%
geoenvironmental
19%
risk assessment
19%
engineer
16%
geo environmental
13%
consultancy
13%
earth science
10%
graduate
10%
engineering
10%
civil engineering
7%
contracts manager
7%
environmental
7%
site
7%
construction
7%
environmental science
4%
condition
4%
collection
4%
contracting
4%
ground improvement
4%
rock mechanics
4%
slope stability
4%
soil mechanics
4%
environmental consultant
4%
graduate geotechnical engineer
4%
geotechnical engineering
4%
design engineer
4%
design technician
4%
draughtsperson
4%
geo-environmental engineer
4%
geotechnical consultant
4%
geotechnical design engineer
4%
retaining structure
4%
degree
4%
surveying
4%
surveys
4%
technician
4%
ukas
4%
utilities
4%
water
4%
hazard
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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