Job Opportunity at Salix: Technical Manager

Salix are looking for a motivated and committed professional to join their growing team of soil bioengineering and erosion control specialists.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical support to clients for all soil erosion control and bioengineering products and services.
• Negotiation of product sales and professional services with clients.
• Promotion of Salix services and products through CPD presentations, conferences and workshops.
• Outline design of solutions for slope and riverbank stabilisation using soil bioengineering principles and materials.

Qualifications:

• ​​Civil/River/geotechnical engineering degree or similar science degree
• Good background knowledge of soils/river bank erosion/scour processes
• Chartered/or working towards chartered status of a relevant institute

Experience Required
The candidate will be expected to have some experience from the following list:

• Experience of riverbank stabilisation and channel scour control projects
• Experience of soil bioengineering solutions
• River Restoration
• Experience of slope stabilisation solutions
• Good IT skills (preferably some CAD experience): High level user Microsoft: Excel, Power Point, Project

Personal Qualities

• Experience of/or a genuine interest to learn Soil Bioengineering techniques and products
• Self motivated, able to work alone and as part of a team
• Confident & articulate speaker. Ability to give both technical and promotional presentations
• Good understanding of the river and flood industry
• Willing to travel extensively and regularly throughout UK

​​Location
UK wide work, with the option to work from home and/or from one of Salix’s regional offices.

Interested?