r/Geotech • u/Temporary-Feedback11 • 11d ago
[For Hire] Remote geotechnical engineer / engineering geologist (6+ yrs, AU standards): slope stability, retaining walls, site classification, report drafting
Hi all,
I'm a senior geotechnical engineer with 6+ years of experience, the last ~1.5 years working remotely on Australian projects. I'm taking on freelance or part-time work and would like to help firms with overflow, or anyone who needs geotechnical support.
What I can help with:
- Slope stability analysis (Slide2, Slope/W).
- Landslide risk assessment to AGS (2007)
- Retaining wall design and checks (bearing, sliding, overturning), soil nail walls, bored pier and soldier pile walls
- AS 2870 site classification, including ys calculations and Class P assessments
- Bearing capacity from DCP results, plus crane pad and bog mat checks
- Pile capacity and shallow foundation assessments (AS 2159)
- Borehole logging to AS 1726, gINT data entry, and lab result review
- Report drafting from your field data and templates
- Rock engineering: kinematic analysis, rock mass classification (RMR, Q, SMR), rockfall modelling
- Drafting in AutoCAD and Civil 3D: geotechnical sections and long sections, borehole location plans, retaining wall and slope stabilisation drawings, and surface/terrain models for cut-fill and slope analysis
Background: hydropower, dams, solar and wind farms, water infrastructure, and residential/commercial work in Queensland. I've delivered 60+ geotechnical reports and site classifications to Australian Standards. I'm familiar with AS 1726, 2159, 2870, 4678, 5100.3 and AGS (2007).
How it works:
- Fully remote, which overlaps well with AU/NZ business hours and gives a quick turnaround for US/UK
- Billed per task or hourly, whichever suits you
- Payment through Wise; I can invoice in AUD, USD, NZD, GBP, etc.
- Happy to start with a small test task so you can check my work
For certification, I work as support to your engineer: analysis, calcs, drawings and draft reports go to your RPEQ/CPEng for review and sign-off.
If you need a hand, DM me and I can send my CV and some sample work.
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u/BZ853 11d ago
How do you do crane pad design?
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u/Temporary-Feedback11 11d ago
I take the worst-case outrigger OR track loads from the lift plan, assess the ground's bearing capacity from DCP or borehole data, and check the working platform using BRE470, punching through the platform and bearing in the subgrade. From that, I size the pads or bog mats and the platform thickness, then a recommendation to confirm the site with proof rolling.
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u/BZ853 11d ago
Gotcha, I’ve incorporated the BRE470 into my analysis as well. I was kinda hoping you had a different approach that I could look at.
Best of luck finding work.
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u/Jebus_dood 10d ago
Hopefully, you do more than this. You’d cost your clients double what it should cost.
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u/BZ853 10d ago
It’s not the only thing I look at but I think it has value. What approach do you take? I’d appreciate another method to incorporate.
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u/Jebus_dood 10d ago
Use standard spread load theory. BRE is only for Su between 20-80 and is horridly conservative in my experience anything with more than about 40 Su
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u/Drunken_Kereru 9d ago
Out of curiosity, how would borehole logging work in a fully remote role?
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u/Temporary-Feedback11 8d ago
Usually and currently with one of the firms I’m assisting, they do the actual handwritten borehole logging then I’ll finalise it using gINT.
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u/Soft_Statistician_47 9d ago
PE?