An Assistant Geotechnical Engineer is responsible to professionals/senior professionals and is mainly deployed to work on geotechnical control, geotechnical engineering projects, and on geotechnical and geological functions or services. Successful candidates may be posted to work in other Departments [See Note (6)]

For Geotechnical Stream: Candidates [See Note (1)] should have (a) satisfied in full the academic requirements for Corporate Membership of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) (Civil or Geotechnical Discipline), or equivalent; (b) completed the formal training pre-approved by the HKIE (Civil or Geotechnical Discipline), or equivalent, or have at least five years’ post-academic qualification experience in the field of Civil or Geotechnical Engineering at a professional level [See Notes (2) and (3)]; (c) a pass result in the Aptitude Test (AT) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) [See Note (4)]; and (d) met the language proficiency requirements of Level 1 results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese (UC) and Use of English (UE) in the CRE, or equivalent [See Note (4)] . For Geologist Stream: Candidates [See Note (1)] should have (a) satisfied in full the academic requirements for obtaining a recognized professional qualification in engineering geology or geology, or equivalent, such as Chartered Geologist status of the Geological Society of London, UK; and (b) completed the training scheme of a recognized professional body in engineering geology or geology, such as the Geological Society of London, UK, or equivalent, or have at least five years’ post-academic qualification experience in engineering geology or geology at a professional level [See Notes (2) and (3)]; (c) a pass result in the AT in the CRE [See Note (4)]; and (d) met the language proficiency requirements of Level 1 results in the two language papers (UC and UE) in the CRE, or equivalent [See Note (4)] .