Principal Engineer

Braun Intertec Corporation

The Role

Overview

Lead geotechnical engineering projects, manage clients, and mentor staff.

Key Responsibilities

  • engineering analysis
  • report review
  • project management
  • client relations
  • regulatory interface
  • safety oversight

Tasks

-Develops and delivers client presentations as part of relationship development and assists with marketing strategies and activities pertaining. -Develops and maintain internal and external client relationships, including project and non-project related face-to-face meetings. -Leads, mentors, manages, and develops technical staff. -Consistently follows all safety policies and practices and communicates project safety requirements to all team members assigned to projects managed. -Review engineering work of others and technical reports. -Reviews drawings supplied by vendors, clients, engineers, and architects and recommends necessary changes. -Represents BIC internally and externally as a technical leader and resource. -Coordinate project assignments with other engineers and technicians within the discipline group. -Interfaces with federal and state regulatory authorities on complex projects. -Perform engineering analysis using company and industry methodologies and standards and makes engineering decisions using standard formulas and computer software. -Understand and manage the needs of clients through communications and proposal/project work. -Oversees client contracting in unit with support from corporate legal. -Efficiently and effectively manages project teams including engineering and field support personnel. -Identifies complex problems/possible solutions and take the appropriate action to resolve. -Prepares and makes decisions for major proposals and contracts. -Manages highly complex projects and provides technical review and project management support of projects for clients with multiple technical disciplines. -Prepares complex engineering reports giving professional opinions and practical geotechnical solutions.

Requirements

  • communication
  • leadership
  • budgeting
  • problem solving
  • technical analysis
  • teamwork

What You Bring

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good interpersonal skills. -Ability to influence others, delegate and develop direct reports. -Ability to develop and progress multiple positive client relationships. -Ability to create, maintain, and communicate project budgets. -Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills. -Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills. -Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. -Ability to work both independently and as a team member. -Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. -Creative and innovative thinking in bringing successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and/or cross-department problems. -Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals -Excellent problem solving skills. -Highly organized and ability to prioritize work. -Understands Braun Intertec services and has the ability to market such to clients. -Ability to qualify professional opinions and recommendations of less experienced engineers and mentor in applying engineering principles and practices. -Reputation of being a technical leader in the industry regionally or nationally. -Works within established procedures and/or protocols with the ability to manage and migrate risk.

The Company

About Braun Intertec Corporation

-Founded in 1957 by Jack Braun in his home, the firm began as a humble soil-testing provider and steadily expanded across the Midwest. -Over decades, it added geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, drilling, geospatial services, nondestructive examination, and materials testing. -Headquartered in Minneapolis, it now operates across 14 states, serving both public and private clients nationwide. -Notable work includes environmental site assessments, highway interchange testing, levee restoration after the 2008 floods, and nondestructive testing on historic artifacts. -The firm’s acquisitions—like Edwards‑Pitman Environmental and several geoscience groups—enhanced its reach in compliance, permitting and environmental remediation. -Typical projects span highways, schools, industrial sites, hydroelectric facilities, fulfillment centers, and flood control infrastructure. -A standout moment: testing a Titanic whistle in 1999 underscored both its technical depth and adventurous scope.

Sector Specialisms

Retail

Utilities

Commercial

Heavy Industrial

Healthcare

Industrial

Energy

Infrastructure

Institutional

Residential

Water

Security Clearance

-pre-employment drug screen test -criminal background check -motor vehicle report