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Geotechnical EIT - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering

Kiewit

The Role

Overview

Geotechnical engineer supporting design, analysis, and field work on infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • design-build
  • epc projects
  • subsurface investigation
  • field testing
  • construction oversight
  • temporary structures

Tasks

-Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required. -Producing engineering reports, drawings, and detailed calculation packages. -Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies. -Working on design-build and EPC projects, including developing design recommendations and producing design deliverables. -Performing and overseeing subsurface investigations, field testing, and construction oversight. -Design of Temporary structures in support of ongoing construction -Providing project support during the proposal/bid phase; working with team members to complete engineering analyses in support of innovative and cost-effective design solutions to geotechnical problems and challenges.

Requirements

  • master’s
  • geotechnical
  • soil mechanics
  • rock mechanics
  • teamwork
  • travel

What You Bring

-0- 3 years of post-graduate geotechnical engineering experience. -Master’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Geotechnical Engineering or closely related field- highly preferred. -Strong all-around academic knowledge of geotechnical engineering, including soil mechanics, rock mechanics, groundwater hydrology, and geotechnical design to support heavy civil construction. -Strong interpersonal skills resulting in exceptional rapport with people. -Work productively and meet deadlines timely -Ability to travel to project sites and the physical ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environmental conditions. -Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment -Experience in any of the following aspects of geotechnical engineering is desired but not required: design of deep or shallow foundations, slope stability, retaining wall design, rock mechanics, settlement of soils, ground improvement techniques, support of excavation, dewatering, pile driving analysis, heavy equipment and crane working surface design, subsurface exploration, laboratory testing programs, and on-site engineering support. -Regular, reliable attendance -Strong verbal and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to work in a team setting.

The Company

About Kiewit

-It evolved into a massive employee‑owned network operating across North America, delivering projects valued in the billions. -Today it specializes in transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas & chemicals, building, industrial, marine and mining sectors. -Signature projects include New York’s 63rd Street Tunnel, Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Tunnel, T‑Mobile Park in Seattle, and major renewable energy sites. -Its marine division undertakes dredging, coastal resiliency and naval base work, while energy teams deliver gas, power delivery and renewables. -With deep roots in engineering‑led construction, it is known for tackling the kind of ‘impossible’ projects that reshape cities and industries.

Sector Specialisms

Mine Management

Production

Infrastructure Construction

Maintenance

Contract Mining

Power Industry

Gas-fired Generation

Power Delivery

Renewable Energy

Transportation

Interstates

Highways and Bridges

Rail Lines and Rail Yards

Urban Mass Transit Systems

Airport Runways and Taxiways

Arts and Culture

Aviation

Commercial/Mixed-use

Federal

Healthcare

Higher Education

Hospitality

Sports/Entertainment

Transportation/Industrial Construction

Water Treatment and Supply

Desalination

Wastewater and Biosolids

Conveyance, Dams and Storage

Industrial Energy

Waste to Energy

Renewable Natural Gas

Food and Beverage

Pulp and Paper

Metals

Advanced Manufacturing

Industrial Water

Data Center / Mission Critical

Education

Government

Manufacturing / Industrial

Mixed Use / Retail

Transit Facilities

Offshore

Oil Sands

Gas Processing

Pipeline Facilities

Tanks and Terminals

LNG

Refining and Renewable Fuels

Petrochemical

Energy Storage

Gas and Hydrogen-fired Generation

Nuclear

Coal Retrofit