Staff Geotechnical Engineer I

Description

• Select, locate and quantify low permeability soils, soils suitable for structural fill, and geotechnical drilling to identify rock and groundwater.
• Managing and directing subsurface explorations by soil test borings, CPT, Geoprobe and geophysical methods of site conditions for use in geotechnical evaluation and analysis.
• Implements technical requirements to complete client projects by directing field staff to sample, test, and collect data and/or document on-site activities at various client sites.
• Construction Quality Assurance (CQA), responsibilities from pre-construction to monitoring, sampling, and testing completion and reports to state regulatory agencies during landfill construction projects.
• Prepares reports and correspondence regarding the direction of assigned projects.
• Performing geotechnical evaluations related to new or expanding landfill facilities, including settlement, slope stability, seepage, evaluation of liner systems, leachate collection and closure cap materials, drainage layer and filtration calculations.
• Evaluates routine laboratory and field data for inclusion in reports.

Requirements

• Ability to complete projects and tasks on an individual basis, as well as work collaboratively as part of a project team.
• Experience providing verbal and written recommendations, producing reports, calculations, technical figures, charts, drawings, and specifications.
• Self-Motivated and ability to manage time and priorities.
• Able to work out in the field up to 50% of the time, traveling throughout the southeastern United States (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, North Floriday and parts of Alabama).
• Working experience with Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) containment is preferred.
• Field experience and familiarity with construction sites.
• EIT certification or ability to obtain within 1 year.
• 0-4 years of working experience in a geotechnical engineering consulting, project management, GeoStructure design, or solid waste landfill CQA position. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Geotechnical Engineering and/or Civil Engineering
• Strong analytical skills and experience with variety of geotechnical analysis, evaluations, and calculations.
• Performs calculations using engineering formulas and skills.
• Working proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil3D

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance