Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Description

• Responsibilities may include planning, managing preparing for, and oversight of geotechnical and geologic field investigations.
• Communicate (externally) with clients, sub-consultants, team members, and regulators, establish goals and objectives for project teams, and schedule and coordinate resources, to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the quality expectations of the client.
• Participate in business development activities as instructed by the Group Leader.
• Developing geotechnical engineering scope of services and fee estimates
• Contribute to maintaining and developing Schnabel’s strong brand in the geotechnical market through thoughtful leadership embodied in published papers, white papers, and participation at recognized conferences and workshops.
• Reviewing field investigation boring logs, evaluating instrumentation and monitoring data, assigning project-specific soil and rock laboratory testing.
• Conducting engineering analyses, calculations, and design specific to soil and rock mechanics, foundation design, fill placement/ground modification, seepage evaluations, slope stability analyses, and seismic analyses.
• Preparation and review of geotechnical engineering reports, technical documents, and presentations, for a variety of applications, projects, and clients.
• Perform project management activities including communicating (internally) resource needs, managing client expectations, planning and delegating work, management of project budgets, invoicing and backlog reporting. Manage client relationships, new and existing.
• Manage, execute, and provide technical support, in a team setting and on a variety of challenging geotechnical and interdisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Assist in developing and mentoring geotechnical engineering staff.

Requirements

• Must be able to lead, supervise, and mentor junior engineers, technicians, and geologists
• Professional Engineering license in Washington or another US State
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening
• Ability to pass a background check which may include criminal history, motor vehicle record, credit check.
• Master’s Degree or higher in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering
• Bachelor’s Degree in Geotechnical and/or Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
• Must have proficiency and thorough understanding of the Geotechnical Design Manual and procedures.
• Extensive geotechnical background, including a strong fundamental knowledge of principles of geotechnical and geostructural engineering, soil and rock mechanics, earthquake engineering
• Must be able to occasionally travel to project sites, both local and remote, and be able to lift heavy loads (up to 25 pounds).
• Strong technical background using various geotechnical and computer-aided design software, such as Geostudio, Rocscience, gINT, PYWall, LPILE, GROUP, and AutoCAD/Civil 3D. Numerical modeling using programs such as PLAXIS and FLAC are a plus.
• Strong work ethic and a desire for continual self-improvement
• Prior experience with transportation related design
• 15+ years of relevant professional experience in geotechnical engineering
• Prior experience providing geotechnical engineering services for agencies
• Ability to multi-task and manage concurrent projects
• Excellent oral and written English technical verbal and written communication skills.
• Relevant geotechnical expertise with bridges and culverts, MSE walls, deep foundations, shallow foundations, ground improvement, liquefaction analysis and mitigation, static and seismic slope stability analysis, deformation analysis, bearing capacity determination, settlement analysis, and seepage
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment
• Prior experience with geotechnical transportation, dam, geostructural, and mining related design
• Experience managing geotechnical services for Design-Bid-Build and alternative delivery projects

Benefits

• Wellness program
• Medical insurance
• Paid time off
• Flexible spending accounts
• Dental insurance
• Short-term disability (100% company-paid)
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement
• Bonus program
• 401(k) and profit-sharing plan
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Long-term disability
• Supplemental life insurance
• Employee life & ADD insurance (100% company-paid)

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance