Job DescriptionWe're seeking a
Geotechnical Engineer with a minimum of 3 years experience to support our
Mechanicsburg, PA office. You will work on multiple projects simultaneously, including highway, bridge, and pavement design projects. Excellent opportunity for career advancement into Project Engineer role, depending on candidate's ability.
Responsibilities- Provide field oversight of subsurface investigation programs, including soil borings, field classification of soils and rock, in-situ testing, geologic mapping, and geophysical testing
- Interprets laboratory test results to determine design parameters
- Develop and provide oversight of geotechnical instrumentation programs and data collection including conventional piezometers, inclinometers, extensometers, and tiltmeters.
- Evaluates, selects and determines appropriate foundation solutions for complex sites
- Performs geotechnical and foundation related designs calculations for transportation projects including slope stability, settlement, deep and shallow foundations, retaining walls, and support of excavation systems.
- Prepares Subsurface Exploration and Soils Laboratory Testing Program submissions, Foundation Design Recommendations and other geotechnical related reports.
- Review Contractor design and construction submittals
- Attend on site observations of construction activities, including pile driving, subgrade preparation, installation of monitoring instrumentation
- Collaborates with both junior and senior level staff to accomplish goals
Required Skills & Required Experience- BS in Civil Engineering (with an emphasis in geotechnical engineering), MS or PhD degree preferred
- Ideal experience would be 3-5 years of diverse geotechnical experience, including transportation project experience, preferably for PennDOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), and/or design-build.
- EIT is required.
- Experience in building and bridge foundations, pavement design, slope stability/stabilization, and ground improvement/modification design and construction.
- Familiarity with geotechnical design software including gINT/OpenGround, Ensoft LPILE/APILE/GROUP, SLOPE/W, SEEP/W, SLIDE2, GRLWEAP, ct-Shoring, or similar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A desire to work in a team environment
- A clean driving record is required
Don't meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee's. So if you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
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