Full Job Description
In the role of Senior Geotechnical Engineer, we'll count on you to:
• Be viewed as a technical expert with recognized authority in an area of specialization that resolves problems of greater scope and complexity.
• Mentor Staff in technical and leadership development skills.
• Serve as a Technical Lead on projects.
• Take responsibility for proposal (scope and fee) development.
• Participate in marketing efforts of both internal and external clients
• Develop and lead geotechnical field exploration and laboratory testing programs.
• Lead and perform data analysis and engineering evaluating to support and inform engineering design, and project management as well as client management.
• Prepare technical documents geotechnical reports and technical memoranda containing geotechnical conclusions and recommendations.
• Have advanced working knowledge of geotechnical earthquake engineering concepts such as seismic hazard, seismic site response, and liquefaction.
• Have advanced working knowledge of Bay Area and California geology and soil conditions, including marine deposits (e.g., Young Bay Mud).
• Review geotechnical technical documentation.
• Plan and develop projects or design activities that have significant impact on major company programs as needed.
• Plan, organize and supervise work of a small to medium number of staff of professionals and technicians.
• May serve as Project Manager on larger projects, though project management is not sole focus of position.
• Bay Area business development.
• Perform other duties as needed.
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Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• Master's degree in Geotechnical Engineering
• 20 years of experience in California
• Experience with ArcGIS and/or Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil3D.
• Experience with the following software: gINT, GeoStudio (SLOPE/W, SEEP/W), Ensoft pile software (LPILE, APILE, SHAFT, GROUP), Settle3, CLiq, CPeT-IT.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree
• 10 years of experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, GIS, and CADD, as appropriate
• Experience with GeoStudio/Ensoft slope stability, settlement, seepage, and deep foundation response software, as appropriate
• Experience with Bentley suite of geotechnical data management and visualization software (gINT/OpenGround/LeapFrog)
• Knowledge of advanced numerical modeling techniques such as Finite Difference, Finite Element, Discrete Element, etc. and commercial software for advanced numerical modeling (Bentley, PLAXIS, Itasca FLAC)
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must