Kiewit Corporation

Senior Geotechnical Engineer - Ports & Marine, Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit Corporation$175K — $235K *
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Geological Engineering; Graduate degree in Geotechnical Engineering preferred
  • Registration as a Professional Engineer or eligible for registration in home office State / Province
  • 15+ years of relevant geotechnical engineering experience, with a focus on ports and marine-related projects
  • Experience in design of docking structures and evaluating underwater slope stability
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams

Responsibilities

  • Support bid phase development of innovative and cost-effective designs
  • Direct the interdisciplinary engineering team and design subcontractors
  • Identify key design risks during bid phase and develop mitigation plans
  • Advance bid phase design concepts to IFC designs
  • Oversee engineering services during construction phases
  • Capture and share design lessons learned across Districts
  • Mentor early and mid-career geotechnical engineers

Benefits

  • Top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents
  • Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 180369

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Marine

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers has an immediate opening in our Bellevue, WA office for a dynamic Senior Geotechnical Engineer with expertise in ports and marines to be a part of our growing Design Engineering Services (DES) Group. The Senior Geotechnical Engineer will work on an interdisciplinary team to evaluate and interpret site conditions, perform engineering analyses, designs, and prepare estimates in support of Kiewit's design-build pursuits and ongoing projects in the Ports and Marine markets.

You will be part of our growing Infrastructure Design Department, which includes structural, geotechnical, civil, coastal, drainage, roadway, rail/transit and systems, and materials disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the design-build delivery of infrastructure projects.

District Overview

2025 ENR National Contractor Rankings #1 for Transportation and #3 Top 100 design build firms

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering seamlessly transitions solutions from design to construction through the collaborative efforts of Design Engineering, Design Management, Proposals, Estimating, and Integrated Project Controls. Our construction-focused engineering approach involves a multidisciplinary team working together to maximize value for clients by improving schedules, controlling costs, and minimizing risk on infrastructure projects. This integrated strategy emphasizes collaboration and constructability throughout the project lifecycle, enabling us identify and implement quality solutions with a strong safety focus.

Clients benefit from Kiewit's proven processes and tools, which minimize project risk. As an in-house resource, we support projects across the company, in all major markets, sharing to experiences, innovative concepts, and best practices.

Location

This position will be based out of our Bellevue, WA or Burnaby, BC location and includes travel to project offices and work sites. Opportunities for flexible work are available.

Responsibilities

  • Support of the bid phase development of innovative and cost-effective design
  • Work with and provide direction to the interdisciplinary engineering team and design subcontractors to develop competitive, cost-effective designs
  • Working within the pursuit team during the bid phase to help identify key design risks and develop plans to mitigate risks
  • Advance bid phase design concepts to IFC designs for successful pursuits
  • Oversee engineering services during construction and field review efforts during execution phase
  • Support efforts to capture and spread design lessons learned and innovations to all Districts
  • Support the development of early and mid-career geotechnical engineers


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Geological Engineering; Graduate degree in Geotechnical Engineering preferred
  • Qualified Geologist and/or Geomorphologist would be a PLUS
  • Registration as a Professional Engineer or eligible for registration in home office State / Province
  • 15+ years of relevant geotechnical engineering experience with 10+ years providing geotechnical solutions in ports and marine-related infrastructure projects
  • Strong all-around academic knowledge of geotechnical engineering
  • Experience with design of docking structures such as combi-walls, sheet pile walls, tangent walls, cellular structures, experience with evaluating underwater slope stability and related impacts to pile supported structures, driven, drilled and rock socketed pile design...
  • Experience in seismic ground response analysis
  • Professional experience and capability with finite element software (PLAXIS 2-D, 3-D or FLAC)
  • Comprehension of pertinent standards and codes
  • Experience working in a team setting and directing the work of others
  • Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
  • Strong people skills and an ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment
  • The physical ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environmental conditions
  • Ability to travel to project sites
  • EPC and/or Design-Build experience, preferred #LI-JP1

Other Requirements:
• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary

Base Compensation: $175,000/yr - $235,000/yr

(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

About Kiewit Corporation

Kiewit Corporation is an employee-owned Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. Privately held, it is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building the world's largest geodesic dome at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Along with significant mining and off-shore operations, the company also contracts small grading (dirt moving) projects for residential or commercial development.

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