Mid-Level Geotechnical Engineer

Sargent & Lundy

8d•Remote

About The Position

SLC works on behalf of clients to support utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage, thermal power, and other power and infrastructure projects. We evaluate and optimize technical, commercial, environmental, social responsibility, and financial aspects of the projects for a variety of clients. This position will require you to perform high quality design and consulting services as part of multidisciplined project teams for challenging domestic and international, power and industrial projects. These engineering services include but are not limited to earth retention systems, deep and shallow foundation design, dam stability analyses and inspections, in-situ instrumentation and monitoring programs, subsurface exploration, seismic stability and liquefaction analyses, ground improvement, groundwater supply wells, and field oversight of exploration and construction activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a geotechnical focus.
4+ years of detailed geotechnical design, including soil remediation, deep foundations, driven, predrilled, and helical pile design.
Experience in working in design of power, transmission, or other heavy industry projects, including on-site quality surveillance of subsurface exploration programs, pile installation and pile testing.
Experience in writing and providing support documentation for Geotechnical Engineering specifications or calculations.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical evaluation report writing.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree with a strong background and coursework in geotechnical engineering discipline.
Professional Engineering (PE) license or the ability to earn one.
Experience specific to wind turbine generation and/or solar PV design.
Experience with unique subsurface conditions.
Multi-discipline teamwork (i.e. design projects, co-ops).
Data analysis and visualization.
Project finance or business acumen.
Conceptual project design.
Construction project management and/or scheduling software knowledge.
Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work with and guide others.
Project planning, leadership, and organizational skills.
Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs.
Minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

Prepare geotechnical reports and calculations for conformity with project specifications.
Prepare specifications for subsurface investigations, deep foundations, ground improvement, earth retaining systems, monitoring wells, water production wells, and general earthwork.
Advise power project developers to support new utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage, thermal, and other projects.
Evaluate new power and infrastructure projects independently to support financing.
Develop technical reports for applicable audiences – including owners, developers, governmental agencies and committees, and financiers.
Conduct occasional on-site quality surveillance of subsurface exploration programs, pile installation and pile testing.
Occasional domestic and/or international travel.
Lead others in taking engineering problems from issue to solution by setting expectations for using data and modern tools such as automation and AI to improve workflows, reduce rework, and deliver cost-effective designs.
Direct automation and process-improvement work, for example, how teams automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation and guiding when and how AI or agentic AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked.