Geotechnical Project Engineer
About The Position
HNTB is seeking a Geotechnical Engineer to join its growing Maine practice and support highway, bridge, and other transportation infrastructure projects across Maine, with opportunities to work on projects throughout New England. The role offers assignments of varied size, complexity, and technical challenge. The engineer develops geotechnical analyses, design calculations, technical reports, plans, specifications, and recommendations for project delivery. Working with project managers and multidisciplinary design teams, the role evaluates subsurface conditions, develops and assesses design alternatives, addresses technical challenges, and supports practical solutions that meet project requirements and schedules. Assignments may involve planning, overseeing, and interpreting subsurface investigations; foundation design and analysis; settlement and bearing capacity evaluations; slope stability; retaining structures; embankments and earthwork; ground improvement; and other geotechnical elements for highway and bridge projects. The position also involves collaboration with clients and other technical disciplines, as well as mentoring junior engineers and reviewing their work. The engineer contributes to planning and distributing discipline-specific work, adherence to project schedules and budgets, proposal development, scope and level-of-effort development, and the accuracy and completeness of technical work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or a PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience.
- Understand the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning.
- Coordinate work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines.
- Prepare high-quality deliverables on time and within budget and scope.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Engineering.
- 8 years of relevant experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
- American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification, depending on discipline.
Responsibilities
- Plan and distribute discipline-specific work and ensure adherence to project schedules and budgets.
- Assist with marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
- Assist in developing scopes of work and levels of effort for projects and assignments within the discipline.
- Oversee the completeness and accuracy of the project team's work within the technical discipline.
- Guide and mentor the team toward overall project objectives.
- Coordinate technical aspects of discipline work with client counterparts and teaming partners at the staff level.
- Work closely with other disciplines on multidisciplinary projects.
- Plan, oversee, and interpret subsurface investigations.
- Develop geotechnical analyses, design calculations, technical reports, plans, specifications, and recommendations.
- Evaluate subsurface conditions, develop and assess design alternatives, and address technical challenges.
- Perform geotechnical work such as foundation design and analysis, settlement and bearing capacity evaluations, slope stability, retaining structures, embankments and earthwork, and ground improvement.
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
