Principal Engineer Geotechnical
About The Position
Mott MacDonald is a multi-disciplined engineering consultancy with a significant presence in energy, water and wastewater, and infrastructure projects throughout the United States and Canada. Due to continuing growth and success, they are looking to appoint a Principal Geotechnical Engineer. This will be a dynamic role requiring collaboration with other senior project engineers on a wide variety of infrastructure projects including transportation, offshore wind and solar, stormwater and wastewater treatment plants, underground, roadway, and dams. The person in this role will use their technical knowledge to solve problems and evaluate risks while collaborating with other technical experts on a diverse portfolio of projects. They will also be expected to pursue new opportunities and work to develop and mentor younger staff.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in geotechnical engineering (Master’s preferred.)
- 15+ years of related experience
- PE License in one or more states including state of residency. NY/NJ preferred.
- Established track record in geotechnical design based on project experience
- Experience working with government and local agencies, long linear projects (tunnels, pipelines, bridge/highways etc.) and energy projects (wind, solar, transmission etc.).
- Knowledge and experience in geotechnical design including shallow and deep foundations, settlement evaluation and mitigation, slope stability, and ground modification including experience with commercially available software (Lpile, Slope/W, RSPile, Settle3, Open Ground etc.).
- Experience developing geotechnical business and client relationships
- Experience in geotechnical risk determination and management
Responsibilities
- Developing and leading project teams to deliver projects on time and within budget
- Leading and managing staff engineers and supporting their career and technical development
- Working within broader Mott MacDonald organization to promote technical excellence
- Providing technical and commercial input into project proposals
- Developing relationships with other discipline leads and project managers to foster collaboration on multidisciplinary projects
- Writing and reviewing reports, specification and contracts drawings for submission to clients (internal and external)
- Liaising with various clients, attending progress meetings and producing reports on progress
- Providing expert engineering input into designs
- Assessment of subsurface conditions and development of design criteria
- Developing engineering concepts, and articulation of the concepts to the team
- Identification, evaluation and communication of risks and potential risk mitigation options to clients and management
Benefits
- personal and group performance bonuses
- 401k
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- short-term/long-term disability
- paid holidays
- PTO
- parental leave
- company paid life insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
