Project Engineer II
About The Position
As a Project Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and innovative geotechnical and geohazard mitigation solutions. In this role, you’ll work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers, project managers, and sales staff to support all phases of construction projects: from initial design and planning through field execution and close-out. This position offers the opportunity to work directly with clients, contribute to high-impact projects, and build technical expertise in geotechnical design and construction. While you will collaborate with teams nationwide, this role will have a primary focus on projects located in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience required.
- EIT required, PE preferred.
- Working knowledge of Word, Excel, and AutoCAD.
- Required to work in all weather conditions that can be very physically demanding.
- Required travel up to 30% of the time as needed.
- Must be able to perform administrative duties working from a truck, home office or out in the field.
Nice To Haves
- Masters Degree preferred.
- Experience in Rocscience software suite preferred (Geostudio or other limit equilibrium software familiarity likely translatable).
Responsibilities
- Work directly with the Senior Engineers and Project Development Engineers (technical sales) to develop economical solutions and designs for difficult and challenging geohazard issues (slope stability, rockfall, ground improvement, difficult-access shoring, or foundations).
- Perform site reconnaissance and slope investigation through steep terrain, with high rope access and rappelling, as necessary.
- Perform engineering calculations and analyses – including slope stability modeling, rockfall simulation, geotechnical and structural analysis of mechanical stabilization, foundation design – and prepare written engineering calculation packages.
- Critically review plans and specifications.
- Develop project take-offs and construction estimates.
- Provide proposal or bid preparation and coordinate with project management and marketing leadership in proposal or bid preparations.
- Confer with management and engineering staff to implement plans and recommendations.
- Perform field engineering requirements, including construction support and quality assurance/observation, quality control testing, as-built documentation, quantity measurements.
- Communicate both written and verbally with the Project Manager and project team regarding design changes and approvals.
- Communicate with other GSI departments regarding initial design, design changes, and process improvements.
- Regularly and frequently interact with clients.
- Represent GSI at industry events and engineering conferences, and present technical presentations.
- Support internal research and development efforts.
Benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
- Mental health benefits
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future including company match
- In addition to 7 observed holidays, salaried team members have flexible paid time off
- Paid parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
