Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Kleinfelder•Taylorsville, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Kleinfelder is seeking to fill a position as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer in our Salt Lake City, UT office. The ideal candidate will serve as geotechnical technical lead on medium to large size projects of varying complexity, mentor/direct junior staff to perform field activities including geotechnical drilling, laboratory testing, and construction observations with subcontractors. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of technical or project management experience on transportation projects; experience on alternative delivery projects in Utah is a plus. The Senior Geotechnical Engineer will perform and oversee geotechnical engineering analyses and oversee and prepare geotechnical reports for the design and construction for a variety of private commercial and public projects along with power projects. They will also review work of and mentor junior staff, build relationships with clients and subcontractors, and develop and grow business with current clients by performing/driving technically excellent geotechnical recommendations. We are looking for someone with the ability to provide quality technical leadership and project management on transportation projects, but also various commercial, municipal, power, and water projects. Strong analytical skills are required in areas including geotechnical engineering evaluations such as engineering for soft soil conditions, shallow and deep foundation design, ground improvement techniques, earthquake engineering, and rock mechanics. Experience with drilling oversight and soil and rock classification, construction oversight, subgrade observations, observation of backfill and compaction, and deep foundation installation is also required.

Requirements

Master’s degree in civil (geotechnical) or geological engineering
Minimum of 12 years of consulting experience in the geotechnical field.
PE or ability to obtain within 6 months.
Experience with proposal writing, scope, budgeting, and scheduling
Familiarity or exposure to project management
Experience with executing geotechnical field investigations
Experience with geologic conditions and hazards in Utah and surrounding States as well as national geology and geologic hazards
Proficiency in software including Slope/W or SLIDE, SHAFT, LPILE, APILE, Settle3
Experience with geotechnical engineering analyses without the use of geotechnical software.
Experience with and strong abilities with technical writing of geotechnical investigation reports
Working well in a team environment
Valid driver’s license.
Knowledge of the following software, as a minimum: Microsoft Office, gINT/BoreDM, Slide/SlopeW, L-Pile, Group, GRL WEAP, Settle 3D

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 5 years of technical or project management experience on transportation projects
Experience on alternative delivery projects in Utah is a plus

Responsibilities

Serve as geotechnical technical lead on medium to large size projects of varying complexity
Mentor / direct junior staff to perform field activities including geotechnical drilling, laboratory testing, and construction observations with subcontractors.
Perform and oversee geotechnical engineering analyses and oversee and prepare geotechnical reports for the design and construction for a variety of private commercial and public projects along with power projects.
Review work of and mentor junior staff.
Build relationships with clients and subcontractors.
Develop and grow business with current clients by performing/driving technically excellent geotechnical recommendations.
Provide quality technical leadership and project management on transportation projects, but also various commercial, municipal, power, and water projects.
Perform geotechnical engineering evaluations including: Engineering for soft soil conditions, Shallow and deep foundation design, Ground improvement techniques, Earthquake engineering, Rock mechanics
Experience with drilling oversight and soil and rock classification
Experience with construction oversight
Subgrade observations, observation of backfill and compaction, deep foundation installation, etc.
Proposal writing, scope, budgeting, and scheduling
Executing geotechnical field investigations
Technical writing of geotechnical investigation reports