Staff Geotechnical Engineer
About The Position
Delve Underground has an immediate opening for a Staff to Project level Geotechnical Engineer to join our Seattle team. This position focuses on supporting the delivery of tunnels, underground facilities, wastewater projects, and water infrastructure projects. This position offers a great opportunity for a motivated, detail oriented, team-centric candidate to work on diverse jobs, from local pipeline crossings to water & wastewater mega-projects across the country. The ideal candidate will have either academic or prior work experience in one or more of the following areas: geotechnical engineering, excavation support, rock mechanics or trenchless technologies.
Requirements
- BS in Geotechnical/Civil or Geological Engineering
- Engineer in Training (EIT) certification
- Completion of relevant coursework or experience in several of the following: geotechnical engineering, soil and rock mechanics, subsurface investigation methods, foundation design
- Ability to manage a number of concurrent assignments and priorities.
- Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
- Willingness to work in the field and travel for short-term assignments.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with geotechnical analysis software for slope and excavation stability analysis, seepage analysis, seismic site response analysis (such as SLIDE, UNWEDGE, DEEPSOIL/RSSeismic) is a plus
Responsibilities
- Support geotechnical investigation programs including planning, permitting, implementation, field data collection and oversight, data reporting and writing interpretative reports.
- Perform geotechnical engineering analyses and design calculations for tunnels, shafts, foundations, temporary excavation support systems, and soil/rock slopes.
- Perform geologic and seismic hazard evaluations.
- Work under the direction of senior engineers, who provide technical oversight.
- Write technical reports, calculation packages, and other documents explaining the basis for analyses, designs or recommendations
- Assist with the preparation of construction drawings and specifications for underground infrastructure.
- Work as integral member of a team on complex, multi-discipline projects.
- Demonstrate good writing and communications skills and ability to communicate with internal staffs and clients.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- disability
- FSA or HSA
- EAP
- 401(k)
- ESOP
- company stock ownership program
- 9 paid holidays
- generous paid-time-off program
- work from home flexibility
- health & wellness reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
