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Terracon · 1 month ago

Sr. Geotechnical Engineer – Bridge, Tunnel, Infrastructure

Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$125K/yr - $157K/yr

8+ years exp

Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm focused on solving engineering and technical challenges. In this role, the Sr. Geotechnical Engineer will provide engineering and consulting services for transportation projects, including field investigations, engineering analysis, and project management.

Civil Engineering

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Scott Craig

Responsibilities

Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers and project managers for analysis and design of foundations for bridges, marine structures, and large infrastructure, supporting all project phases

Development of Site Characterization reports to include a geotechnical/geological narrative of site conditions along the alignment for purposes of identifying difficult ground conditions and/or project risks

Providing geotechnical design recommendations and supporting documentation for earthwork, considering planned cuts/fills, for purposes of estimating construction quantities, assessing potential impacts to existing or planned project improvements and providing design/construction guidance

Perform advanced soil-structure interaction, geotechnical, and dynamic analysis using finite element software, and execute geotechnical/structural design

Utilize industry-standard software for deep and shallow foundation design, providing recommendations to structural team members

Geotechnical analysis to support retaining wall recommendations for individual retaining structures or for groups of retaining structures with the same general conditions (i.e. height, subgrade conditions, geometry, etc.). All analyses should be performed in accordance with code requirements

Lead safety efforts for the team and ensure the team follows safety rules and guidelines

Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Ensure best practices are being followed and hold team members accountable for quality control standards

Plan, schedule, conduct, and/or coordinates engineering work involving conventional engineering practices but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements

Senior level engineering professional providing technical direction required for production and completion of unique or complex projects

Responsible for managing the team in conceptualizing the initial design and/or investigative approach for an entire major transportation project or segments of a large transportation project

Monitor activities, allocate resources, and assign tasks to ensure targets are met

Provide review of projects requiring complex and innovative investigation techniques and supervise the analysis and formulation of recommendations in written reports to clients; provides technical review of reports

Coordinate with lead project accountant for financial management of business intelligence, invoicing and collections

Lead technical training and make informed decisions based upon state-of-the-art technology issues

Mentoring and coaching key project team members to execute the projects

Qualification

Geotechnical EngineeringTransportation EngineeringFinite Element AnalysisProfessional Engineer (PE)Project ManagementTeam LeadershipTechnical CommunicationMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

You must have a minimum of 8-11 years of experience

Professional Engineer (PE) registration

Transportation experience with DOTs is required

Valid driver's license with acceptable violation history

Preferred

Master's degree in Geotechnical Engineering

10+ Years of experience

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Education reimbursement

Various bonus programs

Company

Terracon

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Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned consulting engineering firm providing quality services to clients.

Founded in 1995

Olathe, Kansas, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.terracon.com/about/foundation/

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