Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Sargent & Lundy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $95,840 - $147,870 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Join a team of experienced and diverse geotechnical engineers, where you will provide high quality design and consulting services as part of multi-disciplined project teams for challenging domestic and international, power and industrial projects.
- Provide designs and work closely with all design disciplines and business groups within S&L.
- Prepare detailed calculations to develop soil parameters for both static and dynamic conditions.
- Determine drilled and driven pile capacity.
- Evaluate shallow foundation capacity and settlement.
- Analyze slope stability.
- Work with Designers to accurately portray technical information on drawings.
- Prepare and review specifications for subsurface investigations, deep foundations, ground improvement, earth retaining systems, monitoring wells, water production wells, and general earthwork.
- Prepare bid tabulations and technical recommendations for bids received in response to specifications prepared.
- Conduct on-site quality surveillance of subsurface exploration programs, pile installation and pile testing.
- Assist in establishing laboratory testing programs.
- Review vendor documents for conformity with specifications.
- Participate in dam and dike examinations.
- Regular domestic and occasional international travel.
Requirements
- 8+ years of diverse and progressive Geotechnical field and design experience.
- BSCE (MSCE preferred) from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission-approved program with a strong background and coursework emphasis in Geotechnical Engineering.
- Professional Engineer License, required.
- US Citizenship required to support nuclear power projects.
- Familiarity with design tools and software, such as LPILE, Slope/W, and proficient with Excel, and Word.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to maintain professional presence in settings ranging from the client offices to construction “trenches.”
- Working knowledge of: ASTM standards, and/or NRC geotechnical standards is desired.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and effective writing skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel, both domestic and international, proficiency in a second language is desired.
Benefits
- Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-Up Daycare
- FSA & HSA
- 401(k)
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition Assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
geotechnical engineeringsoil parameter calculationspile capacity determinationslope stability analysisfoundation capacity evaluationearthwork specificationslaboratory testing programssubsurface investigationsdeep foundations designground improvement techniques
Soft skills
teamworkprofessional presenceverbal communicationeffective writingclient interactionquality surveillancetechnical recommendationsproblem-solvingadaptabilitywillingness to travel
Certifications
Professional Engineer LicenseBSCEMSCE (preferred)