An Engineer 1 is sought for a position in the Pittsburgh area, Cleveland, OH office. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree and have 4+ years of experience in geotechnical engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Perform geotechnical engineering assignments involving investigations and designs for a variety of facilities including, but not limited to: foundations for transmission lines, buildings, bridges, retaining walls, and other structures; designs for natural gas pipelines and compressor stations; and design of residual waste landfills and impoundments.
- Preparegeotechnical engineering designs involving:
- Rock/soil slope stability
- Cut slope and fill embankment design
- Landslide stabilization (reinforcement with rock anchors/soil nails, GRS slopes)
- Geotechnical field instrumentation
- Soil reinforcement and ground improvement techniques (CMCs, compaction grouting, stone columns)
- Sheet pile/retaining walls (gravity walls, soldier pile and lagging walls, MSE walls, T-walls)
- Shallow and deep foundations (spread footings, driven piles, augered cast-in-place piles, helical piles, micropiles, drilled shafts).
- Develop subsurface investigations, monitoring programs, and coordinate geologic site characterization for a variety of facilities mentioned above.
- Installations of geotechnical field instrumentation.
- Selection of samples for laboratory testing.
- Prepare proposals, budgets, schedules, calculations, specifications, and reports.
- Geotechnical Investigation and Construction Support Services including, but not limited to:
- Test boring monitoring and logging
- Site reconnaissance
- Foundation and retaining structure construction monitoring and inspection.
- Interpret specifications and construction drawings, evaluate site conditions based on construction excavations, monitor and report on construction activities, and perform field testing of soils.
- Perform site inspections at various power facilities and associated sites. Site inspections may be daily, weekly, monthly, or annual.
- Prepare boring logs and geologic cross sections.
- Travel can be expected in the form of fieldwork, which can be daily local travel or weekly out-of-town travel primarily in the mid-west and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
- Be able to complete with assistance or willing to learn basic civil site design tasks including:
- Site grading plans
- Erosion and sediment control plans
- Stormwater management plans
- Drainage plans
- Utility design and relocation
- Permit applications
- Construction drawings, specifications, and quality control plans
- Construction cost estimates
Qualifications:
- Registered professional Geotechnical Engineer
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree
- 4+ years of experience in geotechnical engineering
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to undertake a wide variety of tasks
- Experience with AutoCAD is desired but not required
