Salary: 120-160K
Day-to-Day:
In this role, youll oversee field geotechnical studies and manage a light project load while focusing heavily on business development. Youll supervise geotechnical drilling and lab operations, ensuring compliance and safety. Mentoring junior staff and participating in local organizations will be key aspects of your role. Youll also handle client relations, project management, and technical support, ensuring high-quality service delivery.
Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Project Manager to join our Austin, Texas office. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role, collaborating closely with all levels of management, technical experts, and construction leaders within our Geotechnical team. This role offers significant career growth opportunities and focuses on field geotechnical studies, business development, and supervision of geotechnical drilling and lab operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Client Relations: Develop and maintain relationships with clients local to Texas. Pursue new business opportunities and build a solid client base.
- Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects, ensuring they meet client and company requirements for safety, budget, quality, and schedule.
- Field Supervision: Safely supervise field exploration, sampling, inspection, analysis, and provide technical support.
- Mentorship: Mentor and manage junior staff and project-level geotechnical professionals, guiding them through project performance.
- Scope Development: Perform and develop scopes for both field and office tasks, including technical and non-technical aspects, and conduct independent analysis.
- Coordination: Coordinate tasks and manage medium to large multi-disciplined projects with guidance from senior operations/technical staff.
- Design and Reporting: Prepare or review designs, reports, and calculations for complex projects.
Required Analytical Skills:
- Soil and rock classification
- Levee and dam design
- Seismic evaluations
- Slope stability analysis
- Earth retention systems
- Shallow and deep foundation design
- Construction support
- Soil improvement techniques
- Pipeline and power transmission foundation design
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- Bachelors degree in Civil, Materials Engineering, or Construction Management preferred, or equivalent industry experience.
- 8+ years of related experience.
- Registered Texas Professional Engineer (PE) License.
- Positive work attitude and ability to work safely and efficiently while managing multiple tasks.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-motivated, organized, and detail-oriented.
- Ability to mentor and manage junior staff.
- Experience in field geotechnical studies and business development.
- Experience with geotechnical drilling and lab supervision.
- Familiarity with GINT for logging.
- Solar experience is a plus.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.