Senior Geotechnical Engineer Specializing in Earthquake Engineering

20 hours ago


Los Angeles CA United States Engeo, Inc. Full time

Position Summary: As a Senior ENGEO Geotechnical Engineer with a specialty in Earthquake Engineering or a Senior Seismologist, you will work on a wide variety of challenging, world-renowned projects. You will be encouraged and supported to lead increasingly complex and seismically challenging projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

  1. Work as part of the team to perform seismic analyses such as ergodic and non-ergodic seismic hazard, ground-response, and ground-motion development for projects in the Western United States, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.
  2. Lead seismic development of design recommendations for design and construction of private and public projects.
  3. Effectively communicate and collaborate with clients, subcontractors, government agencies, project managers (locally and in other regional offices), and peers.
  4. Will be assigned increasingly more complex tasks and projects.

A Few Notable Projects:

  1. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles, CA
  2. Multiple Technology Campuses for Google, YouTube, and Facebook, Bay Area, CA
  3. Oceanwide Center, San Francisco, CA
  4. Metro Purple Line Extension, Los Angeles, CA
  5. Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand
  6. Transmission Gully Highway, Wellington, New Zealand
  7. Kaikoura Earthquake rehabilitation of State Highway and Railway, South Island, New Zealand

Requirements:

Our Ideal Candidate:

Thorough knowledge of Earthquake Engineering, such as:

  1. Ground Motion Models
  2. Seismic Source Characterization
  3. Ergodic and Non-Ergodic Seismic Hazard Analysis
  4. Time-History Scaling and Matching
  5. Site-Response Analysis
  6. Working knowledge of the software program HAZ45, or equivalent program
  7. Coding capability in Python and/or Matlab
  8. Fundamental knowledge of Geotechnical Engineering or willingness and ability to learn is preferred.

All Candidate Criteria:

  1. Education: M.S. degree in a relevant field, PhD is preferred.
  2. Proficiency in GIS experience is a plus.
  3. Robust writing and communicative skills.
  4. Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse environment.
  5. Have the ability to work and succeed as a team while being resourceful when working alone.
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