Senior Geotechnical Engineer

2 days ago

Rapid City, South Dakota, United States American Engineering Testing Inc Full time
Job Summary

As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at American Engineering Testing Inc, you will play a critical role in coordinating and completing project testing services by applying your knowledge of engineering principles and practices to specific problems. You will train and direct a project team on multi-disciplinary projects, requiring a fully competent professional in all conventional aspects of geotechnical engineering.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage simple to complex projects and direct a project team where multiple disciplines may be required from initial authorization to completion, including client interaction, work scheduling, interpreting implications of complex data, establishing and monitoring project budget, invoicing, and quality control.
  • Perform engineering observations/judgments of geostructural activities, including jobs with a higher degree of difficulty.
  • Prepare formal geotechnical engineering reports, including recommendations.
  • Coordinate and assign staff to perform field testing.
  • Critically review, edit, and sign technical reports and correspondence of other staff.
  • Prepare proposals and perform marketing/business development duties to meet established department and company goals.
  • Generate business for self and others in the department and maintain established chargeability goal.
  • Represent AET by presenting ideas, solutions, and innovative advancements to clients, peer groups, public audiences, and regulatory agencies, and in professional publications.
  • Assist in coaching and training junior staff and perform critical performance appraisals of Technicians and lower-level Engineers.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Geological (or related) Engineering with 10 or more years of related experience, OR;
  • Advanced degree in Civil (Geotechnical or related) Engineering with 8 or more years of related experience (preferred).
  • Professional Engineering registration in Minnesota, or ability to obtain within 3 months.
  • Ability to obtain registration in other States, as required.
Preferred Skills
  • Ability to develop and implement creative/innovative solutions to a wide range of problems.
  • Physically capable of the physical labor required, with personal protective equipment. Ability to occasionally move 50 to 100 pounds.
  • Demonstrated skill in cultivating and managing external relationships (with clients, prospects, professional associations, etc.) to generate business development opportunities for self and others.
  • Demonstrated skill in cultivating and managing client and internal relationships to foster a positive working environment, to develop strong teamwork, and to resolve issues and problems in a positive manner.
  • Ability to anticipate, recognize, and manage risk/liability.
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present ideas to large groups in a clear and compelling manner.
  • Skill in reviewing contract terms and conditions and making recommendations for final review by company officer.
  • Ability to work at environmental remediation, industrial, and construction sites and perform field work, including collecting samples, operating field instruments, following procedures, planning, organizing, and arranging logistics for the job, and documenting field activities and data collected.

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