Geotechnical Intern

As a Geotechnical Engineering Intern at Gessner Engineering, you will assist the Geotechnical Department in their daily operations on a variety of projects. Your specific responsibilities are commiserated with experience and the expected learning outcomes.
Duties & Responsibilities

• Occasionally perform site visits to collect project data or determine site access for drilling.
• Assist drillers during the drilling process
• Assisting lab crew with performing lab testing.
• Writing Gessner Scoping Narrative (GSN) documents for preliminary project information
• Perform design and analysis for a variety of projects including residential, commercial, and higher education. Analysis will include shallow bearing capacities, swell potential, recommended pavement cross sections based on AASHTO and/or ACI, pier bearing capacities (straight sided, ACIP, belled), settlement potential, equivalent horizontal earth pressures.
• Collaborate with peers to review and request or provide guidance on appropriate project directions.
• Collaborate in a team setting with department members and other design disciplines such as civil, structural, construction material testing, survey, and external sub-consultants and clients, as necessary, for project coordination.
• Provide regular project updates and a forecast of obstacles to a supervising project manager.
• Manage time effectively and efficiently with minimal oversight.

Learning Objectives

• Develop proficiency in soil classification and creating boring logs
• Cultivate skills in selecting foundation types based on soil conditions, requirements, etc.
• Shallow foundation calculations
• Deep foundation calculations
• Draft residential GSNs, logs, and reports
• Generate geotechnical reports

Qualifications

• Education
  • Required - Must be actively enrolled as a junior, senior or graduate student working towards a Bachelor of Science or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or Civil Engineering with Geotechnical focus.
  • Required - Must possess at least a 3.0 GPA
• Experience/Skills
  • Preferred - Experience with Microsoft Office programs, CAD software and BIM
  • Required - Ability to clearly communicate in both oral and written communication to individuals and groups
  • Be solutions minded. Always find a way to be part of the solution.
  • Be collaborative. Must have a positive attitude, work well with co-workers and clients.
  • Take initiative. Seek out every opportunity to do and to learn.

Internships with Gessner Engineering uniquely feature opportunities to grow not only in your technical proficiency, but to develop as a well-rounded industry professional. Gessner delivers on this by granting our interns opportunities to work on active projects, receive training and mentorship from engineering professionals, collaborate across disciplines, experience leadership development, and more.

Gessner Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

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