Geotechnical EIT

About the role

As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

Responsibilities

• Develop geotechnical engineering calculations and perform analyses in support of designs, plans, and specifications, for flood walls, levees, dam embankments, bank protection, hydraulic structures, bridges, and pumping station projects.
• Conduct analyses to develop design options or recommendations, and assist in the preparation of technical documents such as technical memoranda and geotechnical reports.
• Perform routine engineering assignments requiring application of standard techniques and procedures.
• Conduct slope stability, seepage, settlement, and other soil/rock analyses associated with geotechnical engineering studies.
• Have familiarity with geotechnical earthquake engineering concepts such as seismic hazard, seismic site response, and liquefaction.
• Complete projects with clear, specified objectives and limited variables.
• Perform field work consisting of construction observations, field investigations, and site reconnaissance.
• Work independently on small projects, or assist more-senior engineers on larger projects.
• Give direction to clerical and technical personnel, as needed.
• Perform field investigations including logging soil and rock borings, instrumentation installation, Cone Penetration Test observations, packer testing, geophysical survey, and televiewer data collection.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Engineer in Training (EIT) certificate
• Experience with MS Office, GIS, and CADD, as appropriate
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Civil Engineering with a geotechnical engineering focus
• Experience with ArcGIS and/or Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil3D
• Experience with local geology (California)
• The candidate should be capable of working independently and efficiently under the general supervision of senior-level Geotechnical Engineers
• Ability to travel for moderate durations outside of the Northern California region
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with the following software: gINT, GeoStudio (SLOPE/W, SEEP/W), Ensoft pile software (LPILE, APILE, SHAFT, GROUP), Settle3, CLiq, CPeT-IT

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time away and parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee referral bonus
• Tuition reimbursement

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $70,304.00 – $103,875.00 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.