Geotechnical Engineering Group Leader

Job Description

The Jersey City, NJ office of Schnabel is seeking a Vice President/Geotechnical Engineering Group Leader to lead the firm's Geotechnical and Water Practices. This role involves expanding the firm's Geotechnical brand through client solutions, innovation, and operational effectiveness.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop market growth strategy for the regional Geotechnical practice and prioritize investments.
• Grow the local practice by adding new clients, building client relationships, and following major regional programs and funding streams.
• Work with leaders across the firm's divisions and offices to build meaningful alliances and leverage Schnabel's 400-strong team of geotechnical professionals nationwide.
• Identify and pursue key opportunities, partnerships, and funding programs to expand the client base and service offerings.
• Manage, execute, and provide technical support within a collaborative team environment on a variety of challenging geotechnical and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Lead and support business development initiatives, including managing proposals, building teams, and industry partnerships, and aligning the appropriate technical expertise to solve client challenges.
• Manage, execute, and provide technical support within a collaborative team environment on a variety of challenging geotechnical and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Develop, manage, and oversee the execution of geotechnical and geologic field investigations; review field investigation results; evaluate instrumentation and monitoring data; assign project-specific soil and rock laboratory testing; conduct engineering analyses and design related to soil and rock mechanics, foundation design, fill placement/ground modification, seepage evaluations, slope stability analyses, and seismic analyses; as well as perform value engineering (VE) and forensic studies.
• Serve as a primary client interface, establishing goals and objectives for project teams, and planning, scheduling, and managing resources to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Geotechnical Group, including budgeting, hiring, staff development, and mentoring.
• Participate in the development of a cohesive, positive culture for the Jersey City Office and company-wide to cultivate a best-in-class environment that allows our people to realize their full potential.
• Collaborate across offices and disciplines to deliver integrated, value-driven solutions.
• Promote the implementation of emerging technologies, including data-driven design, automation, and numerical modeling.

Required Skills/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s Degree preferred) in Geotechnical and/or Civil Engineering, or related fields.
• 10+ years of experience in the geotechnical engineering field.
• Licensed Professional Engineer or ability to become registered within 6 months.
• Proven track record in winning work, managing employees, and growing teams.
• Ability to successfully navigate a matrixed organization to bring new resources, innovations, ideas, and best practices to clients.
• Extensive geotechnical background, including a strong fundamental knowledge of principles of geotechnical and geostructural engineering, soil and rock mechanics, earthquake engineering, and groundwater hydrology.
• Relevant geotechnical expertise with dams, levees, flood barriers, cofferdams, and other hydraulic structures, including but not limited to seepage, static and seismic stability analysis, liquefaction analysis, deformation analysis, and foundation and settlement analysis.
• Strong technical background using various geotechnical and computer-aided design software, such as GeoStudio, Rocscience, gINT/OpenGround, CWALSHT, PYWall, LPILE, Snail, Shoring Suite, STAAD Pro, GROUP, and AutoCAD/Civil 3D. Numerical modeling a plus.
• Organized, self-starter, and entrepreneurial, with a strong team-oriented mindset.
• Excellent English technical verbal and written communication skills.

Other Requirements

• Ability to pass a background check which may include criminal history, motor vehicle record, and credit check.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment screening.

Compensation

The compensation range for this position is between $150,000 to $210,000. Compensation for this position may vary based on geographic location and other factors. We remain committed to providing competitive and equitable compensation to all employees, regardless of their location.