Project Geotechnical Engineer
About the role
Schnabel is an employee-owned, professional engineering and consulting firm that focuses on solving problems related to the earth and environment through specialization in geotechnical, geostructural, tunnel, and dam engineering. Schnabel’s high standards for quality, business ethics, and concern for the communities in which we live are a vital part of who we are. Schnabel is an ENR Top 500 Design Firm with 700+ employees in 32 offices throughout the United States. Recognized by CE News as one of the Best Engineering Firms to Work for, Schnabel provides employees with a competitive benefits package including maternity leave, tuition reimbursement for continuing education, health, dental, life and disability insurance and a wellness program. As an employee-owned company, through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Schnabel employees directly benefit from the success of our growing firm.
Responsibilities
- Manage, execute, and provide technical support, in a team setting and on a variety of challenging geotechnical and interdisciplinary dams projects.
- Planning and managing geotechnical and geologic field investigations.
- Reviewing field investigation boring logs.
- Evaluating instrumentation and monitoring data.
- Assigning project-specific soil and rock laboratory testing.
- Conducting engineering analyses and design specific to soil and rock mechanics, foundation design, fill placement/ground modification, embankment dam design, seepage evaluations, slope stability analyses, and seismic analyses.
- Preparation and review of geotechnical engineering reports, technical documents, design drawings, technical specifications, and presentations, for a variety of applications, projects, and clients.
- Communicate with clients and regulators, establish goals and objectives for project teams, and schedule and coordinate resources, to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the quality expectations of the client.
- Serve as a direct supervisor to oversee, develop, and mentor geotechnical engineering and geology staff.
- Participate in the development of a cohesive, positive culture for our Greensboro, NC area office and company-wide to cultivate a best-in-class environment that allows our people to realize their full potential.