Senior Geotechnical Engineer

About the role

Explore with us at Terracon in Louisville as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer!

Ready to grow your career as part of a down-to-earth team with the freedom to explore and develop solutions on rewarding, large-scale projects? Want a flexible work environment and a culture where your ideas are valued and your safety is paramount? How about having access to a nationwide bench of expertise, and opportunities to learn and lead? This is life at Terracon, a 100% employee-owned company where we chart our course together and everyone benefits when our hard work creates success.

Responsibilities

• Provide geotechnical engineering and consulting services for various geotechnical projects and clients.
• Typical projects include transmission lines extending across hundreds of miles, slope stability assessment, roadways/transportation, and vertical construction.
• Responsible for mentoring and coaching less experienced engineers.
• Plan, oversee, and perform field investigations, determine appropriate laboratory testing, and perform engineering analysis/calculations.
• Provide geotechnical recommendations.
• Prepare proposals and cost estimates, track and evaluate project progress, and maintain budgets.
• Communicate complex engineering issues and concepts to technical and non-technical clients and project teams.
• Lead safety efforts for team and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines.
• Create and model a safe work environment; demonstrate safety practices.
• Demonstrate pre-task planning for all projects.
• Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects.
• Maintain an awareness of project-related risks and how to protect the Company.
• Develop understanding and be aware of project-related risk and how to protect the Company. Be familiar with company risk policies.
• Provide technical direction required for production and completion of both routine and unique or complex projects.
• Conceptualize the initial design and/or investigative approach for a major phase of a large project or have overall responsibility for the engineering work on a project of moderate scope.
• Plan, schedule, conduct, and/or coordinate engineering work involving conventional engineering practices but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements.
• Review projects requiring complex and innovative investigation techniques and supervise the analysis and formulation of recommendations in written reports to clients; provide technical review of reports.
• Lead technical training and make informed decisions based upon state of the art technology issues.
• Supervise less experienced engineers or technical support personnel on projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 8-11 years’ experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history.