Geotechnical Project Engineer
Geotechnical Project Engineer
Location: Oakland, CA
Salary: $100-120k
This national engineering firm is committed to delivering creative, practical, and reliable solutions to their clients' most complex challenges. Their geotechnical engineers work closely with multidisciplinary teams across structures, building technology, and infrastructure to support new design, investigation, rehabilitation, and forensic engineering projects.
Summary
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support geotechnical engineering components of projects across the building, energy, transportation, and infrastructure sectors.
- Manage and perform subsurface investigations, including planning, logging, sampling oversight, and coordination with drilling contractors.
- Conduct geotechnical analyses such as settlement, slope stability, bearing capacity, liquefaction, lateral spreading, retaining structures, and deep foundation systems.
- Perform seismic hazard evaluations, ground response analyses, and site-specific seismic design studies.
- Prepare high-quality technical reports, engineering calculations, specifications, and design drawings.
- Collaborate closely with structural, materials, and building technology teams on interdisciplinary projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with a focus in Geotechnical Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
- 5+ years of geotechnical engineering experience.
- California PE license required or ability to obtain within 12 months; GE license or path toward GE highly preferred.
- Strong technical expertise in geotechnical analysis software (e.g., PLAXIS, FLAC, Settle3, LPILE, SHAKE, SLOPE/W, GRLWEAP).
- Demonstrated experience in field investigations and construction-phase engineering.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
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