Project Geotechnical Engineer III

Company Description

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At AECOM, our work in providing access to clean water enables communities to thrive and ecosystems to flourish, contributing to a resilient future. As a global leader in infrastructure consulting, we are at the forefront of significant water projects, with over 6,000 of the industry’s best minds driving innovation and technical excellence. Together, we develop solutions that are not only best in the world, but best for the world.     

With an acceleration in infrastructure investment, your bold ideas and global expertise have never been more crucial. Join our dynamic team, where innovation, career growth, and collaboration are celebrated. Enjoy the freedom to grow with customizable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute to transformational projects worldwide.    Discover your #H2Opportunity

Job Description

The Water Business Unit of AECOM is actively seeking a proactive Project Geotechnical Engineer.  This position is located in our Virginia Beach, VA office. The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, those listed below:

• Performing and managing small to medium-sized geotechnical projects and working closely with other disciplines to meet the project needs under the supervision of senior engineers
• Mentoring younger engineers
• Planning and oversight of subsurface investigation programs.
• Adhere to AECOM safety culture and maintain a safe work environment
• Assigning, reviewing, and performing statistical analysis on the results of the geotechnical laboratory testing
• Performing and reviewing design calculations for pavements, shallow and deep foundations, tunnel components, retaining walls, temporary and permanent support of excavation
• Perform and peer review settlement analyses, ground improvement analyses, slope stability analyses, seepage analyses,
• Working with the geophysics group to manage combined subsurface exploration programs
• Prepare engineering reports and memoranda
• Working in multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists with effective collaboration.
• Performing construction oversight
• Reviewing design reports and calculations performed by other firms and providing detailed review comments.
• Reviewing construction submittals and providing detailed review comments.
• Finding opportunities to bring innovation to the operations using data science, data analytics, and artificial intelligence.
• Participating in local professional events to represent AECOM
• Travel for projects domestically and internationally for one week to a month at a time.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree + 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Experience with pavement design, shallow and deep foundations, slope stability
• Experience with AutoCAD, gINT, MathCAD, Geostudio, and other geotechnical analysis software
• A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field and office.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally for 2 to 4 weeks at a time.
• P.E. Certification
• Ability to work in inclement weather
• Ability to lift 50 lbs
• Due to the nature of work, US Citizenship is required
• Valid U.S. Driver's license and as a condition of employment, able to pass AECOM's Motor Vehicle Records Review.)

  Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge of geology within the tidewater area of Virginia
• Thorough understanding of the concepts of soil mechanics and foundation engineering
• Prior experience working on projects for the US Army Crops of Engineers, NAVFAC.
• Experience in monitoring general geotechnical construction
• Possess active or ability to obtain a security clearance
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in conducting large-scale subsurface investigations using various drilling methodologies.
• Experience with geotechnical laboratory testing.
• Experience with installation and monitoring of instrumentation 
• Experience with technical report writing
• Strong written and oral communication, quantitative and interpersonal skill

Additional Information

• Sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Relocation assistance is available for this role.
• This position requires travel
• Exempt Position: The offered rate of compensation (VA locations only) will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000.
• AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status,