Geotechnical Engineer jobs in South Dakota

Job Description

Job Summary

The Engineer I position in the Geotechnical Group will coordinate project services consistent with client’s needs by either performing or arranging qualified personnel to perform applicable project services with oversight and supervision (as required). The employee will perform field testing and evaluations, conduct laboratory testing and sample review, perform engineering analyses, prepare engineering recommendations and associated reports, and with oversight, manage AET project services for geotechnical projects. Project services may include soil borings, , pavement cores, groundwater monitoring wells, pressure meter testing, infiltration testing, geotechnical instrumentation installation and monitoring, and load test observations, as well as laboratory soil and bedrock testing.

All of this takes place within the framework of achieving the company's goals and vision.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations or workable solutions may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Prepare proposals and formal engineering reports.
• Prepare and coordinate field work instructions, maps, planning, permitting, and project specific items.
• Locate and mark soil borings, pavement cores, and perform site reconnaissance and utility meets.
• Maintain client, project team, and in-house communication.
• Make professional judgments with the support of senior staff members.
• Perform test borings, pavement cores, and install geotechnical instrumentation as part of a field crew.
• Conduct field observations of soil and/or bedrock and testing procedures.
• Conduct geotechnical-related monitoring and testing, including instrumentation, settlement monitoring, load tests, infiltration testing, and pressure meter testing.
• Perform laboratory testing on soil and bedrock samples.
• Analyze and interpret data and samples collected from field and laboratory testing.
• Prepare reports of field and laboratory work.
• Interact successfully with a wide variety of people, work effectively within project teams, resolve issues and problems in a constructive manner, and work independently and within small teams in the field.
• Conduct duties in a manner consistent with federal, state, and local regulations and AET’s QA and Health and Safety Policies.
• Evaluate the complexity of a project or its conditions, recognize when more difficult judgments or situations are present such that higher level engineering supervision/assistance should be provided.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibility

Provides work direction to field engineers, technicians, and drillers as coordinated with senior staff.

Qualifications And Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or other related engineering field.
• 0-3 years of related experience.
• Engineer in Training (EIT) registration required.
• Knowledge of fundamental engineering or scientific principles within geotechnical and construction materials areas and ability to apply that knowledge to the job.
• Communication skills sufficient to convey complex technical information in a clear manner to diverse audiences.
• Maintain valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Advanced experience using personal computer software, especially Microsoft Office.
• Experience analyzing and interpreting data, accurately observing and recording field activities, reading plans and specifications as related to the position.
• Experience determining and coordinating daily work schedule based on project priorities and client/department schedules.
• Professional Engineering (PE) registration or ability to obtain registration preferred.
  
  

Work Environment

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This position also may require field work in outdoor conditions on construction sites with uneven ground and adverse weather conditions. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50-100 pounds. The employee will occasionally push or pull equipment weighing up to 200 pounds. The employee is required to frequently work outside. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

AAP/EEO Statement

It is the policy of American Engineering Testing to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.