Mid-Level Geotechnical Engineer

Job Description
AECOM Technical Services, Inc. has multiple openings for a Mid-Level Geotechnical Engineer to be based in Salt Lake City, UT.
Job Responsibilities:
Participate in field assignments for projects with retaining walls, foundations, and slopes.
Field work includes soil and rock borings, test pits, CPT soundings, and geotechnical instrumentation design and construction.
Travel to complete field work and perform inspections, as needed.
Assign laboratory testing and develop material properties for soil and rock and perform geotechnical evaluations including liquefaction triggering and slope stability analysis.
Execute project assignments in a hybrid office-telecommuting environment while using critical thinking and engineering procedures to carry out project tasks.
Design shallow and deep foundations, earth retaining structures, embankments, and cut and fill slopes.
Use computer programs including GeoStudio, LPILE, GROUP, SHAFT, and Settle3 for geotechnical analyses.
Prepare geotechnical work plans, geotechnical reports, alternative analysis, etc., and review design plans and specifications for compliance with geotechnical recommendations and communicate with multiple disciplines and provide design improvement recommendations.
Mentor and train junior geotechnical engineers.
Have the opportunity to meet with clients and participate in proposals. 10% business travel to various unanticipated sites throughout the United States (National).
May telecommute.