Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Terracon is hiring a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to lead geotechnical projects and coordinate planning, scheduling, and delivery across projects of varying size and complexity. The role includes client interaction, technical oversight, project management, and support for multidisciplinary work in markets such as renewable energy, oil and gas, data centers, and industrial development.

Responsibilities:

• Apply sound engineering principles and be able to communicate complex engineering issues and concepts to technical and non-technical clients and project teams
• May be responsible for resource management, project scheduling, budgets and forecasts, and working with external vendors, subcontractors or contractors
• Provide excellent level of customer service
• Design, communicate, and implement a project plan for completing the project
• Ability to develop written proposals to clients for both small and large projects
• Experienced in evaluating, and synthesizing complex laboratory and field data, and assembly in written reports
• Demonstrate a commitment to follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects for incident and injury free operations
• Report any safety issues or concerns to management
• Lead technical training and make informed decisions based upon state-of-the-art technology issues
• Provide leadership of marketing, sales and business development
• Supervise less experienced engineers or technical support personnel on projects
• Ability to become an authorized project reviewer at Terracon

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a minimum of 8+ years' related experience

• Have or be able to acquire certifications in state of Texas that includes: 

  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Civil Engineering

• Valid driver's license with acceptable violation history

• The preferred candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting large, complex, multi-discipline projects within renewable energy (wind and solar), oil and gas, data center, and industrial development markets

• This experience should include leading geotechnical site investigations and engineering services for projects with multiple stakeholders, aggressive schedules, and significant construction budgets

• Candidates should be comfortable collaborating with civil, structural, environmental, construction materials testing, and facilities engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions that address site characterization, foundation design, earthwork considerations, and construction risk management

• Experience managing key client relationships and serving as a trusted technical advisor on regional energy, infrastructure, and mission-critical facility projects is highly desired

• Master's degree in engineering and related and business consulting experience