Geotechnical Engineer

Duties: HDR's Geotechnical Engineer in the New York office will:

• • • • Perform fieldwork including:
        
        • Meeting with clients on site and performing field reconnaissance;
        • Conducting geotechnical soil borings, rock coring, cone penetration tests and test pit investigations; and
        • Construction Monitoring;
        
        
        
      • Prepare geotechnical design of foundation elements for bridge structures, buildings, retaining walls, fill and cut embankments, and fender system, including:
        • Interpreting supplemental and historical soil boring logs and determining soil strata;
        • Evaluation of soil engineering parameters;
        • Soil stress analysis;
        • Seismic Evaluation;
        • Design of Shallow Foundation Elements;
        • Design of Deep Foundation Elements;
        • Slope Stability Analysis;
        • Providing guidelines for ground improvement;
        • Providing guidelines for construction considerations;
        • Pre and post Construction condition survey;
        • Providing guidelines for construction instrumentation and monitoring requirements;
        • Drafting Boring Location Plan and General Subsurface Profile;
        • Design services during construction including generating engineering responses for RFIs and reviewing submittals; and
        
        
        
      • Conduct Quality Control including review of geotechnical reports and fieldwork performed by others.
      
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  

Requirements: Master's Degree in Civil Engineering and 2 years' experience in geotechnical engineering or a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and 5 years' experience in geotechnical engineering.

Required experience must include experience in:

• Geotechnical design;
• Geotechnical fieldwork;
• Local construction codes including New York City Building Code;
• Local Geology.
• AutoCAD; and
• MicroStation.

Accepting licensed and unlicensed candidates. Professional Engineering licensure is not a prerequisite for this position.

NOTE: All HDR positions in the US may be subject to background checks and/or pre-employment drug testing.

Rate of Pay: $88,150 minimum per year.

Place of Employment: 500 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018.

Resumes may be directed to Allison Geiser, Mobility & Immigration Manager, HDR, 1917 South 67th Street., Omaha, NE 68106, with reference to job code 163695.