Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Company Description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it's improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We're one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let's get started.

Job Description

The Water Business Line of AECOM is actively seeking a Principal Geotechnical Engineer. The position is located in Dallas, Texas.

The Water team brings together the skills of project managers, civil engineers, H&H engineers, geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, and environmental and planning specialists to provide integrated, sustainable and cost-effective solutions. Projects include flood risk reduction systems, dams, levees, floodwalls and floodgates, water supply, tunnels/trenchless technology, roads water/wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, pipe networks, sewerage, and outfalls.

You will work alongside our project managers throughout the project design and delivery cycle, making technical decisions in various design stages of water and wastewater utility projects to include carrying out feasibility studies, reference designs, detailed designs, and preparing reports and technical specifications. You may be asked to mentor junior staff which will call for excellent leadership and communication skills.

In this role you will act as a task or discipline lead on projects. You must be able to demonstrate a positive can-do attitude and be customer focused, a critical thinker and problem solver, and ready to apply your knowledge and skill sets in order to establish a rewarding, long-term career utilizing principles and methods for geotechnical engineering projects. Additionally, you will work directly with other disciplines to develop creative solutions for our clients.

The Geotechnical Engineering Team in Texas and Louisiana is unique, as it works on a variety of large, high profile projects for a variety of industries including Water, Transportation, Architecture, Environmental, and Construction. This involves site investigations, soil laboratory testing interpretations, all manner of geotechnical analyses and calculations.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications:

• 20+ years of strong technical progression within geotechnical engineering
• Proficient in GeoStudio, UTexas4, LPILE, GROUP, SHAFT, Plaxis, FLAC, Settle3D, and MathCAD
• Expertise with and ability to make informed decisions regarding drilling, field investigations, laboratory testing, advanced material characterization, seepage analysis, slope stability analysis, settlement, and construction of dams, levees, channel improvements, and other heavy earthwork projects.
• Expertise in various construction techniques and phasing to help develop unique, cost effective solutions for our clients.
• Ability to travel 10% or more, as needed
• Ability to support marketing effort in pursuing alternative delivery work with a focus on geotechnical engineering
• A positive attitude that motivates the project team.
• Ability to work on fast paced complex projects
• Ability to work on multiple ongoing projects at the same time
• Willing to work overtime if needed to complete a task to meet the client's schedule or request
• Understanding of expansive soils in Texas and/or soft soils in Louisiana and their impacts to design is a plus.
• Experience in construction inspection
• Graduated from ABET accredited university with Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
• Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering, or in progress.

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there's never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

Join us and let's get started.

ReqID: J10091314

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: West

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid