Geotechnical Staff Engineer

Geotechnical Staff Engineer

Job
# of Openings: 1

Job Location:

US-NJ-Bloomfield
Category:
Civil
Relocation Assistance:
No
Service Line: IES

We're seeking an experienced Geotechnical Engineer with a minimum of 3 years experience to support our Bloomfield, NJ office. If you are someone with diverse experience, including transportation projects, preferably for NJDOT, NJ Turnpike or county agencies, you will work on multiple projects simultaneously across multiple Dewberry offices including highway, bridge, building, coastal resiliency and flood protection, rail, dam, and pavement design projects.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for career advancement into a Project Engineer role, depending on candidate's ability.

Dewberry is a leading, market‑facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. We seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half‑century.

Dewberry offers a comprehensive and competitive package of insurance programs to regular full‑time employees and their eligible dependents, starting the first month following hire date. The insurance package includes medical, dental, vision and supplemental life. Additional no‑cost insurances include life, accidental death and dismemberment, business travel and accident, short‑ and long‑term disability. Employees pay a share of Dewberry’s premium expenses on a pre‑tax basis for medical and dental plans.

Dewberry offers a wide range of other employee benefits, including 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, 529 College Savings Plans, Travel Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts and Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse and children.

Positions within the officer program may be eligible for an annual bonus and monthly stipend, varying with level within the program and performance. Certain positions are also eligible to receive overtime pay; all non‑exempt positions are eligible for overtime upon approval.

Employees also have access to a host of discounted purchase programs.

• Provide field oversight of subsurface investigation programs, including soil borings, field classification of soils and rock, in‑situ testing, geologic mapping and geophysical testing.
• Interpret laboratory test results to determine design parameters.
• Develop and provide oversight of geotechnical instrumentation programs and data collection, including conventional piezometers, inclinometers, extensometers and tilt meters.
• Evaluate, select and determine appropriate foundation solutions for complex sites.
• Perform geotechnical and foundation related design calculations for transportation projects, including slope stability, settlement, deep and shallow foundations, retaining walls and support of excavation systems.
• Prepare subsurface exploration and soils laboratory testing program submissions, foundation design recommendations and other geotechnical related reports.
• Review contractor design and construction submittals.
• Conduct on‑site observations of construction activities, including pile driving, subgrade preparation and installation of monitoring instrumentation.
• Collaborate with junior and senior level staff to accomplish goals.

• BS in Civil Engineering (MS in Geotechnical Engineering preferred or in progress).
• Ideal experience of 3‑5 years of diverse geotechnical experience, including transportation project experience, preferably for NJDOT, NJ Turnpike or county agencies. Rail and alternate project delivery experience is a plus.
• Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam is required (PE preferred).
• Experience in building and bridge foundations, pavement design, slope stability/stabilization, and…