Geotechnical Staff Engineer

Our mission is to create and maintain a company-wide team of confident, exceptionally skilled, and diverse people to lead our industry in providing creatively practical solutions to below-grade development. Join our skilled and dedicated team in working on local and often highly recognizable projects in and around the Greater Boston area and throughout New England. We want you to utilize your technical experience, as well as the ability to interact with clients and other members of the project team in a positive and constructive way.

McPhail has a strong familial culture that is fostered by informal social gatherings, in-house knowledge sharing sessions, and annual summer and winter company-wide outings. Our culture has produced a close-knit group of employees who collaborate daily with each other and with architects, engineers and contractors working toward a shared goal of a successful project for all involved.

We are dedicated to building meaningful relationships with everyone we work with because trust is the foundation of our work. Come build with us!

McPhail is made up of skiers and snowboarders, photographers and painters, hockey players and rock climbers, married people with kids and single people without kids, introverts and extroverts, and everything in between. Our people like to joke around, work hard, and socialize with one another during and outside of work. You won’t be an employee number on a spreadsheet here; you’ll be a person who will be welcomed and make friends.

Our people come from a wide variety of backgrounds whether it be race, color, age, sex, national origin, or basis of disability. The diverse background of our people makes McPhail stronger and we seek new employees that can further diversify our team. This diversity benefits both McPhail and our clients by fostering a close-knit community that encourages new thoughts and perspectives on old problems, leading to new and innovative solutions.

If you share our values of diversity and inclusion, you’ll be welcome at McPhail.

Compensation typically includes a competitive salary, a retirement plan with an unmatched 15% annual company contribution, a medical plan with premiums paid by the company, dental and vision coverage, flexible paid time off, a flexible work schedule, employee referral bonuses, and annual summer and winter company-wide outings.

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McPhail Associates, LLC (McPhail) provides geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering, geothermal energy, contracting support, and below-grade waterproofing consultation services to architects, owners, contractors, institutions, and developers. McPhail’s professional team is made up of practical, detail oriented, and highly motivated problem solvers who hold professional certifications and degrees in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, environmental science, and geology.

We are accepting resumes from positive, confident, and detail-oriented candidates who are looking to join our growing team of exceptionally skilled leaders. As a Geotechnical Staff Engineer, you will be working with a dedicated team of engineers, geologists, and scientists on projects in the field involving subsurface explorations, foundation-related construction, and remediation of soil and groundwater impacted by oil and hazardous materials.

Your responsibilities will include performing on-site observation at construction sites in and around the Greater Boston area and throughout New England and documenting geotechnical and/or geoenvironmental aspects of subsurface explorations programs, construction and/or remediation projects in accordance with the project’s scope of services. You’ll also collect and test soil and groundwater samples from various project sites.

• Monitor foundation-related construction activities such as earthwork, ground improvement, and pile installation.
• Perform in-place density testing on backfill material.
• Coordinate with contractors.
• Prepare clear, accurate, and detailed field reports…