Geotechnical Engineer - Water Management

Location: Metairie

Job :

Location:

Metairie, LA, United States | Baton Rouge, LA, United States | New Orleans, LA, United States Department:
Geotechnical Design & Engineering Business Unit: ANA United States Work Type:
On-site

Date Posted:
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Geotechnical Engineer to join our National Water Management Team and Water South team. . In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering impactful projects that directly support communities across the country. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to take projects from concept through construction—gaining exposure to complex infrastructure challenges while building your technical and project leadership capabilities.

This role will perform geotechnical analyses for levees, dams, flood walls, and other hydraulic structures. This is an opportunity to step into increased ownership, develop leadership skills, expand your client-facing experience, and grow your career with a globally recognized leader in water engineering.

Role accountabilities:

As a Geotechnical Engineer,  you will play a key role in delivering engineering and consulting services for a variety of projects, including those focused on flood risk reduction, waterfront infrastructure resilience, dam safety, lock and navigation structure design etc.

You’ll partner closely with clients and internal leaders to shape project scope, develop innovative solutions, and ensure successful, on-time delivery. Beyond project execution, you’ll mentor entry-level engineers—making a visible impact both within the organization and across the communities we serve.

Additional duties include:

Preparation of geotechnical recommendations that aid in the development of designs, drawings, specifications, and reports  Work with our multi-disciplinary Water Management team that includes Civil, Structural, and Geotechnical Engineers to deliver innovative designs for our clients Data evaluation of instrumentation systems at levees, spillways, outlet works, and slopes. Assists in planning and coordinating geotechnical field investigations. Design and analyses of other heavy civil and earthen structures will be a part of this role in addition to preparing design/bid packages for permitting/construction, and coordinating and overseeing construction administration, and inspection services.

Planning field exploration and laboratory testing programs.

Some travel may be required to project site visits, client meetings, safety audits, construction oversight, etc.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or related field.

Minimum of 8 years of geotechnical experience. EIT/PE Certification

Preferred Qualifications:

 Master's degree in Civil Engineering. 8 years of geotechnical experience. Experience in managing project teams and collaborating with other technical disciplines. Proficiency in using programs such as gINT, SEEPW, SLOPEW, CWALSHT, PYWall, LPILE, and GROUPExperience in geotechnical analyses for dams, levees, cofferdams, and foundations for various hydraulic structures. Seepage, static and seismic stability analysis, liquefaction analysis, deformation analysis, and foundation and settlement analysis experience.

Why Arcadis?

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