Project Geotechnical Engineer

Description

Delve Underground is a leader in heavy civil engineering, serving the transportation, water, wastewater, and energy industries. Specializing in tunnel design, we provide innovative solutions to the most challenging underground problems. Offering comprehensive design, construction management, and dispute‑resolution capabilities, our expertise includes civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering. Founded in 1954, Delve Underground is an employee‑owned firm with 25 offices and over 350 team members throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

We want our employees to make a career doing what they love to do
. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and help our team members forge their own path within the company. We support their efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology while fostering a great work‑life balance
. In addition to working hard,
we also have fun
. We socialize and celebrate achievements at summer picnics, holiday parties, and company outings
.

Benefits: Full Benefits Program consisting of Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA or HSA, EAP, 401(k), ESOP, and company stock ownership program, 9 Paid Holidays, generous paid‑time‑off program, Work from home flexibility, and Health & Wellness Reimbursement

Pay Rate: $84,564 - $153,330

Delve Underground has an immediate opening for a Geotechnical Engineer with a minimum of six years of relevant experience to join our New York City team delivering tunnels, underground facilities, and water infrastructure projects. The candidate will have experience in one or more of the following subject matters: field investigations, geotechnical engineering design, excavation support.

• Lead geotechnical investigation programs including planning, permitting coordination, field implementation, field data collection and oversight including logging of soil borings and rock cores, oversight of in‑situ testing, data reporting and writing interpretative reports
• Perform geotechnical engineering analyses and calculations for tunnels, shafts, support of excavations, foundations, retaining structures, landslide and slope stability, ground improvement, and seismic evaluations
• Evaluate and characterize soil and rock ground conditions for engineering design
• Preparation of technical reports and other documents
• Specialty inspection of pile load testing, pile installation, jet grouting, and slurry walls
• Managing tasks and mentoring junior staff
• Review of contractor submittals
• Work on a variety of office and field assignments
• Ensure quality assurance and quality control procedures are met

• BS in Civil, Geotechnical, or Geological Engineering, MS preferred
• Professional Engineering registration in New York State or the ability to obtain one within 1 year
• Ability to manage a number of concurrent assignments and priorities and supervise junior staff on project tasks
• Strong analytical and technical communication skills
• Familiarity with geotechnical analysis software for stability analysis, seepage analysis, shoring analysis and site response analysis

If you feel that you would be right for this position, please fill out our initial 3‑minute, mobile‑friendly application so that we can review your information. We look forward to meeting you!

Delve Underground is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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