Project Geotechnical Engineer

Find your path and enjoy the journey at
Haley & Aldrich. With us, you’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments – and, in turn, build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development.

We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking a
Project Geotechnical Engineer to work in a technical support role with highly skilled professionals on diverse project teams in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing group and company and get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients. This is a
full-time
position located in our
San Diego, CA
office.

In this position, you will:

• Split time and responsibilities between field assignments and office assignments.
• Lead portions of technical project work from project scope through final deliverables under the direction of senior staff.
• Apply academic and industry knowledge, as well as learnings from prior work experience, to execute project work.
• Provide training, guidance, and informal mentoring to junior staff on their projects and within your technical discipline.
• Under the direction of the senior staff, participate in communications with clients, agencies, and internal teams within your discipline.
• Plan, perform and oversee geotechnical engineering investigations, technical evaluations, data summarization, and design.
• Conduct basic construction observation, including quality control and field-testing tasks.
• Prepare and maintain accurate and detailed documentation of activities both in the field and during data evaluation.
• Perform all work in accordance with company and client health and safety protocols.
• Demonstrate the company’s foundational safety behaviors.

Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of relevant design experience in seismic, shallow and deep foundations, slope stability, ground improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and must be proficient at writing technical reports to meet project requirements.
• Able to work independently on individual tasks supporting technical work and exhibit the ability to manage tasks and perform work on multiple projects or multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Desire to learn and grow in your profession, demonstrate a positive attitude, strong work ethic, resourcefulness, flexibility, and ownership.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plaxis 3D, FLAC 3D, and/or relevant geotechnical analysis software.

• CA Professional Engineering license or planning to obtain professional license within 6 months.
• West Coast consulting experience and knowledge with, liquefaction, and seismic sampling and design methods.
• Nuclear Density Guage Certification.
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER training and refresher updates.
• Specialized software applications relevant to geotechnical engineering.

The salary range for this position in
San Diego, CA is $90,000 - $110,000 annually
. Actual compensation will be based upon a variety of factors such as education, related work experience, certificates, skills, and current market conditions. Haley & Aldrich reviews salary ranges each quarter to assess competitiveness with the market.

Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000+ engineers and…