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AECOM Mid-Level Geotechnical Engineer in Salt Lake City, Utah
Company Description
How will you make your mark?
At AECOM, our work in providing access to clean water enables communities to thrive and ecosystems to flourish, contributing to a resilient future. As a global leader in infrastructure consulting, we are at the forefront of significant water projects, with over 6,000 of the industry’s best minds driving innovation and technical excellence. Together, we develop solutions that are not only best in the world, but best for the world.
With an acceleration in infrastructure investment, your bold ideas and global expertise have never been more crucial. Join our dynamic team, where innovation, career growth, and collaboration are celebrated. Enjoy the freedom to grow with customizable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute to transformational projects worldwide. Discover your #H2Opportunity
Job Description
AECOM Technical Services, Inc. has multiple openings for a Mid-Level Geotechnical Engineer to be based in Salt Lake City, UT.
Job Responsibilities:
Participate in field assignments for projects with retaining walls, foundations, and slopes.
Field work includes soil and rock borings, test pits, CPT soundings, and geotechnical instrumentation design and construction.
Travel to complete field work and perform inspections, as needed.
Assign laboratory testing and develop material properties for soil and rock and perform geotechnical evaluations including liquefaction triggering and slope stability analysis.
Execute project assignments in a hybrid office-telecommuting environment while using critical thinking and engineering procedures to carry out project tasks.
Design shallow and deep foundations, earth retaining structures, embankments, and cut and fill slopes.
Use computer programs including GeoStudio, LPILE, GROUP, SHAFT, and Settle3 for geotechnical analyses.
Prepare geotechnical work plans, geotechnical reports, alternative analysis, etc., and review design plans and specifications for compliance with geotechnical recommendations and communicate with multiple disciplines and provide design improvement recommendations.
Mentor and train junior geotechnical engineers.
Have the opportunity to meet with clients and participate in proposals. 10% business travel to various unanticipated sites throughout the United States (National).
May telecommute.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates must have a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field, and 4 years of experience in the job offered, or in an engineering related occupation.
Position requires:
1. Geotechnical engineering;
2. Material characterization;
3. Slope stability analysis;
4. Settlement analysis;
5. Bearing capacity;
6. Soil mechanics;
7. Structural geology;
8. Field exploration;
9. Foundation design;
10. Retaining wall design;
11. Liquefaction triggering analysis; and
12. Report preparation.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $108,098.00 - $129,912.47.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: REF31551F
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: West
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid