Senior Project Engineer; Geotechnical

Senior Project Engineer (Geotechnical)

SESI Consulting Engineers has been selected as one of NJBIZ’s "FASTEST GROWING" Companies and Inc.'s "5000 America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies".

Join a company recognized for providing solutions, excellence, service, and integrity. We seek dynamic individuals to support organic growth.

SESI Consulting Engineers, founded in 1976, is a well‑established, progressive consulting engineering firm in Parsippany, N.J. SESI has earned an excellent reputation for providing innovative Geotechnical, Site/Civil, and Environmental engineering solutions for owners, developers, and the construction industry throughout the NJ, NY, CT region. SESI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, professional development assistance, bonus potential, employee engagement activities, and more.

SESI also engages its employees in all aspects of its projects and encourages them to participate in design and project management functions to their full potential.

Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Works collaboratively with the Principal and the client to solve the client’s problems in all interactions.

• Manages and performs site investigations
• Evaluates the surface and/or subsurface conditions and provides recommendations
• Plans and implements engineering programs, including defining the project philosophy, activities, milestones, and staff requirements per customer requirements
• Develops and maintains a schedule and budget for the assigned engineering project
• Provides reports on the status of project milestones and adjusts schedules accordingly
• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget
• Identifies project staffing requirements and coordinates staffing with supporting organization managers
• Coordinates preparation and delivery of project deliverables, design documents, bid packages and proposals
• Assigns and oversees project personnel to specific phases or aspects of the project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications
• Interfaces with customers to provide project status reports and ensure customer needs are met
• Provides status and progress reports to customer, project team, and management
• Plans schedule of research according to company’s or contracting organization’s timetable, and establishes daily or weekly routines necessary to meet project timetable
• Provides expertise in field of research
• Performs and reports interim analysis of accumulated data to monitor for safety purposes
• Develops research plan, designs experiments, outlines research procedures to be followed, and identifies and/or provides training to subordinate personnel to carry out research
• Establishes major design parameters for projects in conjunction with project design team and client
• Preparation of proposal estimates of time and expenses required to complete project
• Affixes professional engineer seal on the completed work after verifying work is accurate
• Participates in recruiting activities such as selecting and orienting employees
• Conducts performance evaluation and provides performance feedback
• Counsels employees to reinforce policies and procedures
• Manages employees, provides oversight and direction
• Coaches, mentors, provides training and staff career development
• Reinforces business relationships with existing clients and develops new relationships with future clients
• Identifies the potential for new projects and seeks opportunities to promote the company’s services on an ongoing basis
• Involved in the sale of company services and secures new business
• Travels 10% of the time; may be out of state

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