Geotechnical Engineer

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Geotechnical Engineer 1 to work with the Power Generation Business Sector on Power Generation and Infrastructure projects and when needed other regional client projects. The successful candidate will be based out of one of GAI's Pittsburgh area offices, Canton, OH office, Charleston, WV office Richmond, VA office or future office in Collegeville/King of Prussia, PA.

The successful candidate will perform geotechnical design tasks and field work under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer and/or professional geologist.

• Perform geotechnical engineering assignments involving investigations and designs for a variety of facilities including foundations for transmission lines, buildings, bridges, retaining walls and other structures; designs for natural gas pipelines and compressor stations; and design of residual waste landfills and impoundments.
• Prepare geotechnical engineering designs involving:
  • Rock/soil slope stability
  • Cut slope and fill embankment design
  • Landslide stabilization (reinforcement with rock anchors/ soil nails, GRS slopes)
  • Geotechnical field instrumentation
  • Soil reinforcement and ground improvement techniques (CMCs, compaction grouting, stone columns)
  • Sheet pile/retaining walls (gravity walls, soldier pile and lagging walls, MSE walls, T-walls)
  • Shallow and deep foundations (spread footings, driven piles, augered cast-in-place piles, helical piles, micropiles, drilled shafts).
• Develop subsurface investigations, monitoring programs, and coordinate geologic site characterization for a variety of facilities mentioned above.
• Installations of geotechnical field instrumentation.
• Selection of samples for laboratory testing.
  
  Prepare proposals, budgets, schedules, calculations, specifications and reports.
• Geotechnical Investigation and Construction Support Services including:
  • Test boring monitoring and logging
  • Site reconnaissance
  • Foundation and retaining structure construction monitoring and inspection.
• Perform site inspections at various power facilities and associated sites. Site inspections may be daily, weekly, monthly, or annual.
• Prepare boring logs and geologic cross sections.
• Travel can be expected in the form of fieldwork, which can be daily local travel or weekly out-of-town travel primarily in the mid-west and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
• Be able to complete with assistance or willing to learn basic civil site design tasks including:
  • site grading plans
  • erosion and sediment control plans
  • stormwater management plans
  • drainage plans
  • utility design and relocation
  • permit applications
  • construction drawings, specifications, and quality control plans
  • construction cost estimates

• Candidate can be expected to traverse steep terrain and carry up to 50 lbs.

• Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Acquires general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields, and ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
• Applies teamwork skills to effectively plan, execute, and manage scopes, schedules, and budgets to meet project stakeholder needs.

• 4+ Years of Experience

• B.S. or M.S. Engineering

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License

• Occasionally designs portions of a project, system, component, or process.
• Prepares plans, specifications, and other project documents.
• Designs and conducts analyses and interprets test data.

• Occasionally assigns tasks to other technical and non-technical staff.
• Occasionally plans and coordinates detailed aspects of the engineering work.
• Prepares scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments.
• Assists with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or projects.

• Receives general direction on key objectives. Receives guidance on unconventional/complex problems, direction on modified techniques, and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria.
• Mentors junior staff by…