Entry Level Geotechnical Engineer

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

AECOM is seeking an Entry Level Geotechnical Engineer to be based in Austin, TX, and, or open to locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Baton Rouge, LA, and/or New Orleans, LA.

This position is expected to begin in June or September 2023.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Complete laboratory testing assignments
• Prepare Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) and drilling plans
• Complete analyses to determine the most cost-effective foundation design solutions
• Develop design parameters of the soils and rock
• Work on projects that reduce the risk for flooding, like new designs or improvement design for levees, floodwalls, floodgates, dams, penstocks, tunnels, stormwater pump stations, channels, bank stabilization.
• Work on high profile design and construction projects for USACE, TxDOT, USIBWC, NRCS, TCEQ local governments, etc.
• Use computer programs including GeoStudio, UTexas4, LPILE, GROUP, SHAFT, Plaxis, FLAC, Settle3D, and MathCAD for geotechnical analyses
• Complete geotechnical reports and proposals for review by senior technical staff
• Learn about mitigation strategies for expansive soils and soft, organic soils, or karstic limestone foundations.
• Perform geotechnical analyses to determine the bearing capacity, settlement, stability, and other characteristics of the subsurface materials
• Assist in the procurement of subcontract drilling and laboratory testing services
• Design embankment stabilization and under seepage solutions.
• Supervise field drilling operations and construction inspections
• Additionally, you could work on Design Build projects for both flood control projects and highways.
• Design MSE walls and bridge foundations
• Perform quality control checks on the laboratory test results
• Establish boring locations in the field

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Has Certification for Engineer in Training (EIT), or must obtain within 6 months after the start of employment
• Graduated from ABET accredited university with Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and
• Drivers license is required for this position, and motor vehicle records may be requested

Preferred Qualifications:

• Willing to work overtime if needed to complete a task to meet the client’s schedule or request
• Prior experience 0-3 years
• Detail-oriented and technical
• Master’s Degree in Geotechnical Engineering.
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Ability to work on multiple ongoing projects at the same time
• Ability to work on fast-paced complex projects

Additional Information

• Relocation is not available.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Sponsorship is not available.

Additional Details:

The Geotechnical Engineering Team in Texas is unique, as it works on a variety of large, high-profile projects for a variety of industries including Water, Transportation, Architecture, Environmental, and Construction. This involves site investigations, soil laboratory testing interpretations, all manner of geotechnical analyses and calculations, rehabilitation designs, alternatives analyses, etc. Additionally, most of this team has always worked remotely, so you must have very strong communication skills and the ability to work with a team across the nation and the world. The benefits of this method of work include flexible hours and flexibility to work from home or the office, whichever is your preference within the needs of the project and Project Manager.

The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate a positive can-do attitude, is customer-focused, is a critical thinker and problem solver, and ready to apply their knowledge and skill sets in order to establish a rewarding, long-term career utilizing principles and methods for geotechnical engineering projects.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! 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.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.