NDT/NDE & Engineering Geophysics Project Engineer

Orion Placement; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

Job summary

Confidential Employer in the United States is seeking an engineer with 1+ year of NDE/NDT or engineering geophysics experience to perform field data acquisition and analysis on civil infrastructure projects across the U.S. and occasional international work.

You will apply NDE methods (Impact Echo, Ground Penetrating Radar, Ultrasonic testing) and contribute to reports, client coordination, and project documentation while balancing fieldwork with office analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Geophysics, Structural, Geotechnical, or Materials Engineering.
• 1+ year of NDE/NDT or engineering geophysics experience; 2+ years preferred.
• Strong data collection, analysis, technical writing, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively, including occasional national and international travel.
• Comfortable performing fieldwork and working at heights.
• Clean driving record and ability to meet client site requirements.
• EIT registration is a plus; PE registration is preferred.
• Experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, GIS, FEM, or NDE instrumentation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform nondestructive evaluation and engineering geophysics data acquisition in the field.
• Process, analyze, and interpret NDE and geophysical data.
• Support evaluations of bridges, buildings, dams, tunnels, pavements, foundations, and other civil infrastructure.
• Prepare technical reports, proposals, and project documentation.
• Communicate and coordinate directly with clients and project teams.
• Apply NDE methods such as Impact Echo, Sonic Echo, Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity/Echo, Ground Penetrating Radar, corrosion evaluation, infrared thermography, pile integrity testing, and structural health monitoring.
• Support field investigations that may involve difficult conditions, heights, nights, weekends, and extended travel.
• Work both independently and collaboratively while contributing to projects from field data collection through final analysis and reporting.
• Travel nationally and occasionally internationally for project assignments, including occasional trips lasting 2 to 3 weeks.

Skills

NDE/NDT

Data collection

Fieldwork

Technical writing

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Bachelor's in Geophysics

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

GIS

FEM

NDE instrumentation

Job description

Confidential Employer in the United States is seeking an engineer with 1+ year of NDE/NDT or engineering geophysics experience to perform field data acquisition and analysis on civil infrastructure projects across the U.S. and occasional international work.

You will apply NDE methods (Impact Echo, Ground Penetrating Radar, Ultrasonic testing) and contribute to reports, client coordination, and project documentation while balancing fieldwork with office analysis.