Senior Geostructural Design Engineer | Lead Projects

BUNNELL LAMMONS ENGINEERING; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Vehicle allowance

Educational Reimbursement

Employee Stock Ownership

Job summary

Bunnell-Lammons Engineering (BLE) seeks a Senior Geostructural Design Engineer to lead design services for retaining walls, ground improvement, excavation support, slope stabilization, and deep foundations. The role requires high technical acumen, strong communication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration across a multidisciplinary firm.

The position offers project ownership, direct client interaction, and a path to shape BLE’s specialized geostructural service line within a growing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Master’s degree with a geotechnical/structural emphasis preferred
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
• 8 to 12 years in geotechnical, structural, or geostructural engineering with increasing responsibility
• OSHA 10-hour or 30-hour construction safety (or ability to obtain); preferred training in construction inspection, slope stability, or deep foundation testing

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior staff on technical execution, design software, and field practices, providing constructive feedback to strengthen technical skills and engineering judgment
• Support onboarding, training, and integration of new team members
• Help build a geographically distributed, high-performing team through clear communication and shared technical standards
• Act as a technical lead on projects, guiding staff and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders
• Serve as a point of contact for assigned clients and projects, providing regular updates and addressing concerns
• Participate in scoping meetings to align Geostructural solutions with client goals and establish clear scope, deliverables, and expectations
• Represent BLE in a professional and responsive manner during field visits, presentations, and project discussions
• Lead or contribute to internal QA/QC reviews of design calculations, drawings, and reports, ensuring review comments are addressed before issuance
• Develop and enforce design standards and checklists for Geostructural work
• Conduct field reviews and provide feedback to improve quality and constructability of deliverables
• Coordinate project tasks, milestones, and deliverables in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Assist with estimating level of effort for scopes of work and proposals
• Proactively monitor deadlines and workloads and communicate resource constraints or schedule risks early to ensure timely project completion
• Identify geotechnical, structural, and contractual risks during planning and design phases and communicate recommended mitigation measures to project leadership
• Ensure designs meet applicable building codes, DOT requirements, and design standards
• Oversee or support construction-phase QA/QC to verify adherence to design intent and promptly identify and communicate early deviations that could impact performance, safety, or liability
• Work closely with BLE’s geotechnical, CMT, environmental, and civil engineering teams
• Facilitate integration of subsurface data and geotechnical recommendations into constructible design solutions
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary projects, helping resolve soil-structure interaction challenges early in the design process
• Provide input on scopes, deliverables, and technical specifications for subcontractors and specialty vendors
• Review proposals and shop drawings from specialty contractors (e.g., ground improvement, anchors, micropiles) for consistency with project requirements and design intent
• Support contract negotiation by clarifying design responsibilities and assumptions
• Assist with proposal development, statements of qualifications, and pursuit strategy
• Identify new opportunities with existing clients and support efforts to secure new clients
• Develop marketing materials and technical content that highlight the Geostructural team’s value proposition
• Track project performance against scope, budget, schedule, and quality goals
• Use post-project reviews to refine internal tools, templates, and design methods
• Support team performance dashboards and metrics (e.g., backlog, proposal hit rate, QA issues)

Skills

Geostructural design

Retaining walls

Ground improvement

Slope stability

Deep foundations

Team leadership

Client communication

Code interpretation

Software proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree with geotechnical/structural emphasis

Professional Engineer (P.E.) license

Tools

LPile

GROUP

RSPile

SnailPlus

DeepEx

GEO5

Job description

Bunnell-Lammons Engineering (BLE) seeks a Senior Geostructural Design Engineer to lead design services for retaining walls, ground improvement, excavation support, slope stabilization, and deep foundations. The role requires high technical acumen, strong communication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration across a multidisciplinary firm.

The position offers project ownership, direct client interaction, and a path to shape BLE’s specialized geostructural service line within a growing team.