Senior Geotechnical Engineer

LVI Associates; Milwaukee (WI); Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

LVI Associates in Milwaukee seeks a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to lead and grow its geotechnical department. The role targets a PE-licensed professional with roughly 10–15 years of geotechnical consulting experience who can write high‑quality reports and mentor others.

The position offers long‑term leadership potential, with responsibilities spanning project leadership, client engagement, and business development across infrastructure, buildings, tunnels, and utilities in the Midwest.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Geological Engineering, or related discipline.
• Approximately 10 to 15 years of geotechnical consulting experience.
• Active Professional Engineer license.
• Strong experience preparing and reviewing geotechnical engineering reports.
• Knowledge of foundation design, subsurface investigations, earthwork, and construction-related geotechnical engineering.
• Experience supporting infrastructure, buildings, sewer, utility, tunnel, or municipal projects.
• Proven project management and project control capabilities.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, deliverables, and field resources.
• Ability to provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and field staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to clients, contractors, design teams, and public-sector stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Prepare, review, and sign comprehensive geotechnical engineering reports.
• Develop geotechnical recommendations for foundations, infrastructure, sewer systems, tunnels, and utilities.
• Plan and oversee subsurface investigations, drilling programmes, laboratory testing, and field activities.
• Interpret soil, rock, and groundwater conditions and translate findings into practical design recommendations.
• Review foundation systems, earthwork, excavation, retaining structures, and construction-related geotechnical considerations.
• Manage projects from proposal and investigation through reporting and construction support.
• Maintain control of project scope, schedules, budgets, invoicing, and overall financial performance.
• Coordinate and manage field engineers, technicians, drilling teams, and subcontractors.
• Review technical work and provide quality control for reports, calculations, and recommendations.
• Mentor junior engineers and support their technical development and PE licensure progress.
• Work closely with the President to understand the company's operations, clients, financial performance, and long-term business strategy.
• Gradually assume responsibility for day-to-day performance and direction of the geotechnical department.
• Support client relationships, proposal preparation, and business development where appropriate.
• Help identify and secure new project opportunities through existing relationships and strong project delivery.

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering

Master's degree in Geotechnical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Jobbeschreibung

An established multidisciplinary engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join and help lead its growing geotechnical department in Milwaukee.

This is a senior-level position designed for a PE-licensed geotechnical engineer with 10 to 15 years of experience who combines strong technical report-writing capabilities with project management and team mentorship experience.

The long-term objective is for this person to progress into departmental and executive leadership, with the potential to eventually succeed the current President.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and sign comprehensive geotechnical engineering reports
• Developgeotechnical recommendations for:
  • Building foundations
  • Municipal and transportation infrastructure
  • Sewer systems and sewer lines
  • Underground utilities
  • Tunnels and below-grade structures
  • Public and private development projects
• Plan and oversee subsurface investigations, drilling programmes, laboratory testing, and field activities
• Interpret soil, rock, and groundwater conditions and translate findings into practical design recommendations
• Review foundation systems, earthwork, excavation, retaining structures, settlement, and construction-related geotechnical considerations
• Manage projects from proposal and investigation through reporting and construction support
• Maintain control of project scope, schedules, budgets, invoicing, and overall financial performance
• Coordinate and manage field engineers, technicians, drilling teams, and subcontractors
• Review technical work and provide quality control for reports, calculations, and recommendations
• Mentor junior engineers and support their technical development and progression toward PE licensure
• Work closely with the President to understand the company's operations, clients, financial performance, and long-term business strategy
• Gradually assume responsibility for the day-to-day performance and direction of the geotechnical department
• Support client relationships, proposal preparation, and business development where appropriate
• Help identify and secure new project opportunities through existing relationships and strong project delivery

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Geological Engineering, or a related discipline
• Approximately 10 to 15 years of geotechnical consulting experience
• Active Professional Engineer licence
• Strong experience preparing and reviewing geotechnical engineering reports
• Demonstrated knowledge of foundation design, subsurface investigations, earthwork, and construction-related geotechnical engineering
• Experience supporting infrastructure, buildings, sewer, utility, tunnel, or municipal projects
• Proven project management and project control capabilities
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, deliverables, and field resources
• Ability to provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and field staff
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to clients, contractors, design teams, and public-sector stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Geotechnical Engineering or a related field
• Experience working across both public-sector and private-sector projects
• Existing relationships with municipal, transportation, utility, infrastructure, or development clients
• Previous responsibility for managing a geotechnical team, business unit, or technical discipline
• Experience reviewing departmental budgets, utilisation, backlog, revenue, and project profitability
• Interest in business development and the ability to generate or expand client relationships
• Ambition to progress into department, business, and executive leadership

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Clear path toward leading an established geotechnical department
• Direct mentorship and knowledge transfer from the company President
• Genuine long-term succession potential
• Opportunity to lead a team of approximately 10 geotechnical professionals, including three PEs
• Diverse project exposure across buildings, infrastructure, tunnels, sewers, and utilities
• Strong mixture of public-sector and private-sector work
• Ability to influence technical standards, team development, project delivery, and business strategy
• Long-term opportunity to take ownership of a successful geotechnical practice rather than remaining limited to project delivery alone

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is first and foremost a technically credible geotechnical engineer who can independently write and review high-quality reports. They will be comfortable managing projects, budgets, and field personnel, while also helping less-experienced engineers develop their technical judgment.

Business development experience would be valuable, but the priority is finding someone with the technical foundation, leadership potential, and long-term ambition to learn the business and eventually assume responsibility for the department and wider organisation.