Senior Geotechnical Project Manager

Socket.dev; Grand Junction (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k matching

Paid leave

Job summary

Yeh and Associates, Inc. is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Project Manager to oversee projects across the Colorado Western Slope offices in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, and Durango.

The role entails supervising staff, ensuring timely delivery, and applying geotechnical design principles to transportation projects. You will lead client relations, contribute to proposals and budgets, and maintain safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Valid Professional Engineering registration is required.
• Bachelor’s and master’s degree in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering.
• 15–20 years of geotechnical engineering experience with significant project management and budgeting experience.
• Strong knowledge of soil and rock mechanics, groundwater hydrology, and geotechnical design for roads, airports, and earthworks.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and client satisfaction.
• Lead staff development, performance reviews, safety oversight, and quality of deliverables.
• Develop and pursue business opportunities, build client relationships, and contribute to proposals and budgeting.
• Provide technical leadership as a senior reviewer of analyses and reports for junior engineers.
• Coordinate field activities and travel as needed.

Skills

Verbal communication

Problem solving

Team leadership

Self-motivation

Education

Geotechnical or Civil Engineering (Bachelor’s and Master’s)

Tools

MathCAD

Slide

MSEW

RSPile

LPILE

Settle3

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

Yeh and Associates, Inc., Engineering Services Department is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Project Manager to support our growing Colorado Western Slope Offices located in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, and Durango. Western slope offices offer a variety of engineering projects in a small city environment ideal for the outdoor enthusiast.

The Senior Geotechnical Project Manager will supervisor and monitor all projects in progress, ensure work is executed on time in accordance with client requirements. Supervisor staff, including training, development, and performance review, utilization, safety oversight, quality of service and work product, and timely delivery of service and deliverables. Plan for and participate in business development activities to identify, develop, win, and execute project opportunities, build and maintain client relationships..

Qualifications Required

• Valid Professional Engineering registration (required).
• Extensive experience in Transportation Sector projects.
• Bachelor’s and master’s degree in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering.
• 15-20 years of previous professional experience in geotechnical engineering; significant Project Management experience, including proposal preparation and budgeting; thorough knowledge of state and federal regulations; proven business development skills.
• Extensive geotechnical background including a strong fundamental knowledge of principles of geotechnical or geostructural engineering, soil and rock mechanics, and groundwater hydrology as they apply to both design and construction.
• Recognized for technical excellence and development of client-focused, creative, and practical solutions.
• Self-motivated, with strong technical problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional verbal and communication skills, able to relate engineering recommendations to a variety of clients with confidence. Communicate well with the construction team on a jobsite.
• Geotechnical design experience required. Experience in roadway design, airport design, deep foundations (drilled shafts, driven piles, micropiles) and shallow foundation design options (slabs on grade, mat slabs, PT slabs), soil nail wall, mechanically stabilized earth MSE walls, landslide mitigation and rock slope design preferred.
• Strong willingness to help develop business.
• Positive attitude and an ability to work well in a team environment.
• Experience with MathCAD, Slide, MSEW, RSPile, LPILE, Settle3, other technical programs, and Microsoft applications
• In depth knowledge and experience with a wide range of site investigation methods and sampling techniques including geophysical methods, traditional soil borings and test pit excavations, cone penetrometer testing and percolation testing.

Requirements

• Follow safety rules, guidelines, and standards for all projects. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Act as project manager and design lead, responsible for developing plans, sections, details and calculations
• Evaluate subsurface data and perform engineering analyses to include bearing capacity and settlement for shallow foundations; axial/lateral capacity and settlement for deep foundations; cut and fill slope stability, rockfall hazard analysis, seepage through and under embankments, and flexible and rigid pavement design.
• Prepare geotechnical reports, addenda, and supplemental letters in a cost-efficient manner.
• Actively support business development with frequent client contact and outreach to new and existing clients;
• Prepare cost estimate proposals for engineering projects including developing a scope of work
• Manage projects and supervise an engineering team, responsible for budgets and deliverables to clients including summary reports, recommendations, and post report consultations during construction.
• Review geotechnical analyses and reports by junior engineers.
• Maintain quality standards on all project deliverables.
• Develop plans, schedules, conducts, and/or coordinates detailed phases of assigned project work.
• Serve as a technical adviser to junior engineers and reviewer to other project team members.
• Interact with client and project team in developing scope of services and communicating project progress.
• This position has a field component; some overnight travel is required.

Work environment

• Typical office environment with some field services.
• Working in all types of terrain, weather conditions, and through various stages of construction.
• Loud noise levels may be encountered.
• Strong adherence to safety required.
• Ability to lift/move up to 50 lbs.

Benefits

Health insurance, 401k matching, paid leave, and competitive wages, are all a part of the Yeh employment package.

Education/Training

Yeh believes in supporting one another and encourages continually development of education and professional development. We promote involvement within our industry by asking our team members to join professional organizations. Our culture recognizes the importance of sharing knowledge, skills, and abilities by partnering our experienced team members with less experienced team members to share their skills and expertise.

Equal Opportunities

Being a minority owned business, our foundation is built on our commitment to provide opportunities in which all employees are engaged and passionate about providing innovation geotechnical design and construction materials solutions to better our world. We believe that doing the right thing is the best decision long-term and recognize that varied backgrounds enrich our team by exposing us to unique perspectives, unlocking innovation, expertise, and efficiency.

We provide opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic protected by law.