Senior Mining Geotechnical Engineer

Arcadis; Highlands Ranch (CO); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K

Paid parental leave

Paid time off 15 days

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to lead geotechnical design, ground investigations, and reporting for major infrastructure and mining projects in the US. You will collaborate with a skilled team and drive technical excellence across feasibility, design, and construction phases.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years in geotechnical engineering, strong communication, and leadership. PE license is preferred and travel to client sites may be up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or geotechnical engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of geotechnical engineering experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on mining sector projects.
• Apply geotechnical principles to surface mining projects including tailings facilities and mine reclamation.
• Mentor junior staff and support business development with clients.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Effective communication

Slope stability analysis

Tailings dam design

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil/geotechnical eng.

Master's degree in civil/geotechnical eng. (preferred)

Professional Engineer (PE) license (preferred)

Tools

Autodesk Civil 3D

ArcGIS Pro

GeoStudio

FLAC

PLAXIS

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

Role Description

As a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at Arcadis, you will play a key role in delivering some of the most exciting and challenging infrastructure projects. You will work alongside a talented team, contributing to geotechnical design, ground investigations, and technical reporting. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your expertise, collaborate with leading professionals, and make a positive impact on the built and natural environment.

Locations offered

Highlands Ranch, CO, Reno, NV, Phoenix, AZ, Salt Lake City, UT or Las Vegas, NV.

Role accountabilities

• Working as a key participant in our Mining Sector Team, providing technical leadership and contributing to critical projects.
• Applying geotechnical engineering principles to develop effective solutions for surface mining projects, including tailings facilities, open pits, and mine reclamation efforts.
• Performing geotechnical engineering reviews and providing key input on large-scale, complex projects across the US and internationally.
• Mentoring and developing mid-level and junior staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Supporting business development by identifying and pursuing growth opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Acting as or becoming the Engineer of Record on appropriate projects, ensuring technical excellence and compliance.

This role provides a dynamic mix of feasibility studies, design, construction quality assurance, and client engagement, providing opportunities for professional growth and leadership within the mining sector. Additionally, this position may involve up to 25% travel to client sites and meetings, both within North America. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Qualifications & Experience

• Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of geotechnical engineering experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Preferred:
• Master’s degree in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Professional engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with Autodesk Civil 3D, ArcGIS Pro, and geotechnical modeling software (e.g., GeoStudio, FLAC, PLAXIS).
• Expertise in mine slope stability analysis, tailings dam design and siting, and soft-ground mechanics.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Benefits

• Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part-time positions.
• These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• We offer nine paid holidays.
• 15 days PTO that accrue per year.

The salary range for this position is $112,640- $168,960.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.