Senior Project Engineer - Geotechnical

HNTB Corporation; New Jersey; On-site; USD 132,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation in Parsippany, NJ seeks a seasoned Geotechnical Engineer to lead technical design work, deliverables, and team mentorship on complex transportation projects.

You will coordinate with clients and partners, ensure schedule and budget compliance, and contribute to successful project delivery. A bachelor’s in engineering with extensive geotechnical experience, PE, and strong leadership are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience, or advanced degrees.
• Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
• Experience in Geotechnical Engineering and transportation infrastructure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead discipline delivery on large, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Oversee planning, work distribution, schedule adherence, and budget on complex projects.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team members.

Skills

Technical knowledge

Quality workmanship

Task prioritization

Project vision

Risk awareness

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

Geotechnical software

Job description

What We're Looking For

Job Description Summary

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for the production and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans and specifications for assigned projects. This position consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design and delivery. Applies engineering techniques, procedures and design criteria for complex and cross-discipline projects. Leverages technical knowledge and experience to address design related issues or concerns, working closely with the project manager through creative problem solving, interactions with clients and by completing tasks to meet the project schedule. Develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support the project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs and software. May mentor, train and review work of junior engineer staff and provide constructive feedback. As a member of the team, you will contribute to the successful project delivery for a diverse range of projects for HNTB’s clients.

What You’ll Do:

• Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
• Responsible for the discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects. Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi-discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

What You’ll Bring:

• Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multiple discipline projects.
• Prioritizes tasks and displays accountability to the project team to deliver projects that are of high quality, on-time, and within budget and scope.
• Demonstrates vision beyond the task at hand and anticipates risks and effects of their actions.
• Understands and supports the objectives that are responsible for successful project delivery, recognizing how multiple disciplines influence project development
• Applies an accrued knowledge base to innovate project efficiencies.
• Uses refined technical skills to identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and make good decisions, knowing what tools to use for effective solutions and optimal outcomes on projects.

What We Prefer:

• Master’s degree in Engineering
• 10 years of relevant experience in Geotechnical Engineering
• Transportation Infrastructure experience
• Proficient in geotechnical analysis software
• Professional Engineer (PE)

Additional Information

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Locations:

Parsippany, NJ (Fairfield)

The approximate pay range for New Jersey is $132,461.84 - $207,183.90. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group