Senior Tunnel Geotechnical Engineer - Lead & Field

CDM Smith; Auburn (ME); On-site; USD 105,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking an experienced Senior Geotechnical Engineer specializing in tunnels and underground structures in the United States. You will lead technical efforts, mentor junior staff, and guide multidisciplinary teams through complex infrastructure design and construction.

Responsibilities include performing analyses, developing design approaches, producing technical reports, and contributing to QA/QC practices, client engagement, and industry leadership within tunneling projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Geotechnical, Mining, Tunneling, Structural Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• 10 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Performs structural and geotechnical analyses and design for increasingly complex projects involving tunnels and underground structures.
• Develops and implements design approach for 2D and 3D structural/geotechnical/soil structure interaction analyses and independently cross checks against empirical approaches.
• Develops calculation packages, contract document (drawings and specifications) package related to geotechnics, tunnel, and underground structures areas.
• Communicates design requirements developed through engineering analysis to drawings and specifications.
• Provides technical leadership to drafters/designers and junior engineering staff.
• Provides leadership oversight on planning geotechnical investigation programs specific to tunneling and underground engineering.
• Develops/writes geotechnical reports (data, interpretive, and baseline).
• Performs risk workshop and cost estimate efforts.

Skills

CAD 3D

Engineering principles

MS Office

Verbal and written communication

Underground engineering design

Numerical analysis tools

Education

Bachelor's in Civil/Geotechnical/Mining/Tunneling/Structural Engineering

Tools

Revit

STAAD

RISA

Plaxis

FLAC

DeepEX

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an experienced Senior Geotechnical Engineer specializing in tunnels and underground structures in the United States. You will lead technical efforts, mentor junior staff, and guide multidisciplinary teams through complex infrastructure design and construction.

Responsibilities include performing analyses, developing design approaches, producing technical reports, and contributing to QA/QC practices, client engagement, and industry leadership within tunneling projects.