Technical Specialist 1

GAI Consultants Inc.; Charleston (WV); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-based compensation

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Company-paid disability and life保险

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Geotechnical Technical Specialist to support projects across the Energy, Transportation and Community Development sectors.

Positions are available in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, or Virginia offices, with an option to work remotely while based from one of these locations. Under the direction of a Geotechnical Engineering Manager, you will perform field investigations, designs, instrumentation, and construction monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering is required.
• Willingness to travel to PA, WV, and VA locations.
• Strong field and office integration for geotechnical designs.

Responsibilities

• Perform geotechnical engineering investigations for foundations, slopes, and earthwork.
• Prepare designs for slope stability, foundations, walls, and embankments.
• Conduct field testing and monitor construction activities.
• Prepare proposals, budgets, schedules, calculations, specifications, and reports.
• Travel for fieldwork up to 50% in PA, WV, and VA.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Fieldwork

Construction monitoring

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

GAI Consultants, Inc. (GAI) is seeking a Geotechnical Technical Specialist to work out of our Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Cranberry, or Canonsburg/Southpointe), West Virginia (Bridgeport or Charleston), or Virginia (Richmond or Warrenton) offices, with an option to work remotely while based out of one of those office locations. Under the direction of a Geotechnical Engineering Manager, this individual will provide geotechnical engineering and project site support for projects in the Energy, Transportation and Community Development business units. The position will require travel and fieldwork generally located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform geotechnical engineering assignments involving investigations for a variety of facilities including, but not limited to: foundations for transmission lines, buildings, roadways, bridges, retaining walls, dams, and other structures; designs for embankments and cut slopes for roadways and other developments; designs for natural gas pipelines and compressor stations; design of waste landfills and impoundments; and development of geotechnical monitoring and laboratory testing programs.
• Prepare geotechnical engineering designs involving: rock/soil slope stability; cut slope and fill embankment design; landslide stabilization and remediation (reinforcement with rock anchors/soil nails, GRS slopes); geotechnical field instrumentation; soil reinforcement and ground improvement techniques (CMCs, compaction grouting, stone columns); sheet pile/retaining walls (gravity walls, soldier pile, and lagging walls, MSE walls, T-walls); shallow and deep foundations (spread footings, driven piles, micropiles, drilled shafts).
• Geotechnical Investigation and Construction Support Services including, but not limited to: test boring monitoring and logging; site reconnaissance; foundation and retaining structure construction monitoring and inspection. The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting specifications and construction drawings, evaluating site conditions based on construction excavations, monitoring and reporting on construction activities, and performing field testing of soils.
• Prepare proposals, budgets, schedules, calculations, specifications, and reports.
• Travel can be expected in the form of fieldwork, which can be daily local travel or weekly out-of-town travel, generally located in the Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia areas (up to 50%).

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The candidate can be expected to traverse steep terrain and carry up to 50 lbs.

Why GAI?

GAI offers an exceptional place to do meaningful work, grow your career, and make a real impact in communities nationwide. You'll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary firm bringing together engineering, planning, and environmental expertise to deliver projects across transportation, infrastructure, power, and energy markets. Working alongside accomplished colleagues, you'll help move projects from vision through construction, creating solutions that keep people moving, power essential systems, and support responsible development.

At GAI, you'll work in a team-driven environment grounded in integrity, respect, and shared success, with the flexibility, resources, and career support that reflect a real and lasting commitment to our people. That commitment includes comprehensive benefits, wellness programs, and employee discounts. With opportunities across the U.S., GAI offers the collaboration and client focus of regional teams, supported by the stability, resources, and career-development opportunities of an established and growing firm.

Benefits To Working at GAI Include:

Competitive Pay & Recognition

• Market based, competitive compensation
• Performance driven recognition and development bonuses

Comprehensive Health & Wellness

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources

Meaningful Work-Life Balance

• Generous paid time off + 7 paid holidays
• An additional floating holiday-use it for what matters to you
• Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Growth, Learning & Financial Security

• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Support and rewards for professional development and certifications

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Qualifications

Education Bachelors of Engineering (required)

Licenses & Certifications Driver's License (required)

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