Geotechnical Engineer

NV5 (NYSE: TIC)  provides engineering and consulting services to public and private sectors, delivering solutions through five business verticals: Construction Quality Assurance, Infrastructure, Energy, Program Management, and Environmental. With offices nationwide and abroad, NV5 helps clients plan, design, build, test, certify, and operate projects that improve the communities where we live and work.

As engineers, architects, construction/program managers, environmental professionals and beyond, we play a significant role in shaping our communities through the services we provide. We are looking for passionate, driven individuals to join our team focused on Delivering Solutions and Improving Lives.

NV5 is currently seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with 6 -10 years’ of experience for our New York City Office.  Candidates shall have good writing skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to work in a collaborative setting on projects for public and private clients.  Candidates shall be required to demonstrate practical and progressive experience in the following areas:

• Developing scopes of work for use in proposals.
• Reviewing engineering design analyses related to allowable bearing pressures, settlement analysis, deep foundation, liquefaction and site-specific seismic designs, slope stability, seepage analysis, and support of excavations.
• Perform oversight and Manage junior staff who perform oversight during subsurface explorations;
• Reviewing engineering analyses performed by junior staff, including analyses for slope stability, settlement and consolidation, deep foundation design, support of excavation design, and soil liquefaction;
• Preparing engineering reports, including the evaluation of collected field and laboratory results, in accordance with the NYC Building Code and other IBC-based codes;
• Providing Special Inspection oversight for deep foundation testing and installation, subgrade inspection, controlled filling and in-place density testing, and installation of underpinning and support of excavation (SOE) systems.

• A Baccalaureate degree in civil engineering (post-graduate education with a concentration in Geotechnical Engineering is a plus)
• A current NYS PE license (or ability to obtain reciprocity within 6 months of hire)
• Candidates shall have good writing skills and analytical thinking

• Candidates having OSHA 10-hour, 30-hour, or 40-hour training a plus.

• Experience with AutoCAD is required. 

• Knowledge and experience using geotechnical analysis programs, such as Slide, APile, LPile, All-Pile, WEAP, CivilTech Shoring Suite, Deep EX, PLAXIS, Shake 2000, and other advanced modelling programs a plus.

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The pay range for this position in New York City is $90,000.00 to $130,000.00 per year. Base pay offered for this New York–based role may vary and can be higher or lower depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to base pay, this position may be eligible for a comprehensive range of medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on the role offered. This disclosure is provided in accordance with New York Senate Bill S1326. Base pay information is determined by market location. Interested applicants should apply directly through the NV5 Careers website.

NV5 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NV5 complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.