Geotechnical Engineer, for COWI in North America

New York, New York, United States

• Category: Geotechnical Engineering

Description

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Do you want to join one of the leading engineering consulting companies, creating value for customers, people, and societies worldwide? Can you add to our growth by your being self-motivated, flexible, and able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment? And are you a collaborator with advanced time management and organizational skills and enjoy working in a team environment? Then, this could be the next step in your career.

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

To support our North American team, we are looking for a Geotechnical Engineer to join us. You will be working on exciting infrastructure projects across the Bridge, Marine, and Tunnel market sectors, along with our highly professional team that provides technical expertise, design leadership, project management, and specialized engineering expertise.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Collaborate and work cross-functionally with engineers and project managers in the analysis and design of foundations for bridges, marine structures, and underground large infrastructure.
• Perform 2-D or 3-D soil-structure interaction analysis, geotechnical analysis, and dynamic analysis using advanced finite element software, and perform geotechnical/structural design.
• Perform the design and analysis of deep foundations using industry standard software (i.e. Apile, Lpile, Group, GRLWEAP, etc.) and provide input to structural team members.
• Perform the design and analysis of shallow foundations including bearing capacity and determining settlement (i.e. elastic and consolidation settlement).
• Analyze/design earth retaining structures and perform slope stability analyses using SlopeW or similar software.
• Prepare design deliverable documents, provide geotechnical design recommendations, follow quality control procedures in the preparation of calculations, design drawings, and specifications.
• Implement design best practices in areas of expertise, in addition, to ensuring conformance with all applicable codes, standards, and client requirements.
• Visit the project site as required by the project (±10 percent of job responsibilities may take place out of the office).

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will:

• Hold an M.S. or higher degree in Civil and/or Geotechnical Engineering from a US accredited university or college focusing on the design of foundations, along with 4+ years’ experience working as a geotechnical engineer.
• Possess a Professional Engineering Licensure (P.E.) or can obtain the same within 12 months of employment.
• Be familiar with US standards and codes (IBC, AASHTO, API, FHWA, NAVFAC, USACE manuals, etc.)
• Be experienced in soil-structure interaction analysis and preparing and checking engineering designs and calculations for deep foundations for bridges, and/or marine structure, etc.
• Have experience with finite element software such as PLAXIS 2D and 3D and/or FLAC.
• Be able to interface with other technical disciplines (structural engineers, environmental specialists, BIM, CADD, etc.)

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

Being part of the COWI community offers more than just a competitive salary. We take care of our people both professionally and personally.

Some of our benefits include:

Flexible working arrangement | Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave | Fantastic close-knit team with a wealth of knowledge to share | Full time hires get minimum 3 weeks' vacation to start | Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity | Paid sick leave | Annual fitness subsidy - yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga, or gym membership | 401K contribution matching with generous company match | Personal and professional development fund | Parking or public transit allowance | Medical, dental, and vision insurance 80% employer-paid premiums | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance | Referral incentive program| Frequent social events

Base compensation: $80,000 to $102,000 for New York location only. Actual compensation is subject to variations due to education, experience, skill set and/or location.

Got more questions?

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI 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 recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Company

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COWI

COWI is a leading consulting group that creates value for customers, people and society through our unique 360° approach. Based on our world-class competencies within engineering, economics and environmental science, we tackle challenges from many vantage points to create coherent solutions for our customer.

With offices all over the world, we combine global presence with local knowledge to take on projects anywhere in the world – no matter how large or small. At any given moment, we are involved in more than 17,000 projects.

We have more than 80 years experience in the business, and COWI is a leader within its field because our more than 6,200 employees are leaders within theirs. Together with our customers, we create coherence in tomorrow's sustainable societies.