Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:
Certerra A3GEO is seeking a full-time Staff Geotechnical Engineer to join our Berkeley, California team. Certerra A3GEO is an established geotechnical consulting firm where people collaborate, innovate, build enduring relationships, and grow professionally. We offer a positive work life balance with the opportunity to work on challenging and unique engineering projects involving flood control (levees, dams), civil and transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, tunnels), campus facilities (laboratory buildings, academic buildings, athletic facilities), mid to high-rise buildings, and geologic hazard mitigation (ground improvement, slope stabilization). At Certerra A3GEO, you can look forward to working on a wide variety of interesting projects in an environment where technical excellence and the ability to satisfy clients is both celebrated and rewarded.
Actual compensation will be set based on your knowledge and experience coupled with your ability to provide satisfactory documentation demonstrating requisite skills in writing, engineering, and interpersonal communications. Certerra A3GEO offers a competitive compensation package with benefits such as health, dental and vision coverages, 401K, and holiday, vacation, and sick time.
Duties:
- Conduct onsite construction observation and testing services including nuclear gauge field density testing, concrete sampling, earthwork operations, and foundation installations.
- Work outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Review and interpret construction plans and specifications.
- Perform laboratory testing.
- Plan, schedule, conduct geotechnical field investigations.
- Prepare boring logs.
- Prepare written reports.
- Working directly with and managing sub-consultants.
- Work responsibly, safely and in a manner that reflects well upon the firm.
Education/Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship or legal authorization to work in the U.S.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering or related discipline (geology, construction management, etc.).
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills, including written and verbal communication.
- Valid CA driver’s license and good driving record.
Certifications/Licenses:
- Driver’s license with acceptable motor vehicle record
- Engineer-In Training (EIT)
- Working towards obtaining professional license
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. This Company is dedicated to both the letter and the spirit of the equal opportunity employment laws. All applicants and all employees will be evaluated on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions. There will be no discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, religion, age 40 and over, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other classification which may be protected by federal, state, or local laws. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we specifically offer equal opportunity for all employees or job applicants who may have a physical or mental disability. Such persons will be hired on the basis of their ability to perform the essential functions of the job in question. Likewise, their work will be evaluated on their performance of these essential functions. We will offer reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, to the extent that Company resources allow without undue hardship. As part of our equal employment policy, there will be no wage differentials based on gender, between men and women employed in the same establishment, on jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions.