Senior Geotechnical Engineer Specializing in Earthquake Engineering (

Job Description

Description:

Position Summary: As a Senior ENGEO Geotechnical Engineer with a specialty in Earthquake Engineering or a Senior Seismologist, we would love to see you come in and hit the ground running. While working with ENGEO’s team, you will work on a wide variety of challenging, world-renowned projects. You will be encouraged and supported to lead increasingly complex and seismically challenging projects.

Primary Responsibilities

Work as part of the team to perform seismic analyses such as ergodic and non-ergodic seismic hazard, ground-response, and ground-motion development for projects in the Western United States, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.

Lead seismic development of design recommendations for design and construction of private and public projects.

Effectively communicate and collaborate with clients, subcontractors, government agencies, project managers (locally and in other regional offices), and peers.

Will be assigned increasingly more complex tasks and projects

A Few Notable Projects

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles, CA

Multiple Technology Campuses for Google, YouTube, and Facebook, Bay Area, CA

Oceanwide Center, San Francisco, CA

Metro Purple Line Extension, Los Angeles, CA

Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand

Transmission Gully Highway, Wellington, New Zealand

Kaikoura Earthquake rehabilitation of State Highway and Railway, South Island, New ZealandRequirements:

Our Ideal Candidate

Thorough knowledge of Earthquake Engineering, such as:

Ground Motion Models

Seismic Source Characterization

Ergodic and Non-Ergodic Seismic Hazard Analysis

Time-History Scaling and Matching

Site-Response Analysis

Working knowledge of the software program HAZ45, or equivalent program

Coding capability in Python and/or Matlab

Fundamental knowledge of Geotechnical Engineering or willingness and ability to learn is preferred.

All Candidate Criteria

Education: M.S. degree in a relevant field, PhD is preferred.

Proficiency in GIS experience is a plus.

Robust writing and communicative skills

Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse environment

Have the ability to work and succeed as a team while being resourceful when working alone