Geotechnical Senior Staff Engineer

Terracon’s geotechnical team pairs technical depth with hands-on field practice to support a wide range of projects and clients. In this onsite role in Tampa, Florida, you will provide geotechnical engineering and consulting services spanning field investigations, analysis, design recommendations, and report preparation.

Working under the supervision of a Professional Engineer and a Terracon Authorized Project Reviewer, this Senior Staff Engineer position includes managing and executing small to medium projects, with opportunities to contribute to more complex work as needed.

What you’ll do

• Provide geotechnical engineering and consulting services for a broad array of projects and clients.
• Perform and/or lead field investigations, engineering analysis, calculations, and recommendations.
• Design and develop plans and specifications, including observation and inspection.
• Write, prepare, and review project-related reports.
• Review drawings and construction activities to help ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Prepare proposals and cost estimates, track and evaluate project progress and budgets, and recommend changes.
• Research and resolve design and construction problems.
• Assign, review, and evaluate laboratory or field data for inclusion in reports.
• Apply sound engineering principles and communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical clients and project teams.
• Follow safety rules, guidelines, and standards; participate in pre-task planning and report safety issues or concerns to management.
• Integrate quality leadership practices into daily work and help maintain consistent quality standards on proposals and project delivery.
• Manage and execute small to medium projects, and sometimes more complex projects.
• Develop scope of work for routine projects and prepare cost estimates, specifications, and other project-related documents.
• Analyze data and perform engineering calculations and analysis.
• Coordinate and supervise field investigations, laboratory testing, and evaluation of data to develop recommendations.
• Develop plans, schedules, and/or coordinate detailed phases of assigned project work.
• Work closely with a senior-level project manager to gain project management and engineering experience.
• Make design recommendations, adaptations, and modifications.
• Prepare work scope, proposals, reports, and plans for investigations for approval by senior-level professionals for routine projects.
• Serve as a technical adviser to junior-level project team members.
• Supervise field staff, including graduate/field engineers, engineering technicians, exploration teams, laboratory staff, and other support personnel.
• Interact with clients and the project team to develop scopes of services and communicate project progress.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering preferred.
• Engineering Intern (Engineer in Training) (or ability to obtain).

About the team

• Provides geotechnical services nationwide for a wide range of projects.
• Draws on six decades of historical geotechnical data, a fleet of more than 200 drill rigs, 140 accredited laboratories, and thousands of employees.
• Delivers AI-supported solutions and predictive technologies, geophysics, and traditional exploration to provide precision, value-added subsurface information, and engineering and scientific expertise.