# Early Career Geotechnical Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Creve Coeur, IL
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an Early Career Geotechnical Engineer to join our team in Creve Coeur, IL.

As an Early Career Geotechnical Engineer at WSP, you will provide local geotechnical engineering assistance for the design, development, and construction of infrastructure projects and systems in the public and private sector.

Responsibilities:

- Assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from physical work sites, soil/water/sludge/rock samples, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, subsurface information, maps, geotechnical data, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction.

- Maintain quality control standards and procedures for accurate and precise measurements, statistical analysis of rock and soil environmental data, and reporting.

- Perform basic professional geotechnical engineering work relating to proposed and existing site conditions, including subsurface investigations, soil foundation engineering, settlement analysis, soil erosion, lateral earth pressures, geological hazards, underground water, and slope stability for commercial, industrial, building, environmental, infrastructure, and transportation projects.

- Provide entry-level technical assistance on various design requirements, operating strategies to account for the safety and functionality of end-users, systems, and infrastructure.

- Verify site characteristics and provide basic technical assistance on environmental, design, and construction issues involving rock and soil mechanics.

- Generate complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems, drawings, and field/work site notebook/logs.

- Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, sketches, calculations, and illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of data, findings, or analyses.

- Contribute to the preparation of technical reports and presentations that explain research and findings to improve, prevent, control, restore, or address design and/or construction issues or problems.

- Assist in the analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of data obtained during field investigations, offering input with developing action plans for low to mid-level risk mitigation activities.

- Comply with safety guidelines and site-specific procedures.

- Complete training on assigned tasks.

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Geological or Geotechnical Engineering, or closely related discipline.

- 0 to 1 years of relevant post-education experience.

- Excellent research skills with analytical mindset.

- Basic technical knowledge of geotechnical engineering.

- Familiarity with rock and soil mechanics.

- Competent interpersonal and communication skills.

- Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities.

- Ability to work independently under general supervision, as well as part of a team.

- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.

- Familiarity with discipline-specific design software.

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Engineer in Training Certification.

- Prior internship related to the degree of study and the specific engineering discipline.

- A member of and/or actively participate in local professional practice organizations.

- 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER).

- MSHA Part 48A Underground Coal and Metal/Non-metal Training.

- Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training.

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## Skills

### Required
- geotechnical engineering
- subsurface investigation
- soil foundation engineering
- slope stability
- rock mechanics
- AutoCAD
- Civil 3D
- ArcGIS
- gINT
- OpenGround Cloud
- RocScience
- GeoSlope
- HEC-RAS
- HEC-HMS

### Nice to have
- Engineer in Training Certification
- Prior internship
- 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER)
- MSHA Part 48A Underground Coal and Metal/Non-metal Training
- Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training

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