Environmental Engineer jobs in South Dakota

This role is heavy on the project management side and is looking for someone who wants to eventually secure their PE as they will be working under a PE.

The Engineer I position in the Geotechnical Group will coordinate project services consistent with the client’s needs by either performing or arranging qualified personnel to perform applicable project services with oversight and supervision (as required). The employee will perform field testing and evaluations, conduct laboratory testing and sample review, perform engineering analyses, prepare engineering recommendations and associated reports, and with oversight, manage project services for geotechnical projects. Project services may include soil borings, pavement cores, groundwater monitoring wells, pressure meter testing, infiltration testing, geotechnical instrumentation installation and monitoring, and load test observations, as well as laboratory soil and bedrock testing.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations or workable solutions may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Prepare proposals and formal engineering reports.

Prepare and coordinate field work instructions, maps, planning, permitting, and project-specific items.

Locate and mark soil borings, and pavement cores, and perform site reconnaissance and utility meets.

Maintain client, project team, and in-house communication.

Make professional judgments with the support of senior staff members.

Perform test borings, and pavement cores, and install geotechnical instrumentation as part of a field crew.

Conduct field observations of soil and/or bedrock and testing procedures.

Conduct geotechnical-related monitoring and testing, including instrumentation, settlement monitoring, load tests, infiltration testing, and pressure meter testing.

Perform laboratory testing on soil and bedrock samples.

Analyze and interpret data and samples collected from field and laboratory testing.

Prepare reports of field and laboratory work.

Interact successfully with a wide variety of people, work effectively within project teams, resolve issues and problems in a constructive manner, and work independently and within small teams in the field.

Conduct duties in a manner consistent with federal, state, and local regulations and QA and Health and Safety Policies.

Evaluate the complexity of a project or its conditions, and recognize when more difficult judgments or situations are present such that higher level engineering supervision/assistance should be provided.

Supervisory Responsibility

Provides work direction to field engineers, technicians, and drillers as coordinated with senior staff.

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