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Tetra Tech is adding a Supervising Engineer to our team based in Diamond Bar, CA. The geotechnical office in Diamond Bar provides a broad range of services to a broad range of clients.  Our projects include dams, levees, surface mining and reclamation, landfill design, expansions and closures, brownfield redevelopments, infrastructure projects, landslides assessments and mitigations, and of course conventional geotechnical engineering projects involving foundations for hi-rises, commercial, industrial, single-family buildings, as well as offers forensics, expert, and agency review services.  Our clients include federal, state, county, and local government agencies as well as private entities.  Our staff includes certified and mostly higher degree geotechnical engineering, geology, and field construction staff.  The Diamond Bar geotechnical group provides advanced geotechnical engineering services focusing on earthquake engineering and advanced numerical modeling to Tetra Tech's worldwide operations.  Although most of our projects are in Southern California, we routinely provide services in Northern California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and occasionally across the country and internationally.

The position will require hands-on involvement in all project phases from proposal, project management and engineering, to client and design team interactions and eventual construction as well as involvement with the group management and administration.  However, training will be provided as needed.  This is a position with a significant long-term managerial growth potential.  Marketing experience is welcome but not required. The pay scale for this position is $150,000 to $190,000 annually based on qualifications and experience.

Your Role:

• Active participation in group management and administration
• Preparation of scopes and budgets for proposals
• Management of office and field staff to procure and conduct field investigations
• Management and lead of data processing and engineering analyses efforts for preparation of reports
• Preparation of reports including management of the support engineering, geology, and drafting staff, leadership role in writing of well-structured reports suitable for senior review
• Participation and overseeing field efforts during both investigation and construction
• Interaction with clients to resolve scheduling, technical, and budgetary issues
• Invoicing and collections
• Partial group performance responsibility
• Provide mentorship to junior staff

Qualifications:

• MSc in Geotechnical Engineering, PhD is preferred
• PE Registration or eligibility to sit for an exam
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in a geotechnical consulting firm is preferred
• Competency in common geotechnical engineering analyses and reporting
• Specialty in a certain geotechnical field, e.g., seismic, landfill, numerical modeling

• Experience with grading observations and testing

• Strong competency with Excel and Word is a must. Familiarity/competency with drafting and presentation software, e.g., Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD is a plus
• Excellent oral communications skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability and willingness to manage staff
• Willingness to work in the field as needed
• Ability/willingness to occasionally travel
• The applicant must be able to work outdoors under varying weather conditions, travel by foot over rough terrain, and lift at least 40 pounds