Associate Director Geotechnical Engineering
2 weeks ago
**Company Description**
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**
We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
AECOM’s Christchurch Civil Infrastructure team is recruiting a Principal to Associate Director level Geotechnical Engineer to contribute to the success of our Ground Engineering team. Work with and support colleagues locally, nationally, and globally working across a variety of engineering and environmental disciplines to produce high quality outcomes for our clients and contribute to the continued growth of the team. Our Ground Engineering team provides one-stop access to services ranging from project management, feasibility studies, initial inspections, detailed design, contract administration and construction supervision for geotechnical works.
We are looking for an ambitious team player to assist in the development of innovative, cost effective and buildable solutions in an environment that is collaborative, stimulating and fast paced. Your extensive geotechnical consultancy experience, strong capability in geotechnical studies, investigation, and design for road earthworks, dams, slip management and remediation, bridge foundations, retaining structures and strengthened earthworks will add to our teams existing strengths.
The Christchurch office is well connected across Australia and New Zealand, with roughly a third of our projects located in Australia, a third in the South Island and a third across the rest of New Zealand.
This will appeal to a seasoned Geotechnical Engineer with;
- +15-20 years’ experience in a multidisciplinary environment
- Proven track record in studies, investigations and geotechnical design for new build transportation and infrastructure
- Possess strong problem solving and inter-personal skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; the ability to write clear and concise technical reports is essential.
- In depth knowledge and experience of relevant design standards.
- Experience in routinely used geotechnical software including Leapfrog, gINT, Slope/W, SLIDE and Plaxis, GIS or Geospatial skills desirable.
- Well versed in a variety of ground conditions and of soil and rock design parameter selection; local knowledge is advantageous.
**Qualifications**
- Degree in Geotechnical Engineering (CPEng preferable)
**Additional Information**
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you r
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