Early Career Civil/Geotechnical Engineer

Job Description

Early Career Civil/Geotechnical Engineer | WSP

The Tone:
This is a full-time early career position at WSP, located in Reno, NV, Elko, NV, or Costa Mesa, CA. WSP designs lasting solutions across buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets. This role is crucial for our US Mine Waste Team, where you will engage in challenging mining, heavy civil, and geotechnical projects. You will help solve client challenges and contribute to our growing organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Reno, NV; Elko, NV; Costa Mesa, CA
• Pay: $58200–$87300 yearly
• Team: US Mine Waste Team
• Mission: To contribute to challenging civil and geotechnical engineering projects, primarily for the mining industry, ensuring client objectives are met.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Engineering Tasks: Perform various engineering tasks including site and material characterization, facility design for grading, storage capacity, and construction quantity, and analyses such as slope stability, seepage, consolidation, liner system, and settlement.
• Report Preparation: Prepare portions of technical reports that document field and laboratory investigations, engineering analyses, and facility designs.
• Design Package Assistance: Assist with the preparation of project design packages, including technical drawings, specifications, engineering calculations, schedules, and cost estimates.
• Field Assignments: Perform domestic and international field assignments, such as geotechnical investigations and construction monitoring, while complying with safety guidelines.
• Documentation: Generate complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems, drawings, and field/work site notebook/logs.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering, or a closely related discipline, for an early career role.
• Experience: 0 to 1 years of relevant post-education experience, with successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or the ability to complete it within 6 months of the start date.
• Skills: Excellent research skills with an analytical mindset; Competent interpersonal and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences; Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization; Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
• Bonus: Engineer in Training Certification; Master’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical engineering; Prior internship related to the degree of study; Membership in local professional practice organizations.