Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer

Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer — Ground Improvement (Remote, US Firm)

Rauch & Associates is recruiting on behalf of a specialist US geotechnical engineering firm whose entire practice is ground improvement design: stone columns, rigid inclusions, aggregate piers, and helical piles. This search is for a single senior design engineer to work directly with the firm's principal engineer and to help lead and guide junior civil engineers

You will spend your day producing calculations, models, and submittals, but experience on actual construction sites is a major plus.

What you will do

• Produce settlement, bearing, and stability calculations for ground improvement systems
• Build and run numerical models (PLAXIS or equivalent) for design and verification
• Prepare preliminary and bid-stage designs and engineering submittals
• Work directly with a US-licensed principal engineer who holds design authority and all sealing responsibility

What you must bring

• A civil engineering degree with a geotechnical specialization; a master's in geotechnical engineering is strongly preferred
• Demonstrable, recent, hands-on experience personally producing geotechnical design calculations.
• Direct ground improvement design experience (stone columns, aggregate piers, rigid inclusions, vibro systems, or helical piles). Adjacent geotechnical design backgrounds will be considered where the calculation depth is real.
• Working proficiency in MathCAD and/or PLAXIS and settlement/stability analysis tools

Two important requirements:

1. This role runs a fixed shift aligned to US Eastern business hours, 10:00am to 6:00pm ET.
2. Strong English language skills are required, you'll be speaking English with professionals all day.
3. Some experience on construction sites is important; understanding design constructability is key. Not just what looks good on a screen, what is buildable on the construction site.

Location

Fully remote.

To apply

Send a brief note describing the ground improvement systems you have personally designed and the software you use, along with your CV. Given the confidential nature of this search, qualified applicants will be told the client's identity early in the conversation.