Senior Consultant at Blackburn Consulting – Auburn, California

Senior Consultant

Summary:

Blackburn seeks a Senior Consultant to complete moderate to complex engineering geology and forensics projects. This person will work under the CEO and senior firm leadership. This candidate should have 15+ years of experience performing engineering geology services on water, flood control, and transportation related projects. This position requires some travel to project related sites, project management, cost negotiation, client and public relations, and internal staff management on a project basis.

Company Overview:

Blackburn Consulting has an excellent reputation in Northern California. We are responsive to clients, but we take the time to get things right. We pride ourselves in our family-like work environment and culture. Employees strive for high quality and constant improvement. Most professional staff have been at Blackburn for a long time.

Blackburn provides geotechnical, geo-environmental, construction, and forensics engineering services throughout California with offices in Auburn, West Sacramento, Escondido, Sausalito and Fresno. We have an extensive geotechnical and materials testing lab in West Sacramento, CA. We focus mostly on public works including flood control and transportation. Blackburn has been in business since 1998 and is employee-owned and operated.

Blackburn Consulting provides an Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and does not discriminate on any basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, including, but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, gender, origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military status, or marital status.

Technical Duties:

• Work on moderate to complex projects requiring independent study and responsible judgment
• Review and edit reports and calculations
• Conduct impactful meetings
• Know industry standards
• Historical and analytical project research
• Data gathering, organization, analysis, and results evaluation
• Interpret plans and specifications

Leadership and Managerial Duties:

• Communicate with clients, team members, and contractors
• Prepare for and attend depositions & trials
• Understand project scopes and Blackburn’s services
• Understand and manage risk
• Identify and resolve project issues

Essential Abilities:

• Communication skills internally and externally
• Ability to deliver a high-quality deliverable in a timely manner
• Edit and write thorough, cohesive reports in the active voice
• Work well with many personalities

Self-starter Technical Qualifications:

• Professional Engineer or Geologist license (PE or PG)
• 20+ years of relevant experience
• Valid driver’s license
• Computer Savvy (Windows based systems)

Physical Requirements:

• Read, write, and speak English
• Communicate clearly in person and over telephone
• Visual acuity to perform job duties
• Physical ability to bend, reach, stand, walk, sit, push and pull up to 40lbs of weight