Assistant Project Manager, Geotechnical Engineer
Portland, ME, United States | req1801

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. With us, you’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments – and, in turn, build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development.

We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking an Assistant Project Manager, Geotechnical Engineer, to work in a technical support role with highly skilled professionals on diverse project teams in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing group and company and get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients. This is a full-time position located in our Portland, ME office.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
In this position, you will:

• Split time among completing technical tasks, such as field assignments, reporting, and analysis of task management and project management support activities.
• Leverage understanding of technical scopes of work for assigned work and their alignment with overall project objectives to deliver quality assignments.
• Demonstrate and apply technical competence, knowledge of codes and regulations, and professional standards of practice to assigned tasks.
• Collaborate closely with project teams, field teams, and health and safety personnel to address client goals and objectives, ensuring technical accuracy, quality, budget, schedule, and safety requirements are met.
• Assist the project management team throughout the project lifecycle, including cost estimating, scheduling, subcontracting, resource allocation, project planning, task delegation, and financial management.
• Prepare and/or review written communications and technical deliverables.
• Engage in internal and external communications with clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Coach, mentor, and direct junior staff to ensure high-quality execution of project tasks, including field activities and preparation of technical reports and deliverables, while facilitating knowledge transfer for team development.
• Plan and manage field investigation and laboratory testing programs for geotechnical projects.
• Contribute to geotechnical engineering evaluations, plan and specification development, and modeling/calculations.
• Observe and document geotechnical field investigations and/or foundation and earthwork-related construction activities, on an as-needed basis.
• Plan all work in accordance with company and client health and safety protocols.
• Demonstrate the company’s foundational safety behaviors.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years of related experience.
• Professional registration or certification, as applicable.
• Experience in planning, coordinating, and executing geotechnical field investigations and laboratory testing programs.
• Experience with bridge, highway, railroad transportation infrastructure projects, mid- and high-rise buildings, and water/wastewater infrastructure.
• Experience with preparing recommendations for the following: driven piles, drilled deep foundations, mat foundations, spread footings, evaluating seismic hazards (including liquefaction), deep excavations, temporary/permanent earth support, underpinning, earthwork, dewatering, settlement, slope stability, rock slope evaluation and design, retaining wall design, and ground improvement techniques.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient computer literacy skills, including the use of the Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint) and the ability to learn various software needed to support financial management, diverse project needs, and client requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including verbally communicating and presenting project information.
• Desire to learn and grow in their profession, demonstrate a positive attitude, strong work ethic, resourcefulness, flexibility, and ownership.
• Familiarity with the application of relevant geotechnical analysis software.
• Ability to travel out of town on temporary work assignments.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have a reliable and consistent form of transportation to/from the office, project sites, and project and client meetings.

Preferred Skills:

• Project management or task management experience.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD and/or Civil 3D.
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER training and refresher updates.

About Haley & Aldrich

Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000+ engineers and scientists across the United States draws inspiration from one mission: to work closely with clients as they navigate change to create safer, more robust places to live and work. Since our founding in 1957, organizations across the public and private sectors have relied on us for technical excellence and empathetic leadership that achieve results and secure a thriving tomorrow. Find us at haleyaldrich.com and LinkedIn.

Haley & Aldrich is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, age, disability, veteran, or any other legally protected status. We offer excellent career growth, a highly competitive total compensation plan, and a solid benefits package. Interested candidates should apply on our Careers page.

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