AECOM is seeking a highly talented Principal Geotechnical Dam Safety Engineer to join the East Region Dams Team. This position will support a variety Dam Safety Engineering projects across the East Region. The successful candidate will join the ENR consistently ranked #1 Dams and Reservoirs firm and have access to exciting career advancement opportunities. This position will report to one of the AECOM offices in the East Region including but not limited to Atlanta, Georgia; Buffalo, New York; Charlotte, North Carolina; Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; Germantown, Maryland; Franklin Tennessee; or Tampa, Florida.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Project management of multidisciplinary teams and the engagement of AECOM’s operations/finance teams including client management, contract management, planning and execution and financial management of dam engineering projects.
- Provide senior technical support for projects including seepage and slope stability analyses, filter and drain design, Potential Failure Mode Analyses (participate and/or facilitate), Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessments, site inspection, construction observation, and regulatory compliance activities associated with a variety of hydraulic structures.
- Prepare and perform quality reviews of other Engineer's work on deliverables such design calculations, engineering reports, construction drawings, and technical specifications.
- Perform engineering estimates for cost and project schedules.
- Responsible for quality control and serve as Lead Verifier following AECOM Quality Control policies and procedures.
- Mentoring and technical development of junior staff, supporting them to achieve technical success. The candidate should have a high level of technical expertise and experience in supervising and training staff in geotechnical analyses.
- Perform as Capture Manager for new opportunities including business development pre-positioning and the preparation of proposals.
- Collaborate with technical leads in our Dam Engineering Practice with staff located throughout AECOM.
- Client facing role with ownership and responsibility for the successful delivery of dam engineering projects and programs including business development for new and existing clients.
- Flexibility and willingness to travel for project work part time as needed.