Ground Engineer

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**:
**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We are currently recruiting for a **Ground Engineer / Geologist** to join our busy and expanding experienced team. The team provides assessment, concept, feasibility, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of Projects. You may have the opportunity to work on some of the most iconic** Transportation, Water and Minning projects**, being part of a diverse and multicultural team. It can be a great opportunity for a junior profile that wants to boost his/her professional technical career on the ground engineering and digital space

**The responsibilities of this role include**:

- Works on international projects related to geotechnical engineering as part of the Enterprise Capabilities’ family
- Work is accomplished autonomously on small projects or portions of larger projects supported by EC within established procedures and practices related to ground engineering
- Independently prepares ground / geotechnical models using specific digital tools.
- Processes geotechnical data for ground interpretation and report preparation.
- Supports in the preparation of geotechnical designs and recommendations as bearing capacity for foundations, earthworks, stability and settlement analysis, etc.
- Performs a self-check of work products prior to submitting to others and participates in quality control reviews of documentation originated by equally or less experienced staff.
- Prepares project deliverables that are reviewed by senior team members.
- Provides guidance to entry level engineers

**Minimum Requirements**
- Proven experience in the use of **processing and digital tools such as ArcGIS, Leapfrog, OpenGround and/or gINT** for the preparation of mining (and civil works) geological / geotechnical models (+5 years)
- Proven experience in geological mapping and geotechnical site investigation planning and management (+5 years)
- Experience delivering site investigation and characterization interpretative reports.
- Experience in the use of specific ground engineering and tunnelling software as Geoestudio / Plaxis / Rocscience will be considered favorably.
- Advanced level in CAD software (preferable AutoCAD and/or MicroStation).
- Experience working in the North America region / Australia will be considered favorably.
- Communicative level of English (oral and written)

**Qualifications**:
Bachelor or Master degree Geotechnical/Geological Engineering.

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their familie