Project Engineer - Geotechnical

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McMillen Jacobs Associates’ Auckland office is looking for a Project Engineer with 7+ years of geotechnical experience. The successful candidate will serve on projects within Australia and New Zealand. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic office experiencing rapid growth in a healthy market focused on infrastructure development, specifically in the underground sector for the foreseeable future.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in design of tunnels and shafts, including temporary and permanent support systems.
• Work on a variety of office and field assignments, with a focus on geotechnical engineering analyses, development of drawings, specifications, calculations, and technical memoranda that present the basis of design.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Engineering with a geotechnical emphasis.
• Ability to develop and review designs, drawings, specifications, and technical memoranda.
• Knowledge of tunnel excavation, ground support and permanent lining construction methods would be considered advantageous.
• Strong experience in using software for structural analysis (e.g., Strand7) and to a lesser extent ground structure interaction modelling (e.g., Plaxis and FLAC)
• Structural design experience for ground support, tunnel linings, retaining walls and shafts would be an advantage
• AutoCAD experience would be an advantage but not essential.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills (fluent in English for both spoken and written).
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills are essential.
• Willing to travel within Australia and New Zealand for short term

Company Bio:

McMillen Jacobs Associates is a full-service environmental, engineering, and construction firm in the water resources, hydropower, transportation, and underground engineering markets. We are able to contribute to a project at the planning stage, navigate the regulatory requirements, develop a design, and manage construction, start-up, and commissioning.

Currently serving clients from 21 offices with over 350 staff members internationally, our superior technical skills includes: environmental studies and permits/consent; civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, mining, geological, and geotechnical engineering; tunnel/underground engineering; and hydraulics, geology and hydrology. We also have leading professionals in fisheries, hydropower; licensing and regulatory assistance; dam safety; spillway, intake, and water conveyance design and rehabilitation; as well as construction claims and dispute resolution.

McMillen Jacobs Associates is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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