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Associate Geotechnical Engineer

Delve Underground
$110,267.00 - $199,935.00 / yr
paid holidays, 401(k)
United States, Oregon, Portland
2000 Southwest 1st Avenue (Show on map)
Aug 27, 2025
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Full-time
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ABOUT DELVE UNDERGROUND

Delve Underground is a leader in heavy civil and geotechnical engineering, serving the transportation, water, wastewater, and energy industries. Specializing in underground design, we provide innovative solutions to the most challenging underground problems. Offering comprehensive design, construction management, and dispute-resolution capabilities, our expertise includes geotechnical, structural, and civil engineering. Founded in 1954, Delve Underground is an employee-owned firm with 25 offices and over 350 team members throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

We want our employees to make a career doing what they love to do. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and help our team members forge their own path within the company. We support their efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology while fostering a great work-life balance. In addition to working hard, we also have fun. We socialize and celebrate achievements at summer picnics, holiday parties, and company outings.

Benefits: Full Benefits Program consisting of Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA or HSA, EAP, 401(k), ESOP, and company stock ownership program, 9 Paid Holidays, generous paid-time-off program, hybrid work environment, and Health &Wellness Reimbursement

Pay Rate: $110,267 - $199,935

Associate

Delve Underground has an immediate opening for a Geotechnical Engineer with a minimum of 10 years of experience to join our office in Portland, Oregon, delivering tunnels, underground facilities, and water infrastructure projects. This position offers a great opportunity for a motivated, detail-oriented, team-centric candidate to work on a diverse range of projects, from local agency to mega-projects around the world. The successful candidate is expected to play a major role in the technical delivery of projects, mentoring staff, and interfacing with clients and applying both technical expertise and business acumen. Preferably, the candidate will have demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: geotechnical engineering, excavation support design, tunneling, or trenchless technologies.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and lead teams for geotechnical projects.
  • Manage and coordinate geotechnical exploration programs.
  • Perform and provide senior review of geotechnical engineering analyses and calculations for foundations, retaining structures, landslide and slope stability, ground improvement, liquefaction, lateral spreading, seismic evaluations, and trenchless construction.
  • Prepare technical reports and other documents.
  • Development of construction drawings and specifications for underground infrastructure.
  • Participate in business development activities, interviews, and presentations.
  • Prepare technical reports and documents.
  • Provide technical leadership to junior staff.

Qualifications:

  • BS in Civil Engineering with focus on Geotechnical Engineering, MS is preferred.
  • Ability to manage a number of concurrent assignments and priorities and supervise junior staff.
  • Familiarity with geotechnical analysis software including Rocscience suite, Shoring Suite or similar programs;
  • Strong communication (both oral and written), analytical and leadership skills
  • Professional Engineering license in the State of Oregon.
  • Willingness to travel to support projects within the Pacific Northwest.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this position, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application so that we can review your information. We look forward to meeting you!

Delve Underground 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.

No Recruiters, Please.

Salary Description
$110,267 - $199,935/year
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