AECOM is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to be based in Sacramento, California, at the heart of one of the nation's most critical water infrastructure regions. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to help shape California's water future while supporting a diverse portfolio of challenging water projects with a special emphasis on dams, levees, and tunnels. Join our dynamic team where you'll lead cutting-edge engineering solutions, mentor the next generation of engineers, and play a pivotal role in protecting communities and ensuring water security across the region. This position combines technical excellence with strategic leadership, offering significant growth potential and the chance to make a lasting impact on infrastructure that serves millions of Californians.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and provides technical expertise for mid- to large-size projects.

• Develops technical client relationships and plays a role in selling.

• Leads discipline department efforts to grow technical expertise.

• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise.

• Approves and signs off on work products.

• Leader in one or more areas of technology.

• Provides estimates for the engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements on complex projects.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

• Active California PE License.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant geotechnical engineering experience.

• Experience performing geotechnical engineering for Water/Wastewater and Conveyance projects.

• Plans, Specifications, and Estimates package creation.

• Project Management experience.

• Active California GE License or ability to obtain within 6 months.

About AECOM

At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone – uplifting communities, improving access and sustaining?our?planet. We’re?committed?to managing?our?business with the?upmost?responsibility and to always strive for?better — be that?reducing emissions, delivering?social value or creating a welcoming workplace. We understand both the urgency?of the challenges facing our society and our responsibility to act?in an impactful and?enduring way. We’re leading the change towards a more sustainable and equitable future, partnering with those who want to make a?positive difference in the world. We’re listening to clients?and the communities we serve in order to improve lives and livelihoods,?and?to?create sustainable legacies for generations to come. Thinking without limits is what keeps us?at the vanguard.?Ideas have no borders, and this ethos is embedded in our culture.?The full scope of our global expertise is available to anyone who needs it, wherever?they?are?based. We’re?trusted advisors — planners, designers, engineers, consultants and program and construction managers — delivering professional services spanning cities, transportation, buildings, wat...er, new energy, and the environment. Working throughout the project lifecycle, we’re one team driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

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