Service Director, Foundation Engineer

Revenue & Growth

Technical Excellence & Project Delivery

Your Expertise and Skills

• These requirements reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities that help you do your best work here.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Geotechnical Engineering with a P.Eng. designation (master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering)
• Minimum 15 years of progressive geotechnical engineering experience following graduation, including geotechnical investigations, foundation engineering, earthworks, and advanced geotechnical analysis and design.
• Demonstrated expertise in the design and assessment of shallow foundations, deep foundations, drilled shafts, driven piles, micropiles, retaining structures, and ground improvement systems.
• Extensive experience planning, directing, and interpreting geotechnical field investigations, laboratory testing programs, instrumentation and monitoring, and subsurface characterization.
• Strong technical knowledge of soil mechanics, rock mechanics, settlement analysis, slope stability, earth retaining structures, seepage analysis, and finite element modeling.
• Experience leading foundation engineering services for major infrastructure, transportation, industrial, commercial, institutional, and land development projects.
• Proficiency with geotechnical engineering software and analytical tools such as GeoStudio, LPile, Group, Settle3D, PLAXIS, Rocscience, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong project management skills, including scope development, budgeting, resource planning, contract administration, schedule management, and financial performance monitoring.
• Experience preparing and reviewing technical proposals, statements of qualifications, technical reports, specifications, and construction documents.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring engineers, project managers, and technical specialists, fostering a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
• Successful track record in business development, client relationship management, and securing repeat and new work opportunities.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.
• This posting reflects a current vacancy that the company is actively seeking to fill. We are not accepting third party agency applicants at this time.
• Onterris is a leading global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect. Guided by our mission to advance the way of life without compromising the integrity of our environment, we believe environmental responsibility and human progress are fundamentally connected. Our scientists, engineers, field teams and consultants apply systems thinking that unites science, data and practical expertise to deliver solutions that strengthen our clients’ resilience, mitigate risk and protect the air, water and soil that sustain communities, while uncovering responsible paths forward for planet and progress. For more information, visit www.onterris.com .
• We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We acknowledge that these experiences and perspectives help to enrich our teams and contribute to our ongoing success. We are committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our employment for all applicants. For US residents, click here to learn more.