**34867BR** **Service Line:** Geotechnical **Office Name:** Minneapolis **Job Description:** **​​​​​​Grow Your Geotechnical Career with Terracon** Are you a geotechnical engineer with a solid foundation of experience and a desire to take on more leadership, complexity, and impact? Terracon is expanding, and we’re looking for a **Project Geotechnical Engineer** who’s ready to elevate their career in a dynamic, supportive, and opportunity‑rich environment. As a key member of our geotechnical team, you’ll step into a role that blends hands‑on technical work, project leadership, and cross‑disciplinary collaboration. This is an ideal opportunity for a mid‑career professional aiming to sharpen their expertise, increase project autonomy, and contribute directly to meaningful infrastructure and development projects. **What You’ll Lead & Learn** In this role, you will: + **Take ownership of field investigations** , guiding project teams and ensuring quality data collection. + **Perform advanced engineering analyses and calculations** , applying and expanding your technical skill set. + **Develop clear, actionable recommendations** , plans, and specifications that drive project design and execution. + **Oversee construction observation and inspections** , helping ensure safe, compliant, high‑quality outcomes. + **Prepare and review technical reports** , building your reputation as a trusted advisor to clients and colleagues. You’ll also gain exposure across a wide range of sectors — from transportation and public works to commercial, energy, communications, and industrial — giving you the variety and depth needed to accelerate your career. **Why Terracon is the Next Step in Your Journey** + **Grow your influence** by taking on elevated project responsibilities and client-facing opportunities. + **Deepen your technical expertise** through diverse, impactful projects and collaboration with seasoned senior engineers. + **Strengthen your leadership skills** by guiding junior staff and contributing to team development. + **Advance your career** with a national firm that champions professional growth and internal mobility. This position offers a **flexible, hybrid work environment** and can be based out of our **Minneapolis or St. Paul** offices. **Essential Roles and Responsibilities:** + Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management. + Provide and lead continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor and promote quality standards and practices. + Provide consistent quality standards on project and proposal delivery. + Career level, fully competent engineering professional with responsibility for managing detailed phases of projects with moderate size and complexity. + Independently perform a variety projects or selected segments of larger projects. + Plan, schedule, conduct, and/or coordinate detailed phases of assigned project work. + Work closely with senior-level project managers to gain additional project management experience for more complex and larger projects. + Make design, engineering, and construction recommendations, adaptations and modifications. + Prepare proposals and reports for small and large projects of varying complexity. + Perform quality control review of proposals written by others. + Evaluate complex laboratory and field data for inclusion in reports. + Serve as a technical adviser to junior-level project team members. + Interact directly with client and project team on developing scope of services, communicating project progress and findings and recommendations. + Write and prepare routine and complex engineering reports detailing services provided, findings, and recommendations. + Participate in marketing, sales and business development. + Supervise graduate, field and project engineering staff. + Work under the supervision of a Terracon Authorized Project Reviewer. + Begin documented mentoring and application process for Terracon Authorized Project Reviewer certification. **Requirements:** + Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Geological or Geo Engineering. + Minimum 5-8 years’ experience. + Master’s degree in engineering preferred. + Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history. + Professional Engineer (PE) registration. **Exemption:** Exempt **Requisition ID:** 34867BR **Posting Title:** Geotechnical Project Engineer **Employment Type:** Regular, Full Time **City, State (Office Location):** Plymouth, MN **About Terracon:** Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 8,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 200 locations nationwide. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services. Terracon’s growth is due to our talented employee-owners exceeding expectations in client service and growing their careers with new and exciting opportunities in the marketplace. Terracon’s vision of “Together, we are best at people” is demonstrated through our excellent compensation and benefits package. Based on eligibility, role and job status, we offer many programs including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and holidays, education reimbursement, and various bonus programs. **EEO Statement:** Terracon is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status. **Job Category:** Engineering **State Salary Range Minimum:** 94300 **State Salary Range Maximum:** 146100 **Expected Salary Range:** The expected salary range for this position is listed below. The base range may be adjusted based on the specific location of the applicant. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. _*For California residents please note: A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required for positions that require driving._