Design Engineer jobs in Providence, RI

Overview

Keller is the leading geotechnical specialty design build contractor in North America with offices located throughout the United States and abroad.  Keller’s design engineers, in collaboration with other team members, develop innovative, practical, and cost-effective solutions to challenging construction projects for our customers daily.

We are currently seeking a Geotechnical or Geo-structural Design Engineer to work in our Cumberland, RI office.

Responsibilities

If you decided to become an engineer because you wanted to find innovative solutions to complex problems, we can provide you with an exciting opportunity to combine your strong engineering expertise with hands-on construction while challenging and growing your technical skills.  In this position you will work with a dynamic team of engineers to develop best value solutions that routinely include complex underpinning, deep foundation, earth retention systems, slope stabilization, landslide repair, and ground improvement.  Being the largest geotechnical construction company in North America we are able to combine multiple techniques on projects to provide the best value solution to our customers. 

Responsibilities include:

• Providing engineering support to the estimating department in bid preparation.
• Preparation of detailed design drawings for construction.
• Providing engineering support to the project managers during the construction process.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates should have:

• A masters level degree in civil engineering is preferred however a bachelor’s degree will also be considered.
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of geotechnical and/or geostructural engineering experience, preferably in the design of excavation support systems.
• Some structural engineering knowledge is preferred but not required.
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude and good communication skills is a must.
• The candidate will be a licensed professional engineer or have the ability to become one in the next year.
• The candidate must be proficient in the use of Excel, Mathcad and have a working knowledge of AutoCAD. Keller also utilizes many other state of the art software packages such as: CT-Shoring, DeepEx, LPile, Settle 3D, Group, GeoStudio and Plaxis.

Keller is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others to apply.

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