Staff Professional

Job Description

Education:  Staff Professionals must have graduated from an accredited 4-year engineering, geology, or approved environmental science program.  All engineers and geologist should have successfully completed, or in the near future successfully complete the Engineer-In-Training or Geologist-In-Training exam.  When eligible, all engineers and geologists should obtain registration as a Professional Engineer, P.E., and all geologists should obtain registration as a Professional Geologist, P.G. 

Pre-employment Drug Testing:  All job applicants will undergo testing for the presence of illegal drugs as a condition of employment.  All employees will follow Geo-Hydro Engineers’ Drug Free Workplace Substance Abuse Policy. 

Safety:  Professionals must wear appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE), attend safety training sessions, and follow the requirements within the Geo-Hydro Safety and Health Manual.    

Observation:  Professionals must be able to observe work for compliance with applicable project drawings and specifications, and for general accordance with Code requirements. 

Testing:  Professionals must be able to perform field and laboratory testing in accordance with applicable standards including, but not limited to: ASTM D-422, D-698, D-1556, D-1557, D-2172, D-2216, D-2487, D-2937, D-4318, D-6938, C-31, C-39, C-42, C-78, C-109, C-140, C-143, C-173, C-231, C-1019, C-1314, E-605, E-736, E-1155, F-1869, F-2170, and ASTM STP 399. 

Documentation:  Professionals must thoroughly document field observations, test results, and recommendations by writing in English with proper grammar. 

Project Management:  Professionals will also perform project management duties after they gain experience and learn the Geo-Hydro way of project management.  Project management duties include, but are not limited to: Set-up project and complete project set-up sheet, obtain drawings and specs, work as a team with other project managers and upper management to schedule technicians, field staff and specialty services, proactively communicate to the client and construction team, write technical reports pertaining to the projects. (footing letters, remedial recommendations, etc.), visit project sites, confirm that reports are transmitted in a timely manner, invoice the project, review Budget Summary Reports, perform collection duties as required, attend project meetings, attend staff meetings, and enhancing Company Imagine with professionalism.

Business Development:  Professionals will attend functions determined to be appropriate by their supervisor, and prepare proposals. 

Certification:  Professionals will obtain and maintain relevant ACI, ICC, and OSHA certifications, as well as other certifications as deemed appropriate by their supervisor. 

Driving Record:  Professionals will have a valid driver’s license with no violations that prevent them from being insured through the company’s insurance carrier.  The ability to be insured is at the discretion of the company’s insurance carrier.  The insurance carrier routinely reviews employee’s driving records and may determine at any time than any employee will no longer be permitted to operate any company vehicle.

Physical Requirements

Lifting:  Professionals must be able to lift, load and unload material samples weighing up to 100 pounds.

Concrete Sampling and Testing:  Geotechnical and materials testing professionals must be able to maneuver a 6-cubic foot wheel barrow loaded with 150-200 pounds of fresh concrete for up to 50 yards over uneven ground, lift a 50-pound container of concrete for unit weight testing, lift 30-pound compressive strength test cylinders, and repeatedly swinging a 30-pound concrete-filled test device from knee-level to head-level for volumetric air content testing

Soil Density Testing:  Geotechnical and materials testing professionals must be able to repeatedly drop a 25-pound drop slide hammer and manually excavate sampling tubes from the ground with mattock and shovel.  The professional must be able to load and unload a 90-pound case containing a nuclear density gauge and carry the 50-pound gauge by hand for up to 50 yards over uneven ground.

Hand Auger and Penetrometer:  Professionals must be able to manually hand auger down to 10 feet into soil to obtain samples and perform portable dynamic cone penetrometer testing.  The hand auger may require up to 50 pounds of pull to remove it from wet soil conditions.  The total weight of the dynamic cone penetrometer ranges from 20 to 40 pounds.  Operation of the penetrometer requires repeated raising and dropping of the 15-pound slide weight.