Company Overview
Barr provides engineering and environmental consulting services to clients across the Midwest, throughout the Americas, and around the world. We have been employee-owned since 1966 and trace our origins to the early 1900s. Working together, our 1,000+ engineers, scientists, and technical specialists help clients develop, manage, and restore natural resources. Barr’s project teams work with clients in industries such as power, refining, mining, and manufacturing as well as attorneys, government agencies, and natural-resource-management organizations. Our project sites range from iron-ore mines in South America to wind-power farms in South Dakota, from manufacturing facilities in California to oil-sands fields in western Canada.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform engineering investigation and design support tasks under the direction of more senior engineering professionals from the conceptual phase through design
- Perform geotechnical field investigations, assign geotechnical laboratory tests, analyze lab and field data, and support development of geotechnical reports
- Prepare proposals and cost estimates for geotechnical investigations and design work
- Perform fieldwork such as construction observation, instrumentation installation and monitoring, and field oversight and inspections
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a geotechnical emphasis
- Strong technical skills in a wide range of geotechnical analysis and design disciplines
- Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to modify personal schedule as required to meet project deadlines and/or client needs
- Willingness and ability to regularly travel
- Ability to lift and carry equipment weighing 30 pounds or more
- Computer skills including word processing and spreadsheets
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship from Barr, now or in the future
- Possession of a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate degree in geotechnical engineering
- 2+ years of geotechnical design experience
- Computer skills with geotechnical software programs, including Geostudio, LPile, APile, gINT, or FLAC
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