Senior Project Geotechnical Engineer

Senior Project Geotechnical Engineer

AECOM is seeking an accomplished geomechanics professional to contribute to and grow our advanced numerical modeling consulting practice with a focus on open pit mining, underground mining, tunneling, tailing storage facilities, mine waste facilities, and other complex geotechnical infrastructure projects.

This role combines hands-on numerical modeling, technical leadership, business development, and team development responsibilities. The successful candidate will join an established and highly capable numerical modeling team as a technical leader, mentor, and practitioner, personally performing complex numerical analyses while leading project teams, developing staff, building client relationships, and expanding the firm's numerical modeling practice.

Job Summary/Responsibilities:

• Lead and personally execute advanced numerical modeling analyses using finite element, finite difference, discontinuum, dynamic, and coupled-process methods for open pit mining, underground mining, tunneling, tailing facilities, waste storage facilities, and other complex geotechnical systems.
• Develop model strategies, assumptions, calibration methods, validation procedures, and quality-control standards.
• Support engineering teams by providing numerical modeling insights that inform engineering evaluations, risk assessments, and project decision-making.
• Advance company capabilities through innovation, automation, machine learning, and emerging computational methods.
• Develop new client relationships and identify opportunities for advanced numerical modeling services across the mining, tunneling, and geotechnical infrastructure sectors.
• Expand the firm's portfolio of numerical modeling projects through business development, proposal support, and trusted technical advisory services.
• Create additional modeling opportunities for existing staff by winning new work and expanding relationships with key clients.
• Support the continued growth of the team's technical capabilities and market presence through strategic project pursuits, technical innovation, and staff development.
• Lead project teams delivering numerical modeling and geomechanics studies from proposal through final deliverables.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, resources, and client communications.
• Prepare and present technical reports and recommendations to project teams, clients, regulators, and review boards.
• Mentor engineers in numerical modeling methodologies, engineering judgment, and application of modeling results through technical coaching, oversight, and project-based development.
• Support the professional development of staff through technical guidance, project experience, and knowledge sharing.
• Foster a collaborative technical culture that promotes innovation, continuous learning, and excellence in engineering.
• Support feasibility studies, due diligence reviews, and mining project evaluations through quantitative engineering analyses.
• Contribute to probabilistic and risk-based assessments of mining and infrastructure projects.
• Work with project leaders to evaluate how geotechnical and geomechanical risks influence project economics, capital investments, operational performance, and long-term asset value.
• Participate in risk workshops, failure mode assessments, and decision-support processes.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BS in Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geomechanics, or related discipline and 8+ years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Valid U.S Driver's License

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering, Geomechanics, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated success generating and winning consulting work.
• Demonstrated experience leading advanced numerical modeling studies for mining and civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing complex technical assignments.
• Demonstrated experience in client-facing consulting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Recognized expertise with FLAC, FLAC3D, 3DEC, ABAQUS, PLAXIS, RS2, RS3, or equivalent numerical modeling software.
• Experience with static, dynamic, and seismic analyses.
• Experience supporting open pit, underground, and tailings projects from concept through operations.
• Experience with probabilistic methods, risk analysis, and uncertainty quantification.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration or ability to obtain.
• Established industry network within mining and infrastructure sectors.

Additional Information

• This posting is for a current vacancy, and AECOM intends to fill this position by December 7, 2026.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.