What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Project Engineer position at Eustis Engineering?
Eustis Engineering is currently looking for entry level Assistant Project Engineers for Our Baton Rouge and Metairie Offices.
An Assistant Project Engineer with Eustis Engineering coordinates site access, assigns laboratory tests, and performs geotechnical engineering analyses and evaluations. He/she coordinates project requirements with client representatives and may provide supplemental support for the Drilling and Laboratory Departments. The Assistant Project Engineer will also provide supplement support for other Engineering Department positions (such as Engineering Technician and Draftsperson) including operation, maintenance, and processing of Cone Penetrometer Test data. He/she will be involved in companys geotechnical instrumentation and remote sensing programs and will also assist others in development and management of the company's GIS and geologic mapping resources.
Specific responsibilities include the following.
- Coordinate field exploration operations, including utility locates (One Call).
- Prepare permit requests for field explorations.
- Operate and maintain the cone penetrometer testing rig fleet.
- On an as needed basis, work as a field Soil Technician or Engineering Technician.
- Reduce and correlate soil test data and CPT data.
- Perform in-situ testing.
- Develop and maintain GIS and geologic mapping resources.
- Prepare daily reports of field activities.
- Perform drafting using MicroStation/AutoCAD/Bluebeam or other software with training.
- Obtain, process, correlate, evaluate, and plot field instrumentation data.
- Maintain equipment calibration records.
- Knowledge of the Unified Soil Classification System.
- Knowledge of the AASHTO Soil Classification System.
- Prepare field work orders and laboratory assignments in accordance with predetermined project budgets.
- Operate and maintain Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) and perform dynamic pile testing (DPT).
- Operate and maintain other field testing equipment (resistivity, CSL, PIT, etc.).
- Apply general safety requirements and other contractual safety requirements to the work being performed.
- Inspect work areas, make safety recommendations, take corrective action, and summarize these on daily reports.
- Contacting and obtaining project information from a client necessary to complete report.
- Perform standard geotechnical engineering analyses and evaluations generally covered in undergraduate curricula.
- Assist Project Engineer/Project Manager in more rigorous or difficult analyses and evaluations generally covered in graduate level courses or developed through experience.
- Build knowledge base of local area geotechnical practices under the guidance of your project manager including analyses of foundations, settlement, lateral response of foundations, axial response of foundations, embankment stability, seepage, effective stress and total stress designs, application of engineering software to complete assignments in a timely manner, and assistance of report generation and delivery.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
