Job Description
Description:
Summary
The Field Geoscientist directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of field engineering and instrumentation projects within the area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.
As Field Geoscientist, the individual works under the technical and administrative supervision of a Project Manager or their designated representative. He/she may work under the technical supervision of a Senior Project Manager or Principal Engineer. He/she will receive technical guidance on all engineering projects, and supervisory approval on proposed plans for engineering projects.
In addition to field engineering and instrumentation duties, the Field Geoscientist may be required to perform engineering services. These services may include development of soil design parameters for use with geotechnical engineering design project; computing estimates of allowable pile load capacity, allowable soil bearing capacity, and consolidation settlement of foundation; evaluation of laboratory testing, processing of field data and cone penetrometer test data; and summarizing these services in written reports.
The employee will be subject to random screening as part of Eustis Engineering’s alcohol and drug abuse testing program.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
As an entry level professional, a Field Geoscientist coordinates site access, performs field testing, installs geotechnical monitoring instrumentation, conducts/assists (in) geotechnical explorations (including drilling and sounding CPTs), makes site observations, and summaries their services in engineering reports. The Field Geoscientist will also assist in downloading and manipulating field measurements, assigning geotechnical soil mechanics laboratory tests, performing geotechnical engineering analyses, and evaluation of laboratory testing data.
The Field Geoscientist’s duties include the following. Others may be assigned.
· Operate and maintain the company’s cone penetrometer equipment.
· Reduce and correlate soil test data and CPT data.
· Operate and maintain the company’s Pile Driving Analyzers.
· Perform dynamic pile testing.
· Operate and maintain other field testing equipment (resistivity, CSL, PIT, etc.).
· Maintain instrumentation equipment calibration records.
· Support of the firm’s geotechnical instrumentation and remote sensing programs.
· Obtain, process, correlate, evaluate, and plot geotechnical field instrumentation data.
· Coordinate project requirements with client representatives.
· Prepare permit requests for geotechnical field explorations.
· Coordinate field exploration operations including utility locates (One Call).
· Prepare field work orders and laboratory assignments in accordance with predetermined project budgets.
· Perform standard geotechnical engineering analyses and evaluations generally covered in undergraduate curricula.
· Provide supplemental support for the engineering department as described previously.
· Develop and manage the company's GIS and geologic mapping resources.
· Conduct field tests with a degree of accuracy required by governing test standard or oversight agency.
· Maintain daily log of construction and inspection activities in proper report format when on construction sites.
· Prepare sketches of construction activities to accompany field reports.
· Observe work in progress to ensure procedures are followed, and materials used conform to the project’s specifications.
· On an as needed basis, work as a field Soil Technician or Engineering Technician withing the drilling department (through rotation).
· On an as needed basis, work as a Laboratory Technician (through rotation).
· Knowledge of the Unified Soil Classification System.
· Knowledge of the AASHTO Soil Classification System.
· Application of the general safety requirements and other contractual safety requirements to the work being performed.
Requirements:Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Geology, Engineering Geology, or Engineering Technology from an accredited curriculum or an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science or Industrial Technology.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
The Field Geoscientist must also possess a current, valid driver's license.
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