Geotechnical Engineer
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Job overview
Jacobs is seeking a Geotechnical Engineer to join its established Reston, Virginia team. The role performs geotechnical field explorations, construction monitoring, foundation and earth-retaining structure design, analyses, modeling, pavement design, and report and contract-document development. The candidate must have a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; a Master of Science in Civil Engineering is preferred. The position also calls for project experience, communication skills, and willingness to travel.
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Full job description
Our Reston, VA office is looking for a Geotechnical engineer to join our established team. Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Perform and oversee geotechnical field explorations, including test borings, rock coring, test pits, cone penetration testing, hand augers, and other methods
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Perform construction monitoring of earth retaining structures, deep foundations (drilled shafts, piles), and shallow foundations.
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Prepare boring logs and subsurface profiles
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Design of shallow and deep foundations and earth-retaining structures.
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Perform liquefaction and consolidation settlement analyses.
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Perform Finite Element modeling using PLAXIS and or FLAC.
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Develop geotechnical reports.
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Perform Pavement Design and develop Pavement Reports
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Design Ground Improvement including deep soil mixing, rigid inclusions, chemical
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Develop Contract documents including drawings and specifications
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Work in collaborative multi-disciplinary teams from across North America.
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Possess an outgoing and positive attitude, are dependable, and meet all assigned project deadlines.
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Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with multiple deadlines.
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Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering is required
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Master of Science in Civil Engineering is preferred
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Multiple years of experience on geotechnical projects
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Willingness and flexibility to travel for work.
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Good verbal and written communication skills.
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Computer skills including CADD, and Microsoft Office.
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How this job compares
Set against the 837 open Geotechnical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Virginia median$87–145K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$23–33/hr31 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Geotechnical Engineer jobs in Virginia and 837 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Schnabel Engineering10 open
- CDM Smith6 open
- Parsons Corporation3 open
- Experience
- Geotechnical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 7 years (712 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 721 of the 837 open Geotechnical Engineer jobs (86%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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